Transit Hotel

• Transit Smokehouse leaving historic Fort Road hotel in favour of the southside

  The hope was the Transit Hotel Smokehouse and its BBQ menu could bring new life to the centry-old historic building in north Edmonton — but instead, the space is closing down.

  Consumer

  May 5
  
• Transit Smokehouse and BBQ seeks community support amid dire financial struggles

  A series of 'one catastrophe after another' has prompted the Transit Smokehouse and BBQ to ask Edmontonians to bring their support to the Fort Road restaurant.

  Economy

  Nov 11, 2025
  
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• First the pandemic, now prices: Alberta restaurants struggling with high inflation

  Alberta's hospitality industry had a tough couple of years through the pandemic, but it's being hit perhaps even harder by the biggest increase in inflation since 1991.

  Economy

  Jun 17, 2022
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• Edmonton businesses hopeful new licence bylaw will cut down on red tape

  The City of Edmonton has approved a new business licence bylaw it says will reduce barriers for new businesses in the city.

  Features

  Aug 22, 2021
• New restaurant set to open in Edmonton’s iconic Transit Hotel

  The first phase of the renovations is nearly complete: a redevelopment of the main-floor bar into a BBQ smokehouse restaurant.

  Dec 27, 2020
• Fort Road soup kitchen shuts down after city appeal board revokes its permit

  The Gathering Place, also known as "Mawacihitowin Otah," announced Monday afternoon that it is closing its doors.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2019
• 109-year-old Transit Hotel in Edmonton to close its doors

  The Transit Hotel on Fort Road and 127 Avenue opened on Sept. 11, 1908 and was the only beer parlour along the Fort Trail to Fort Saskatchewan.

  Economy

  Jun 7, 2017