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What Happened to Chuck's Burger Bar After You Gotta Eat Here!?

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3 Hamilton, Ontario

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Chuck's Burger Bar is listed closed on yelp.ca, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026 and cross-checked against chch.com; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.

What the source shows: Yelp marks Chuck's Burger Bar at 194 Locke St S closed; Google Maps has no listing for it; a Hamilton burger group on Facebook has posted remembering it. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

In the You Gotta Eat Here! episode that aired on 2014-06-20, host John Catucci tried a burger made from ground bacon at Chuck's Burger Bar in Hamilton, Ontario, according to TVmaze's episode summary. The restaurant was a burger bar at 194 Locke Street South. An iHeartHamilton review posted on 2013-08-14 and updated on 2013-10-29 described a menu of burgers, poutines, appetizers, sliders, salads and wings, noted that the owners also ran The Harbour Diner, and said a second location was on the way. CHCH reported on 2014-12-11 that the restaurant had closed amid a dispute with its landlord, and said co-owner Erin Millward told the station the owners wanted a quick, mutually agreeable solution and a return to work for their 25 employees. CHCH reported on 2014-12-18 that the restaurant had announced on Facebook that it was reopening.

Yelp's listing for Chuck's Burger Bar at 194 Locke Street South in Hamilton, checked 2026-10-20, marks the restaurant closed, and a Google Maps search the same day returned no listing for it. CHCH News reported on 2014-12-18 that the burger bar had reopened after a brief closure over a landlord dispute; a Hamilton burger group on Facebook later posted in remembrance of the Locke Street restaurant.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3

Episode 22
Aired
Title: Calabash, Chuck's Burger Bar, Sky Blue Sky · What was featured: A burger made from ground bacon, per TVmaze's episode summary

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : John tries a Caribbean-style lasagna and a burger made from ground bacon, plus he visits Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company in Toronto.

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Sources we checked 6 references

  1. chch.com https://chch.com/chch-news/chucks-burger-bar-back-business-hamilton
  2. chch.com https://www.chch.com/landlord-dispute-forces-chucks-burger-closure/
  3. ihearthamilton.ca https://ihearthamilton.ca/chucks-august-12-2013/
  4. api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/shows/15676/episodes
  5. yelp.ca https://www.yelp.ca/biz/chucks-burger-bar-hamilton
  6. chch.com https://www.chch.com/chch-news/chucks-burger-bar-back-business-hamilton/
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