Is Elgin Street Diner Still Open? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (Ottawa, ON)
Current status
As of October 2026, Elgin Street Diner is listed open on 613today.ca, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
Last verified
What the source shows: 613today's late-night eats article published 2026-04-11 calls Elgin Street Diner Ottawa's most famous late-night destination, and Ottawa Tourism's page updated 2024-04-22 also describes it as open 24/7.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 13
- Original air date
- Address 374 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1N1
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
According to TVmaze, season 1, episode 13 of You Gotta Eat Here!, aired 2012-08-12, included Elgin Street Diner in Ottawa alongside Schwartz's Deli and Mrs. Riches Restaurant; the TVmaze summary names no dish for the diner. The directory 613today.ca lists the business at 374 Elgin Street, serving classic diner food since 1993 and open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The Pearl listings site shows the same around-the-clock hours. The diner's own website, viewed in October 2026, mentions breakfast, brunch, poutine, milkshakes and fries, carries an online-ordering prompt, and says the diner opened more than 22 years ago; it shows no hours and no dated content. A Google Places record retrieved in October 2026 lists the business as operational.
613today, in a late-night eats article published 2026-04-11, called Elgin Street Diner Ottawa's most famous late-night destination. Ottawa Tourism's late-night bites page, updated 2024-04-22, said the diner is open 24/7, 365. The 613today directory entry for the diner gives the address 374 Elgin Street with the postal code K2P 1M9, while a Google Places record gives K2P 1N1.
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!
- Show
- You Gotta Eat Here!
- Season / episode
- Season 1, Episode 13
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Elgin Street Diner, Schwartz's Deli, Mrs. Riches Restaurant
- What was featured
- Diner stop in S1E13; TVmaze summary names no specific dish
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Elgin Street Diner
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Visit info
- Address
- 374 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1N1
- Venue type
- diner
- Official website
- elginstreetdiner.com
- State hub
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Sources
- api.tvmaze.com — https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=you%20gotta%20eat%20here&embed=episodes
- 613today.ca — https://613today.ca/places/elgin-street-diner
- joinpearl.co — https://joinpearl.co/restaurants/ottawa/elgin-street-diner
- elginstreetdiner.com — http://www.elginstreetdiner.com/
- 613today.ca — https://www.613today.ca/what-to-eat/best-late-night-eats-ottawa
- ottawatourism.ca — https://Ottawatourism.ca/en/ottawa-insider/ottawas-best-late-night-bites
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