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What Happened to Rino's Kitchen & Ale House After You Gotta Eat Here!?

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3 Windsor, Ontario

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Rino's Kitchen & Ale House has closed — confirmed via am800cklw.com, January 20, 2020.

What the source shows: AM 800 CKLW and Windsor News Today both reported on 2020-01-20 that owner Josh Fraser announced the restaurant would close at the end of January 2020, and Google marks the listing permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

Rino's Kitchen & Ale House, a restaurant in a historic house about a century old at 131 Elliott Street West in downtown Windsor, Ontario, was shown in the Season 3 episode of You Gotta Eat Here! that aired 2014-06-06, with chef Rino Bortolin. TVmaze's episode listing names a pulled rabbit ragu as the featured dish. Ontario's Southwest, a regional tourism site, describes the restaurant's seasonally changing menu built on local ingredients and lists it among restaurants featured on the show. Windsor News Today reported on 2016-02-18 that Bortolin had sold the restaurant to his sous chef, Josh Fraser.

On 2020-01-20, AM 800 CKLW and Windsor News Today reported that Fraser announced on Facebook that the restaurant would close at the end of January 2020, with a goodbye party on January 31, about ten years after it opened. A Google Maps listing checked on 2026-10-19 carries a permanently-closed marking.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3

Episode 17
Aired
Title: Ben & Izzy's Deli, Rinos, Little Louie's Burger Joint & Soupery · What was featured: Pulled rabbit ragu, per TVmaze's episode listing

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : Dishes in the spotlight include a chicken club sandwich topped with beef bacon, and a pulled-rabbit ragú. Also: The host visits Little Louie's Burger Joint and Soupery in Cambridge, Ont.

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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. am800cklw.com https://www.am800cklw.com/news/rino-s-kitchen-to-close-after-10-years-in-downtown-windsor-1.10480735.html
  2. windsornewstoday.ca https://windsornewstoday.ca/news/2020/01/20/popular-downtown-windsor-restaurant-closing
  3. windsornewstoday.ca https://windsornewstoday.ca/news/2016/02/18/rinos-kitchen-sold
  4. ontariossouthwest.com https://www.ontariossouthwest.com/trip-inspiration/post/you-gotta-eat-here-part-ii/
  5. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Rino%27s+Kitchen+%26+Ale+House+131+Elliott+St+W+Windsor+ON
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