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What Happened to Smoken Bones… After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Victoria, BC)

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As of October 2026, Smoken Bones Cookshack has closed — confirmed via Google, October 19, 2026.

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What the source shows: A public Google Maps listing for Smoken Bones Cookshack at 1701 Douglas St in Victoria, checked 2026-10-19, is marked permanently closed.

  • Season / episode Season 2, Episode 1
  • Original air date
  • Address 1701 Douglas St #7, Victoria, BC V8T 4K6

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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

TheTVDB's episode guide lists the Smoken Bones Cookshack segment of the 2013-02-15 episode as a homemade spicy coiled sausage, a sweet and beefy Sloppy Joe, and ice cream coated in salty-sweet bacon brittle. The Times Colonist reported, in an undated article, that chef-owner Ken Hueston opened the original 74-seat Smoken Bones on Station Avenue in Langford in spring 2006, that En Route magazine ranked it 12th among Canada's top 20 new restaurants in November 2007, and that the B.C. Chamber of Commerce named him Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2008. The same article described the Victoria restaurant as a 110-seat barbecue room in the Hudson building at 1701 Douglas Street, noted it had been featured on You Gotta Eat Here!, and reported that its doors were closed that week. A public Google Maps listing for Smoken Bones Cookshack at 1701 Douglas Street, checked 2026-10-19, marks the business as permanently closed.

Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!

Season / episode
Season 2, Episode 1
Original air date
Episode title
Pie; Burger Barn; Smoken Bones Cookshack
What was featured
Spicy coiled sausage, Sloppy Joe and bacon brittle ice cream
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Smoken Bones Cookshack

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Visit info

Address
1701 Douglas St #7, Victoria, BC V8T 4K6
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
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Sources

  • TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/episodes/4853289
  • timescolonist.com — https://www.timescolonist.com/business/doors-are-closed-at-smoken-bones-in-victorias-hudson-4610811
  • Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Smoken+Bones+Cookshack+1701+Douglas+St+%237+Victoria+BC+V8T+4K6

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