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Is The Village Restaurant Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3 Victoria, British Columbia

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, The Village Restaurant is listed open on thevillagerestaurant.ca, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own site, viewed 2026-10-20, lists the Estevan location with daily 8 am to 2 pm hours and accepts reservations, and its Google listing is operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

The Village Restaurant on Estevan Avenue in Victoria, British Columbia, was shown in the Season 3 episode of You Gotta Eat Here! that aired 2014-05-02, alongside Prairie Harvest and St. Joachim Diner. TVmaze's episode listing names eggs Benedict served on a latke as the featured dish. The business is a scratch-made, all-day brunch restaurant; its own website says it has more than 20 years of scratch-made food and coffee in three Victoria neighbourhoods. When viewed on 2026-10-20, the website (thevillagerestaurant.ca) listed three locations, Estevan at 2518 Estevan Avenue, Royal Oak at 4517 West Saanich Road and Torquay at 4087 Shelbourne Street, each open daily from 8 am to 2 pm, with reservations accepted and a full menu page. The site printed no dates. Google's business listing for The VILLAGE Estevan at 2518 Estevan Ave showed an operational status when checked on 2026-10-19.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3

Aired
Title: Prairie Harvest, St. Joachim Diner, The Village · What was featured: Eggs Benedict on a latke, per TVmaze's episode listing

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : The host eats a turducken burger, pot roast and brunch during his travels.

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 2 references

  1. thevillagerestaurant.ca https://www.thevillagerestaurant.ca/
  2. thevillagerestaurant.ca https://thevillagerestaurant.ca/reel/story
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Record ygeh-340 · checked by Cal Marchetti.