Is Chewies Steam… Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (Vancouver, BC)
Current status
As of October 2026, Chewies Steam and Oyster Bar is listed open on fanvancouver.com, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
Last verified
What the source shows: FanVancouver's 2026 World Cup guide lists Chewies Oyster Bar at 2201 W 1st Ave with evening hours and says it last checked Kitsilano venue hours in July 2026, and the restaurant's website gives the same address and the same phone number Daily Hive printed for Chewies Steam & Oyster Bar in 2017.
- Season / episode Season 2, Episode 13
- Original air date
- Address 2201 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6K 3E6
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
The Season 2 episode "Holy Grill; The Flying Spatula; Chewiest Steam," which aired 2013-04-05, included Chewies Steam and Oyster Bar in Vancouver, which TheTVDB's episode overview describes as a southern-style brunch spot that treats seafood as breakfast food; host John Catucci tried shrimp and grits and crab cakes with eggs. The Georgia Straight reported on 2012-02-22 that the Kitsilano restaurant at 2201 West 1st Avenue, at Yew Street, was a new Cajun and Creole spot with a New Orleans theme, co-owned by Richard Chew with Mel and Jamie Haddad, serving gumbo, jambalaya, po' boys, fried chicken and Fanny Bay oysters. The Daily Hive listed it as Chewies Steam & Oyster Bar on 2016-06-02, with a daily happy hour featuring a Buck-a-Shuck oyster special. Destination Vancouver, on an undated page, lists a Chewies Oyster Bar at the same address, and OpenStreetMap lists evening hours for it.
FanVancouver's guide for the 2026 World Cup lists Chewies Oyster Bar at 2201 West 1st Avenue with evening hours from Tuesday to Sunday, and says it last checked hours for Kitsilano venues in July 2026. The restaurant's website, chewies.ca, gives the same address and the telephone number 604-558-4448, which a Daily Hive list dated 2017-12-20 also gave for Chewies Steam & Oyster Bar. The website uses the shorter name Chewies Oyster Bar and also lists a Coal Harbour location.
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!
- Show
- You Gotta Eat Here!
- Season / episode
- Season 2, Episode 13
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Holy Grill; The Flying Spatula; Chewiest Steam
- What was featured
- Southern-style seafood brunch: shrimp and grits, crab cakes with eggs
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Chewies Steam and Oyster Bar
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Visit info
- Address
- 2201 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6K 3E6
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- None found
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Sources
- TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/episodes/4853403
- straight.com — https://www.straight.com/node/21246
- dailyhive.com — https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/best-oyster-bars-in-vancouver
- destinationvancouver.com — https://www.destinationvancouver.com/listings/chewies-oyster-bar-kitsilano/39322/
- fanvancouver.com — https://fanvancouver.com/uk/worldcup2026/pubs-restaurants/chewies-oyster-bar-kitsilano/
- dailyhive.com — https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/best-oyster-bars-vancouver
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