Is Café Polonez Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (Toronto, ON)
Current status
As of October 2026, Café Polonez is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed May 24, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: Tastet's review, last updated 2026-05-24, describes the cafe as operating with daily hours, and a Google Maps listing read 2026-10-19 shows it operational.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 19
- Original air date
- Address 195 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2L5
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
Café Polonez, a Polish restaurant at 195 Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto, was a stop in the episode "Red Top, Diner Deluxe, Cafe Polenez" of You Gotta Eat Here! (Food Network Canada), which aired 2012-09-14 according to TVmaze; the TVmaze summary names the restaurant but no dish. Tastet, in a review last updated 2026-05-24, reported that the Zychla family took over an existing Polish cafe on the avenue in 1981 and kept its name, and that a daughter, Sofia Jedynak, now leads it with her children as co-owners. The review describes fresh-made pierogi, schnitzel, seasonal soups and a Hungarian-style potato pancake with beef goulash, which it calls the most-ordered dish, and gives opening hours of 11am to 10pm every day. A Google Maps listing read on 2026-10-19 also shows the restaurant as operational.
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!
- Show
- You Gotta Eat Here!
- Season / episode
- Season 1, Episode 19
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Red Top, Diner Deluxe, Cafe Polenez
- What was featured
- Polish cafe stop on Roncesvalles; episode listings name no specific dish
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Café Polonez
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Visit info
- Address
- 195 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2L5
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- cafepolonez.ca
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Ontario
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Sources
- tastet.ca — https://tastet.ca/en/reviews/cafe-polonez-torontos-45-year-old-polish-institution-on-roncesvalles/
- Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Cafe+Polonez+195+Roncesvalles+Ave+Toronto+ON+M6R+2L5
- api.tvmaze.com — https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=you+gotta+eat+here&embed=episodes
- TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/seasons/official/1
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