Who Runs Riverside Inn Now? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (Norland, ON)
Current status
As of October 2026, thehighlander.ca reports Riverside Inn changed ownership; reviewed by our team, not yet independently confirmed.
Last verified
What the source shows: The Highlander reported on 2023-07-13 that new owners had taken over the inn, kept its casual style and changed the menu, and the restaurant's own website (2026 copyright, current weekly hours, online booking) shows it operating.
- Season / episode Season 5, Episode 18
- Original air date
- Address 7497 Hwy 35, Norland, ON K0M 1K0
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
Riverside Inn in Norland, Ontario, was featured in a Season 5 'Kids Edition' episode; the episode list used here dates it 2016-09-23, while TVDB also describes the inn in a Kids Edition dated 2016-09-16 as serving cottage country comfort food. The Highlander reported on 2023-07-13 that the inn, built in 1923 for mill workers on the Gull River, was marking its 100th anniversary, and that it had been a soda shop in the 1950s. The same article reported that new owners had taken over in 2023, kept the casual family-style approach of the previous owners, who ran it for 11 years, and changed the menu. The restaurant's website, viewed 2026-10-20 with a 2026 copyright, lists weekly hours for Monday and Thursday through Sunday, online booking and gift cards, and brands itself The Riverside. Google Maps lists the address as 7497 Highway 35.
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!
- Show
- You Gotta Eat Here!
- Season / episode
- Season 5, Episode 18
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Kid's: Yolk's Resturant & Commissary; Riverside Inn; Olympus Burger
- What was featured
- Cottage-country comfort food at a Norland inn; no specific dish named
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Riverside Inn
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Visit info
- Address
- 7497 Hwy 35, Norland, ON K0M 1K0
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- theriverside-inn.ca
- State hub
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Sources
- thehighlander.ca — https://thehighlander.ca/2023/07/13/riverside-inn-celebrates-a-century/
- theriverside-inn.ca — http://theriverside-inn.ca/
- TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/episodes/5753684
- TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/allseasons/official
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