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Is Jam Cafe Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (Victoria, BC)

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3 Victoria, British Columbia

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Jam Cafe is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed February 2026.

What the source shows: The cafe's website listed Victoria hours with a February 2026 update date, and Wanderlog showed Google reviews for the address dated February and March 2026. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

Jam Cafe's Victoria restaurant was featured in the April 25, 2014 episode of You Gotta Eat Here! (Food Network Canada); Rotten Tomatoes' season-three listing for the episode names a Charley Bowl. The cafe's own website describes an all-day breakfast and brunch spot that has operated since 2012, places the Victoria location in the city's historic Old Town, and spells the hearty menu item Charlie Bowl; Wanderlog lists the address as 542 Herald St. According to the website, Jam has since added three more locations, named Beatty Street, Kitsilano, and Lonsdale. In 2026 the cafe's website listed Victoria hours of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends, with page metadata showing a February 13, 2026 update, and Wanderlog's listing for the address showed Google reviews dated February 4 and March 3, 2026.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3

Episode 5
Aired
Title: Jam Cafe; The Gabardine; Gasthof Old Bavarian Haus · What was featured: Charley Bowl, a huge breakfast challenge dish at a Victoria cafe

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : John visits the Jam Cafe in Victoria, B.C., where he attempts to eat the enormous Charley Bowl; and later, tries pork chops served with black-eyed-pea ragout at the Gabardine in Toronto. Also: a German restaurant known for its mushroom schnitzel.

Also in Season 3 You Gotta Eat Here!

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

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. jamcafes.com http://www.jamcafes.com/
  2. wanderlog.com https://wanderlog.com/place/details/812447/jam-cafe
  3. rottentomatoes.com https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/you_gotta_eat_here/s03
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