What Happened to Booker BBQ &… After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Calgary, AB)
Current status
As of October 2026, Booker BBQ & Crabshack has closed — confirmed via Google, October 19, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: A Google Maps listing for Booker's BBQ Grill and Crab Shack at 316 3 St SE, the address Daily Hive gave for the restaurant in 2017, marks it permanently closed.
- Season / episode Season 4, Episode 9
- Original air date
- Address 316 3 St SE, Calgary, AB T2G 2S4
Address
316 3 St SE, Calgary, AB T2G 2S4
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
Season 4, episode 9 of You Gotta Eat Here! (aired 2015-03-27) had host John Catucci choosing between all-you-can-eat ribs and crab at a Calgary restaurant, according to TVmaze's episode summary. Daily Hive's 2017-06-29 roundup of Calgary barbecue lists Bookers BBQ Grill + Crab Shack at 316 3 Street SE, with plates of smoked brisket, chicken or St. Louis ribs, house-made andouille sausage and smoked wings. Savour Calgary reported on 2021-01-07 that the restaurant had served southern-style barbecue and seafood since 1998 from a former Lilydale poultry plant building, with buckets of crab, jambalaya, St. Louis ribs and brisket on the menu, and that Red Seal chef Brendan Bohan had joined to help with its reopening after the first lockdown. A public Google Maps listing for Booker's BBQ Grill and Crab Shack at 316 3 St SE, viewed 2026-10-19, marks the business permanently closed.
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!
- Show
- You Gotta Eat Here!
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Kenzington Burger Bar, Detroit Style Pizza, Booker BBQ & Crabshack
- What was featured
- All-you-can-eat ribs versus crab at a Calgary barbecue and seafood restaurant
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Booker BBQ & Crabshack
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Visit info
- Address
- 316 3 St SE, Calgary, AB T2G 2S4
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- None found
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Alberta
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Sources
- tvmaze.com — https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/710715/you-gotta-eat-here-4x09-kenzington-burger-bar-detroit-style-pizza-booker-bbq-crabshack
- dailyhive.com — https://dailyhive.com/calgary/bbq-calgary-2017
- savourcalgary.ca — https://savourcalgary.ca/?p=6138
- Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Booker%27s+BBQ+Grill+and+Crab+Shack+316+3+St+SE+Calgary+AB+T2G+2S4
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