Is Pelican Seafood Market… Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Current status
As of October 2026, Pelican Seafood Market & Grill is listed open on pelicanseafood.ca, reviewed by our team on October 19, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
Last verified
What the source shows: The business's own website, fetched 2026-10-19, loads with an online-ordering widget, and Google Places shows it operational; no hours or dated text were captured.
- Season / episode Season 31, Episode 2
- Original air date
- Address 1500 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1H 7Z2
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Pelican Seafood Market & Grill appeared on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives in the episode "Family Meals," which aired 2019-12-06. TheTVDB's listing for that episode describes its Ottawa segment as two brothers-in-law continuing a decades-long seafood tradition. Food Network's restaurant page lists scallops with pork belly and a lobster poutine, in which a steamed, split lobster is topped with fresh-cut fries, lobster gravy and cheese curds. The Ottawa Business Journal reported on 2019-05-15 that Gilles Roy founded the business in 1978, that it is owned by Jim Foster and his brother-in-law Marc Roy, and that it combines a fish market with a 60-seat seafood restaurant in the Blue Heron Mall on Bank Street, south of downtown Ottawa. The business's website, as of October 2026, had an online-ordering widget and a page description reading "Where Flavor Sets Sail." Google's listing showed the business as operational at 1500 Bank St in October 2026.
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- Episode title
- Family Meals
- What was featured
- Lobster poutine and scallops with pork belly
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Pelican Seafood Market & Grill
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Visit info
- Address
- 1500 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1H 7Z2
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- pelicanseafood.ca
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Ontario
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Sources
- foodnetwork.com — https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/no-state/ottawa/pelican-seafood-market-and-grill-restaurant
- obj.ca — https://obj.ca/?p=83015
- TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/episodes/7431191
- pelicanseafood.ca — http://www.pelicanseafood.ca/
- Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Pelican+Seafood+Market+and+Grill+1500+Bank+St+Ottawa+ON
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