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Is Chicago Style Pizza Shack Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1 Hamilton, Ontario

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Chicago Style Pizza Shack is listed open on tourismhamilton.com, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Tourism Hamilton's top pizza restaurants page, last modified 2026-05-14, lists Chicago Style Pizza at 534 Upper Sherman Ave, and the restaurant's own site shows hours and online ordering. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

TVmaze's episode summary for S1E11 of You Gotta Eat Here! (Food Network Canada), aired 2012-08-29, names the Chicago Style Pizza Shack in Hamilton, Ontario, and TheTVDB's episode overview describes a pizza baked inside another pizza. The location matches Chicago Style Pizza at 534 Upper Sherman Ave, whose website says the business was founded in Chicago in 1946 and moved to Hamilton in the 1970s. Tourism Hamilton's top pizza restaurants page, last modified 2026-05-14, lists the restaurant and describes its stuffed pizza, baked in a deep-dish pan with cheese and sauce under a second layer of dough. The restaurant's website lists Tuesday-to-Sunday dinner hours and online ordering, and it shows a last-modified date of 2025-06-10. A Google Maps listing viewed on 2026-10-19 shows the business as operational.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1

Episode 11
Aired
Title: Catch 22 Lobster Bar, Chicago Style Pizza, Topanga Cafe · What was featured: Stuffed deep-dish pizza, a pizza baked inside another pizza

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : The host checks out the Catch 22 Lobster Bar in Moncton, N.B., where lobster is served 22 different ways. Other stops include the Chicago Style Pizza Shack in Hamilton, Ont., and Topanga Cafe in Vancouver.

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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=you%20gotta%20eat%20here&embed=episodes
  2. TheTVDB https://thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/episodes/4323523
  3. tourismhamilton.com https://tourismhamilton.com/top-pizza-restaurants/
  4. chicagostylepizza.ca http://www.chicagostylepizza.ca/
  5. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Chicago+Style+Pizza+534+Upper+Sherman+Ave+Hamilton+ON+L8V+3M1
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Record ygeh-032 · checked by Cal Marchetti.