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What Happened to Rino's Kitchen… After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Windsor, ON)

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As of October 2026, Rino's Kitchen & Ale House has closed — confirmed via am800cklw.com, January 20, 2020.

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am800cklw.com ·
Secondary source
windsornewstoday.ca ·

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What the source shows: AM 800 CKLW and Windsor News Today both reported on 2020-01-20 that owner Josh Fraser announced the restaurant would close at the end of January 2020, and Google marks the listing permanently closed.

  • Season / episode Season 3, Episode 17
  • Original air date
  • Address 131 Elliott Street West, Windsor, ON N9A 4L6

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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

Rino's Kitchen & Ale House, a restaurant in a historic house about a century old at 131 Elliott Street West in downtown Windsor, Ontario, was shown in the Season 3 episode of You Gotta Eat Here! that aired 2014-06-06, with chef Rino Bortolin. TVmaze's episode listing names a pulled rabbit ragu as the featured dish. Ontario's Southwest, a regional tourism site, describes the restaurant's seasonally changing menu built on local ingredients and lists it among restaurants featured on the show. Windsor News Today reported on 2016-02-18 that Bortolin had sold the restaurant to his sous chef, Josh Fraser. On 2020-01-20, AM 800 CKLW and Windsor News Today reported that Fraser announced on Facebook that the restaurant would close at the end of January 2020, with a goodbye party on January 31, about ten years after it opened. A Google Maps listing checked on 2026-10-19 carries a permanently-closed marking.

Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 17
Original air date
Episode title
Ben & Izzy's Deli, Rinos, Little Louie's Burger Joint & Soupery
What was featured
Pulled rabbit ragu, per TVmaze's episode listing
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Rino's Kitchen & Ale House

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Address
131 Elliott Street West, Windsor, ON N9A 4L6
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
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Sources

  • am800cklw.com — https://www.am800cklw.com/news/rino-s-kitchen-to-close-after-10-years-in-downtown-windsor-1.10480735.html
  • windsornewstoday.ca — https://windsornewstoday.ca/news/2020/01/20/popular-downtown-windsor-restaurant-closing
  • windsornewstoday.ca — https://windsornewstoday.ca/news/2016/02/18/rinos-kitchen-sold
  • ontariossouthwest.com — https://www.ontariossouthwest.com/trip-inspiration/post/you-gotta-eat-here-part-ii/
  • Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Rino%27s+Kitchen+%26+Ale+House+131+Elliott+St+W+Windsor+ON

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