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Where Is Kekuli Café Now? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (West Kelowna, BC)

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 2 West Kelowna, British Columbia

Current status

Relocated

As of October 2026, Kekuli Café has relocated to 307-3550 Carrington Rd, West Kelowna, BC — confirmed via the business's own website/social account, accessed November 12, 2017. The original location is closed.

What the source shows: Monte Cristo Magazine reported on 2017-11-12 that the original West Kelowna cafe was moving from Louie Drive to Carrington Road, and the cafe's own locations page in October 2026 lists the Westbank cafe at 307-3550 Carrington Road with current hours. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

TheTVDB's overview of the Season 2 episode that aired 2013-04-26 says host John Catucci traveled to Westbank, British Columbia, to visit Kekuli Café, a bannock-focused Indigenous cafe. Monte Cristo Magazine reported on 2017-11-12 that Sharon Bond-Hogg and Darren Hogg had run the cafe since 2009, that its signature item was the Pow Wow Frybread Indian Taco, and that bannock came in flavors such as apple spice and maple walnut. The same article reported that the original cafe, just off Highway 97 on Louie Drive, was closing to move down the street to Carrington Road, with an opening planned for January 2018, and that a second location had opened in Merritt. In October 2026 the cafe's own locations page listed the Westbank cafe at 307-3550 Carrington Road with weekday hours of 6:30am to 4:30pm and weekend hours of 8am to 4pm, alongside branches in Merritt, Kamloops, and Fort St. John.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 2

Episode 20
Aired
Title: Kekuli Cafe; Big T's BBQ and Smokehouse; Pressed · What was featured: Bannock at an Indigenous cafe in Westbank

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : John visits a café that's known for its bannock in British Columbia, and later travels to a barbecue joint in Calgary. Also: Waffles and sandwiches are served at Pressed in Ottawa, Ont.

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. montecristomagazine.com https://montecristomagazine.com/food-and-drink/kekuli-cafe
  2. kekulicafe.com https://www.kekulicafe.com/locations
  3. destinationindigenous.ca https://destinationindigenous.ca/listings/kekuli-caf%c3%a9-westbank/
  4. TheTVDB https://thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/episodes/4853410
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