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Is Fat Bob's Smokehouse Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 5 Buffalo, New York

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Fat Bob's Smokehouse is listed open on visitbuffalo.com, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Two Buffalo visitor-guide listings for 41 Virginia Pl, both read on 2026-10-19, carry 2026 update dates (page modified 2026-10-10 and 'Last updated Oct 12, 2026') and describe the restaurant in the present tense with no closure notice. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

Fat Bob's Smokehouse was the second of three restaurants in the You Gotta Eat Here! episode "Yellowbelly Brewery, Fat Bob's Smokehouse, 850 Degrees Pizzeria" (season 5, episode 10), which first aired on 2016-04-22 on Food Network Canada with host John Catucci. TVmaze's episode listing places the restaurant in Buffalo, New York, and records barbecue as the featured food. A Google Maps listing viewed on 2026-10-19 gives its address as 41 Virginia Pl, Buffalo, and its website as fatbobs.com, which returned an access error to a check on 2026-10-20. The Google Maps listing showed the business as operational on 2026-10-19.

A Visit Buffalo listing for Fat Bob's Smokehouse at 41 Virginia Place, read on 2026-10-19, carries a page-modified date of 10 October 2026 and describes the restaurant in the present tense. A Buffalo Vibe local-guide listing for the same address, read the same day, is marked 'Last updated Oct 12, 2026' and describes the menu as smoked meats from a custom-built Texas smoker, with sides, seafood, appetizers and desserts. Both listings give the phone number (716) 887-2971.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 5

Episode 10
Aired
Title: Yellowbelly Brewery, Fat Bob's Smokehouse, 850 Degrees Pizzeria · What was featured: Barbecue at a Buffalo, New York smokehouse

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : John fills up on a burger at Yellowbelly Brewery in St. John's, N.L.; eats barbecue at Fat Bob's Smokehouse in Buffalo; and visits a distinctly Canadian pizzeria in Toronto.

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Fat+Bob%27s+Smokehouse+41+Virginia+Pl+Buffalo+NY+14202
  2. visitbuffaloniagara.com https://visitbuffaloniagara.com/businesses/fat-bobs-smokehouse
  3. visitbuffalo.com https://visitbuffalo.com/businesses/fat-bobs-smokehouse/
  4. buffalovibe.com https://buffalovibe.com/local-guide/restaurants/fat-bobs-smokehouse
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