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What Happened to Soda Jerks After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Edmonton, AB)

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3 Edmonton, Alberta

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Soda Jerks is listed closed on Foursquare, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026 and cross-checked against thegatewayonline.ca; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.

What the source shows: A Foursquare listing for a Soda Jerks burger joint in the Edmonton area (tagged St. Albert) is labelled Now Closed on 2026-10-19 with tips from 2013 to 2014, and The Gateway's 2015-04-01 burger bracket describes an Edmonton-area Soda Jerks with a 1950s-diner theme and deep-fried pickles. How we decide a status →

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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

The 2014-05-23 episode "Fancy Franks, Soda Jerks, Pedal & Tap" of You Gotta Eat Here! included a stop at Soda Jerks in Edmonton, where host John Catucci took on the Macho Nacho Burger, according to TVmaze's episode summary. Each episode of the Food Network Canada series visits three local restaurants, and this one also featured Fancy Franks in Toronto and Pedal & Tap in Kimberley, British Columbia. Daily Hive's 2022-03-31 roundup of oversized Edmonton menu items did not include it, and Mountain View Today's 2022 list of retro Alberta diners named Route 99 Diner as its Edmonton entry instead.

A Foursquare listing for a Soda Jerks burger joint in St. Albert, Alberta, checked 2026-10-19, carries a Now Closed label; its visitor tips are dated from June 2013 to October 2014, and one dated August 14, 2013 praises the Yellowhead location. The Gateway said on 2015-04-01 that the burgers at Soda Jerks are made great by the plethora of toppings, and described a 1950s-diner theme, a wide range of sodas and deep-fried pickles. The Foursquare page gives no street address.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3

Episode 13
Aired
Title: Fancy Franks, Soda Jerks, Pedal & Tap · What was featured: The Macho Nacho Burger, taken on by the host in Edmonton

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : The host eats gourmet hot dogs in Toronto; tries the "Macho Nacho Burger" at Soda Jerks in Edmonton; and orders the meat and spaghettiballs at Pedal and Tap in Kimberley, B.C.

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 5 references

  1. api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/shows/15676/episodes
  2. dailyhive.com https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/massive-food-edmonton
  3. mountainviewtoday.ca https://www.mountainviewtoday.ca/hot-summer-guide/5-super-retro-alberta-diners-that-will-send-you-back-in-time-5447032
  4. Foursquare https://redirect.foursquare.com/sodajerk6598994
  5. thegatewayonline.ca https://www.thegatewayonline.ca/?p=6880
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