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What Happened to Hadley's After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Toronto, ON)

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1 Toronto, Ontario

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Hadley's has closed — confirmed via streetsoftoronto.com, May 27, 2013.

What the source shows: Streets of Toronto reported on 2013-05-27 that Hadley's on College Street would stop service on 2013-06-28, and a Google Maps listing viewed 2026-10-19 marks the business permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

Hadley's, a College Street restaurant in Toronto, was featured in S1E10 of You Gotta Eat Here! (Food Network Canada), which aired 2012-09-05. The series, hosted by John Catucci, visits three local restaurants per episode, and this installment paired Hadley's with Stoneface Dolly's in Ottawa and Rick's Fish 'N' Chips and Seafood House on Prince Edward Island. TVmaze's episode summary describes a neighborhood spot that smokes all its food in-house, and TheTVDB's episode overview mentions deep-fried poached eggs with hollandaise and smoked cheese. Streets of Toronto, in an article dated 2013-05-27, described Hadley's as a barbecue restaurant known for brunch that had been open about three years, and it reported that a letter in the window cited the restaurant's lease renewal and said regular hours would run through 2013-06-28. Google Maps lists the address as 940 College St, and a Google Maps listing viewed on 2026-10-19 marks the business as permanently closed.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1

Episode 10
Aired
Title: Stoneface Dolly's, Hadley's, Rick's Fish and Chips and Seafood House · What was featured: Barbecue and comfort food with everything smoked in-house

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : The host tries South African bobotie at Stoneface Dolly's in Ottawa, Ont. Then, in Toronto, he stops at Hadley's, a neighborhood joint that smokes everything in-house. Also: seafood pizza and Cajun mussels are sampled at Rick's Fish 'N' Chips and Seafood House on Prince Edward Island.

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=you%20gotta%20eat%20here&embed=episodes
  2. TheTVDB https://www.thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/episodes/4323522
  3. streetsoftoronto.com https://streetsoftoronto.com/hadleys-goes-up-in-smoke/
  4. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Hadley%27s+940+College+St+Toronto+ON+M6H+1A5
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