What Happened to The Combine… After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Toronto, ON)
Current status
As of October 2026, The Combine Eatery has closed — confirmed via stephaniedickison.com, September 26, 2019.
Last verified
What the source shows: Stephanie Dickison's column (2019-09-26) reports The Combine Eatery on the Danforth closed in the first quarter of 2018 and was reborn as The Combine Reboot at 162 Danforth Ave, and NOW Toronto (2019-09-17) says the space had sat vacant for years.
- Season / episode Season 5, Episode 19
- Original air date
- Address 162 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1N2
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
You Gotta Eat Here! season 5, episode 19 aired on Food Network Canada on 2016-09-30 with host John Catucci. TVmaze's episode listing titles it "Homeskillet; The Combine Eatery; Burger Bar" and describes The Combine Eatery's featured food as Southwestern comfort food. The restaurant is listed under Toronto, Ontario. Google Maps lists a business named The Combine at 225 Wellington St W, Toronto, with the website thecombine.io. A check of thecombine.io on 2026-10-20 found a page that describes The Combine as a community-driven social club, with sections called Meet, Shop, Read and What, a launch party for DesignThinkers 2026 dated Oct 19-20, and a notice about the third issue of a magazine called Homemade. That check found no ordering tool on the site. The site does not describe a restaurant, and no source consulted for this entry links the current Combine to the eatery shown in the 2016 episode.
Stephanie Dickison's Open/Closed Toronto Restaurant News column for 26 September to 2 October 2019 reported that The Combine Eatery, which opened on the Danforth in 2011, closed in the first quarter of 2018 and was reborn as The Combine Reboot at 162 Danforth Avenue. NOW Toronto reported on 17 September 2019 that the eatery's space at 162 Danforth, at Broadview, had sat vacant for years and was apparently being converted into a new venture, the Combine Reboot. Toronto Life reported in July 2011 that siblings Albert and Amy Chan opened the eatery there, serving fish tacos.
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!
- Show
- You Gotta Eat Here!
- Season / episode
- Season 5, Episode 19
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Homeskillet; The Combine Eatery; Burger Bar
- What was featured
- Southwestern comfort food at The Combine Eatery in Toronto
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- The Combine Eatery
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Visit info
- Address
- 162 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1N2
- Venue type
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- Official website
- thecombine.io
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Sources
- thecombine.io — http://thecombine.io/
- stephaniedickison.com — https://www.stephaniedickison.com/articles/2019/9/26/openclosed-toronto-restaurant-news-september-29-october-2-2019
- nowtoronto.com — https://nowtoronto.com/food-and-drink/food/new-toronto-restaurants-sept-17/
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