What Happened to The Hogtown Cure After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Toronto, ON)
You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 5 Toronto, Ontario
Current status
As of October 2026, The Hogtown Cure is listed closed on streetsoftoronto.com, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026 and cross-checked against torontolife.com; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.
What the source shows: Toronto Life reported on 2016-02-02 that The Hogtown Cure at 1484 Dundas St W was remade as The Cure by the same owners, and a Streets of Toronto listing for The Cure at that address (2025 copyright) is marked Permanently Closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 5, Episode 6
- Aired
- Address 1484 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6K 1T6
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
The Hogtown Cure was the first of three restaurants in the You Gotta Eat Here! episode "The Hogtown Cure, Son of a Peach, Belle Isle Seafood" (season 5, episode 6), which first aired on 2016-04-01 on Food Network Canada with host John Catucci. The Toronto location comes from the episode title and from TVmaze's episode summary, which refers to the city's Hogtown nickname; TVmaze's listing does not record a featured dish. A web search run on 2026-10-19 returned a Toronto Life item announcing The Hogtown Cure as a new sandwich shop and deli on Dundas West, and a Streets of Toronto restaurant recap that names it. A second Toronto Life item turned up whose web address mentions The Cure, Hogtown and Little Portugal. None of these carried a date in the search results.
Toronto Life reported on February 2, 2016 that The Hogtown Cure, at 1484 Dundas Street West, had been renovated and refocused as a restaurant called The Cure by owners Steve Ireson and Chris Schroer; the magazine said the venue had previously been a deli, cafe and retail shop in one. The thecure.to website, which carries a 2016-2017 copyright notice, describes the restaurant as established in 2012 as The Hogtown Cure. A Streets of Toronto listing for The Cure at 1484 Dundas Street West, checked on 2026-10-19 with a 2025 copyright notice, carries a permanently closed label.
The episode
Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : John learns how Toronto earned its nickname "Hogtown"; and in Burlington, Ont., visits a restaurant known for its pizza and burgers. Also: He travels to Boston's Belle Isle Seafood for a great big lobster roll.
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Sources we checked
- torontolife.com https://torontolife.com/?p=186585
- streetsoftoronto.com https://streetsoftoronto.com/friday-restaurant-recap-bite-bar-the-hogtown-cure-ben-izzys-deli-sagra-the-antler-room/
- torontolife.com https://torontolife.com/food/introducing-the-cure-hogtown-canadian-little-portugal/
- streetsoftoronto.com https://streetsoftoronto.com/streats/the-cure/
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Record ygeh-286 · checked by Cal Marchetti.