Who Runs The Ace Now? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update (Toronto, ON)
Current status
As of October 2026, The Ace operates under new ownership — confirmed via guide.michelin.com, October 19, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: The 2026 Michelin Guide listing viewed 2026-10-19 names a different owning couple than Toronto Life's 2011-12-13 opening profile, the restaurant's website was last modified 2026-10-16 with current hours, and OpenTable showed diner reviews dated as late as 2026-10-10.
- Season / episode Season 16, Episode 12
- Original air date
- Address 231A Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2L6
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
The Ace, at 231A Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto, appeared in the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode “Layers of Flavor,” which aired 2013-03-18. Toronto Life's recap dated 2013-04-01 reported that the host tried deep-fried pork belly with potato salad, a mac-and-cheese burger and a Christmas burger, a turkey patty stuffed with stuffing and finished with cranberry compote, and it identified chef Peter McKnight. Toronto Life's opening profile, dated 2011-12-13, said Maggie Ruhl and Greg Boggs had turned a Roncesvalles space that held a Chinese restaurant, closed for almost two decades, into a vintage diner called The Ace. The 2026 Michelin Guide Canada listing, viewed 2026-10-19, names Rafael Badell and Maggie Stackpole as the husband-and-wife team now running it and lists it as a Bib Gourmand, citing daytime dishes such as duck confit and mushroom toast and brioche French toast. Wikipedia's article, citing a Toronto Star report dated 2021-01-18, places the sale to the current owners in December 2020. The restaurant's website, last modified 2026-10-16, lists dinner and weekend brunch hours.
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- Season 16, Episode 12
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Layers of Flavor
- What was featured
- Deep-fried pork belly, mac-and-cheese burger and a turkey Christmas burger
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- The Ace
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Visit info
- Address
- 231A Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2L6
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- theacetoronto.com
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Sources
- guide.michelin.com — https://guide.michelin.com/ca/en/ontario/toronto/restaurant/the-ace
- theacetoronto.com — https://www.theacetoronto.com/
- opentable.co.uk — https://www.opentable.co.uk/r/the-ace-toronto
- torontolife.com — https://torontolife.com/food/introducing-the-ace/
- torontolife.com — https://torontolife.com/culture/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-the-ace/
- foodnetwork.com — https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/no-state/toronto/the-ace
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ace_(restaurant)
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