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Is That Little Place by the Lights Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1 Huntsville, Ontario

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, That Little Place by the Lights is listed open on thatlittleplacebythelights.ca, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, viewed in October 2026, carries a 2026 copyright, lists weekly hours and walk-in policy, and shows blog posts dated 2025-04-24. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

According to TVmaze, season 1, episode 16 of You Gotta Eat Here!, aired 2012-09-12, included That Little Place by the Lights in Huntsville, Ontario, alongside Blondie's in Winnipeg and Neighbour's Restaurant in Vancouver; the TVmaze summary names no dish. The restaurant's own website describes a family-owned Italian restaurant at 76 Main Street East in downtown Huntsville, with pasta, lasagna, gnocchi, homemade gelato and pizza, a Market Place of take-home meals, and a waterfront patio. Its La Famiglia page features owner Manny Buttus. In October 2026 the site carried a 2026 copyright notice, listed hours of 11:30 AM to 8 PM Monday through Thursday and 11:30 AM to 8:30 PM Friday and Saturday, said it takes walk-ins only, and showed two blog posts dated 2025-04-24 about Italian food history.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 1

Episode 16
Aired
Title: Blondie's, Little Place, Neighbours · What was featured: Restaurant stop in S1E16; TVmaze summary names no specific dish

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : The host orders a 9-pound burger at Blondie's in Winnipeg. Other stops include That Little Place by the Lights in Huntsville, Ont.; and Neighbour's Restaurant in Vancouver.

Also in Season 1 You Gotta Eat Here!

Season 1: 37 of 78 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=you%20gotta%20eat%20here&embed=episodes
  2. thatlittleplacebythelights.ca https://thatlittleplacebythelights.ca/
  3. thatlittleplacebythelights.ca https://thatlittleplacebythelights.ca/about
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