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What Happened to Reggie's Hot Grill After You Gotta Eat Here!?

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1 Peterborough, Ontario

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Reggie's Hot Grill has closed — confirmed via ptbocanada.com, December 9, 2021.

What the source shows: PTBOCanada reported on 2021-12-09 that the owners would serve their last burgers on 2021-12-18, 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!?

Reggie's Hot Grill, on Hunter Street East in Peterborough, Ontario, appeared in S1E12 of You Gotta Eat Here! (Food Network Canada), aired 2012-08-31; TVmaze's episode summary names the restaurant without a dish. Kawartha Now reported on 2016-12-11 that founders Cameron Green and Rej Maranda opened it after running a chip truck in Lakefield, that East City Bakery bought it in 2013, that Peter Kayser bought it in 2015 and renamed it Reggie's Gourmet Burgers, and that Steve and Carolyn Effer were taking over and restoring the Reggie's Hot Grill name. PTBOCanada reported on 2021-12-09 that the Effers would serve their last burgers on 2021-12-18 and planned to keep up catering and pop-up kitchens. A Google Maps listing viewed on 2026-10-19 marks the business as permanently closed.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1

Episode 12
Aired
Title: Urban Deli, Ches's Fish and Chips, Reggie's Hot Grill · What was featured: Hot grill burgers; episode listing names no specific dish

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : Comfort foods are sampled at Urban Deli in St. John, N.B.; Ches's Fish Famous Fish & Chips in St. John's, N.L.; and Reggie's Hot Grill in Peterborough, Ont.

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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. kawarthanow.com https://kawarthanow.com/2016/12/11/new-ownership-reggies-hot-grill
  3. ptbocanada.com https://ptbocanada.com/journal/local-east-city-restaurant-to-flip-its-last-burger-dec-18
  4. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Reggie%27s+Hot+Grill+89+Hunter+St+E+Peterborough+ON+K9H+1G4
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