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Is Harper's Burger Bar (Harper's) Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3 Kingston, Ontario

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Harper's Burger Bar is listed open on harperskingston.ca, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The restaurant's website listed daily hours and a pickup-ordering link in October 2026, and Wanderlog's listing for the address shows the same hours with no closure marker. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

Harper's Burger Bar in downtown Kingston was part of the April 4, 2014 episode of You Gotta Eat Here! (Food Network Canada); Rotten Tomatoes' season-three listing calls the stop an over-the-top burger joint. The Kingstonist reported on November 2, 2010 that the restaurant had opened in mid-October 2010, run by the group behind le Chien Noir and Atomica Pizza and Wine Bar, with a menu of eight burger varieties built on beef, turkey, chickpea, chicken, or wild salmon patties. The restaurant at 93 Princess St. now goes by Harper's. In October 2026 its website listed daily hours of 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Wanderlog lists the same hours), a pickup-ordering link, and a menu of burgers and house-smoked barbecue made with sustainably raised Enright Cattle Co. beef. The website lists Atomica, Black Dog Kingston, and Dianne's Kingston as affiliated businesses.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3

Episode 2
Aired
Title: Rock Lobster, Harper's Burger Bar, Casa Calzone · What was featured: Over-the-top burger at a downtown Kingston burger restaurant

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : John visits a restaurant specializing in lobster and a place famous for calzone. Also: Harper's Burger Bar in Kingston, Ont.

Also in Season 3 You Gotta Eat Here!

Season 3: 37 of 78 still open · 5 renamed, moved or under new owners

  • Ep 1Cafe Radio

    Carstairs, AB

    Closed

  • Ep 1Morris East

    Halifax, NS

    Open

  • Ep 1Pig Out BBQ

    Toronto, ON

    Open

  • Ep 2Casa Calzone

    Quebec City, QC

    Open

  • Ep 2Rock Lobster

    Toronto, ON

    Closed

  • Ep 3Fresh & Sweet

    Regina, SK

    Open

  • Ep 3Gruman's

    Calgary, AB

    Closed

  • Ep 3Leche Desserts

    Montreal, QC

    Open
All 26 Season 3 episodes →

Nearest restaurants By distance from 93 Princess St

  • Dianne's Fishbar (Dianne's)

    Kingston, ON 0.2 mi away

    You Gotta Eat Here!

    Renamed

  • MLTDWN

    Kingston, ON 0.3 mi away

    You Gotta Eat Here!

    Closed

  • Geneva Crepe Bistro

    Kingston, ON 0.3 mi away

    You Gotta Eat Here!

    Closed

  • William's Family Diner

    Picton, ON 36 mi away

    You Gotta Eat Here!

    Closed

  • Burger Revolution

    Belleville, ON 45 mi away

    You Gotta Eat Here!

    Relocated

  • Wannamaker's Bake Shop

    Trenton, ON 56 mi away

    Project Bakeover

    Open
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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. harperskingston.ca http://harperskingston.ca/
  2. kingstonist.com https://www.kingstonist.com/?p=8605
  3. wanderlog.com https://wanderlog.com/place/details/1159099/harpers
  4. rottentomatoes.com https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/you_gotta_eat_here/s03
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Record ygeh-159 · checked by Cal Marchetti.