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What Happened to The Burner Restaurant and Lounge? (Malakwa, BC)

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 4 Malakwa, British Columbia

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, The Burner Restaurant and Lounge is listed closed on Google, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026 and cross-checked against Facebook; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.

What the source shows: Google marks The Burner Grille temporarily closed with no review newer than about a year; its website no longer loads and its Facebook page has had no new post in about three years. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

The Burner Restaurant & Lounge in Malakwa, British Columbia, was one of three stops in the Season 4 episode aired 2015-05-01. TV Guide's listing says Catucci tried smoked meats that fall off the bone, served in a building described as an old beehive-style burner. The Revelstoke Review reported on 2014-10-30 that the crew filmed in the kitchen and dining room for two days and called the building a converted sawmill burner. The Salmon Arm Observer reported on 2020-08-20 that the property at 4260/4268 Oxbow Frontage Road was for sale, describing a 55-seat pub and restaurant with a kitchen updated in 2017.

The same newspaper reported on 2022-12-30 that the restaurant had closed in March 2020 during pandemic restrictions and reopened for limited hours from Dec. 26 to attract buyers. A BC hospitality directory page (go2hr.ca, undated) mentions new ownership, and a Google Maps listing checked 2026-10-19 is marked temporarily closed.

A Google Maps listing checked 2026-10-20 marks The Burner Grille at 4260 Oxbow Frontage Road in Malakwa temporarily closed, with no review newer than about a year. The restaurant's burnergrille.ca website did not load that day, the Internet Archive's last copy of it dates from August 2025, and its Facebook page showed no post newer than about three years.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 4

Episode 14
Aired
Title: Lisa Marie, The Burner Restaurant and Launge, Katie's Restaurant & Bar · What was featured: Smoked meats cooked in a converted old beehive-style burner

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : John eats brunch at Lisa Marie in Toronto. Other culinary highlights include smoked meats and seafood beignets.

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Sources we checked 7 references

  1. revelstokereview.com https://www.revelstokereview.com/entertainment/you-gotta-eat-here-funnyman-john-catucci-dishes-up-a-the-burner/
  2. saobserver.net https://saobserver.net/2020/08/20/shuswap-landmark-the-burner-grille-up-for-sale/
  3. saobserver.net https://saobserver.net/2022/12/30/one-of-a-kind-sicamous-burner-grille-reopens-for-limited-time/
  4. go2hr.ca https://go2hr.ca/?p=10700
  5. tvguide.com https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/you-gotta-eat-here/episodes-season-4/1030494459/
  6. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/The+Burner+Grille+4260+Oxbow+Frontage+Rd+Malakwa
  7. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheBurnerGrille/
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