Who Runs The Ace Now? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update (Toronto, ON)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 16 Toronto, Ontario
Current status
As of October 2026, The Ace operates under new ownership — confirmed via guide.michelin.com, October 19, 2026.
What the source shows: The 2026 Michelin Guide listing viewed 2026-10-19 names a different owning couple than Toronto Life's 2011-12-13 opening profile, the restaurant's website was last modified 2026-10-16 with current hours, and OpenTable showed diner reviews dated as late as 2026-10-10. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 16, Episode 12
- Aired
- Address 231A Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2L6
- Website theacetoronto.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
The Ace, at 231A Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto, appeared in the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode “Layers of Flavor,” which aired 2013-03-18. Toronto Life's recap dated 2013-04-01 reported that the host tried deep-fried pork belly with potato salad, a mac-and-cheese burger and a Christmas burger, a turkey patty stuffed with stuffing and finished with cranberry compote, and it identified chef Peter McKnight. Toronto Life's opening profile, dated 2011-12-13, said Maggie Ruhl and Greg Boggs had turned a Roncesvalles space that held a Chinese restaurant, closed for almost two decades, into a vintage diner called The Ace.
The 2026 Michelin Guide Canada listing, viewed 2026-10-19, names Rafael Badell and Maggie Stackpole as the husband-and-wife team now running it and lists it as a Bib Gourmand, citing daytime dishes such as duck confit and mushroom toast and brioche French toast. Wikipedia's article, citing a Toronto Star report dated 2021-01-18, places the sale to the current owners in December 2020. The restaurant's website, last modified 2026-10-16, lists dinner and weekend brunch hours.
The episode
Also in Season 16
Season 16: 11 of 29 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 10Crown Bar
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Ep 10The Golden State
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Ep 11Beer Belly
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Ep 11Lakeview Restaurant
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Ep 12Tortugas' Lie
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Ep 13Caplansky's
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Ep 13Chomp Chomp Nation
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Sources we checked
- guide.michelin.com https://guide.michelin.com/ca/en/ontario/toronto/restaurant/the-ace
- theacetoronto.com https://www.theacetoronto.com/
- opentable.co.uk https://www.opentable.co.uk/r/the-ace-toronto
- torontolife.com https://torontolife.com/food/introducing-the-ace/
- torontolife.com https://torontolife.com/culture/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-the-ace/
- foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/no-state/toronto/the-ace
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ace_(restaurant)
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Record ddd-1626 · checked by Cal Marchetti.