The Guardian Bar & Grill
The Guardian Bar & Grill is a restaurant at 817 Colombo Street Central City, Christchurch Central City.
Checked 26 Oct 2026
Previously Mr Wolf, now The Guardian Bar and Grill is open in the central city
Licensed to SAP Foods Limited, to 30 Apr 2029
One of 266 restaurants in Christchurch Central City, 27% of the city’s count
817 Colombo Street Central City
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Nearby
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Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other restaurants
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Also in Christchurch Central City
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What the record holds 7 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 817 Colombo Street Central City | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants | Council licence register |
| Phone | 03 9258266 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | mrwolf.nz · unreachable when last read | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| mrwolfchristchurch@gmail.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 | |
| Food registration | reg CCC006105/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 24 Dec 2026 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 30 Apr 2029, held by SAP Foods Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Previously Mr Wolf, now The Guardian Bar and Grill is open in the central city.
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Central City Mixed Use Zone | District Plan |
He Poupou Tohu Ahi-Kä o Ngäi Tahu
In Conjunction With the Christchurch BeautifyingWhat stood on Colombo Street
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside A Rolling Stone, 2023-12. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
2,915 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,375 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 2,915 reports on file
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Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
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A restaurant in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
817 Colombo Street Central City, Christchurch Central City, on Colombo Street Central City. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 30 Apr 2029, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 9258266 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email mrwolfchristchurch@gmail.com (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Rangoon Ruby (9 m), Bolina Indian Sweets and Restaurant (18 m), Himalayas (70 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 3 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Guardian (6 m); the Kilmore Street Town Hall bus stop is 144 m away: routes 1, 29, 95; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Rose Historic Chapel Reserve (277 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 7
- Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (CC BY 4.0)
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0),
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register, the public Food Act registration for these premises, verified by the named agency, matched here by name and address
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