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What Happened to Fable Diner After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 29 Vancouver, British Columbia

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Fable Diner has closed — confirmed via dailyhive.com, August 12, 2026.

What the source shows: Daily Hive reported on 2026-08-12 that the Broadway restaurant would close after service on 2026-08-23, and a Smooch Food review dated 2026-08-22 named 2026-08-23 as its final day. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Fable Diner was the Mount Pleasant restaurant at 151 East Broadway, on the ground floor of the Lee Building, that Guy Fieri visited for the episode "Belly, Beef and Bratwurst" (aired 2019-04-12). Food Network's restaurant page lists a roast duck pancake with house-made kimchi and a meatloaf with smoked mushroom gravy and caramelized onions as the dishes he featured. Daily Hive reported on 2026-08-12 that the restaurant opened in 2016 under owner Ron MacGillivray, and that the group announced the Broadway location would close after service on Sunday, 2026-08-23, citing an unfavourable lease situation and delays to the Broadway Subway station.

A Smooch Food review published 2026-08-22 described a visit on the second-to-last day and titled the post a farewell to the Broadway location. Daily Hive reported that Fable Kitchen on West 4th Avenue and the downtown Fable restaurant on Richards Street would stay open, and that MacGillivray said nothing had been confirmed about reopening elsewhere.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 29

Episode 17
Aired
Title: Belly, Beef and Bratwurst · What was featured: Roast duck pancake with house-made kimchi and meatloaf with smoked mushroom gravy
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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. dailyhive.com https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fable-diner-broadway-vancouver
  2. smoochfood.com https://www.smoochfood.com/2026/08/fable-diner-vancouver-broadway-review.html
  3. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/no-state/vancouver--bc/fable-diner-restaurant
  4. curiocity.com https://curiocity.com/fable-diner-to-open-massive-new-outpost-in-downtown-vancouver/
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Record ddd-1630 · checked by Cal Marchetti.