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Is Chez Claudette Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (Montreal, QC)

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1 Montreal, Quebec

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Chez Claudette is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed October 11, 2026.

What the source shows: RestoMontreal shows diner reviews posted between 2026-09-25 and 2026-10-11, and The Main's directory lists the restaurant with a last-checked date of 2026-09-19. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

The 2012-09-21 episode of You Gotta Eat Here! (season 1, episode 23), as summarized by TVmaze, had host John Catucci helping prepare Québécois comfort food at Chez Claudette in Montreal. Restaurant Chez Claudette is a diner at 351 Avenue Laurier Est in the Plateau-Mont-Royal. The Main's restaurant directory describes it as known for a poutine menu of more than 40 variations and as having served the Plateau for over four decades; its entry shows a last-checked date of 2026-09-19. RestoMontreal lists Google reviews of the restaurant dated from 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-11, with diners praising the large choice of poutines and a chili poutine, and the same page shows a 4.4 rating from 658 RestoMontreal ratings. Both pages give the address as 351 Avenue Laurier Est, Montreal, H2T 1G7.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1

Aired
Title: Coastal Waters, Tunnel BBQ, Chez Claudette · What was featured: Québécois comfort food prepared with the host at a Plateau diner

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : The host helps prepare Québécois comfort foods at Chez Claudette in Montreal. Other stops include Tunnel Bar-B-Q in Windsor, Ont.; and Coastal Waters Restaurant in Ingonish, N.S.

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Season 1: 37 of 78 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. restomontreal.ca https://www.restomontreal.ca/resto/chez-claudette-montreal/4489/en/?page=1
  2. themain.com https://www.themain.com/montreal/restaurant/restaurant-chez-claudette
  3. api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=you%20gotta%20eat%20here&embed=episodes
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Record ygeh-068 · checked by Cal Marchetti.