Where Is Tubby Dog (Tubby's) Now? You Gotta Eat Here! Update (Calgary, AB)
Current status
As of October 2026, avenuecalgary.com indicates Tubby's relocated to 100A, 1210 8 Street SW, Calgary, AB; reviewed by our team, not yet independently confirmed.
Last verified
What the source shows: Avenue Calgary reported in March 2023 that owner Jon Truch closed the original Tubby Dog and reworked the name into a bar called Tubby's at 1210 8 St SW.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 22
- Original air date
- Address 100A, 1210 8 Street SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1L3
- Current name Tubby's
Address
100A, 1210 8 Street SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1L3
We have not geocoded this record yet, so it is not on the map.
What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
The 2012-09-21 episode of You Gotta Eat Here! (season 1, episode 22), as summarized by TVmaze, included Tubby Dog in Calgary, Alberta, without naming a dish. Avenue Calgary describes the Tubby Dog as a hot dog shop on 17th Avenue SW owned by Jon Truch, and describes its signature dog as an all-beef wiener in a butter-toasted bun topped with house-made steak chili, yellow mustard, raw white onion, bacon bits and jalapeno nacho cheese. Avenue Calgary reported on 2023-03-15 that the Tubby Dog closed during the COVID-19 pandemic because of leasing issues, and that Truch then reworked the Tubby name into Tubby's, a bar at 100A, 1210 8 Street SW in Calgary's Beltline; the article quotes him calling it 'just a good bar that serves hot dogs.' A second Avenue Calgary article, dated 2023-05-09, covers how the bar makes its signature Tubby Dog.
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!
- Show
- You Gotta Eat Here!
- Season / episode
- Season 1, Episode 22
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Chuckwagon Grill, Tubby Dog, Flapjack's
- What was featured
- Hot dogs, including the chili-topped Tubby Dog (episode dish not confirmed)
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Tubby Dog
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Visit info
- Address
- 100A, 1210 8 Street SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1L3
- Venue type
- bar
- Official website
- None found
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Alberta
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Sources
- avenuecalgary.com — https://avenuecalgary.com/restaurants-food/dining-out/tubbys-bar-calgary
- avenuecalgary.com — https://www.avenuecalgary.com/restaurants-food/dining-out/how-tubbys-makes-its-signature-chili-topped-tubby-dog/
- api.tvmaze.com — https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=you%20gotta%20eat%20here&embed=episodes
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