What Happened to Antigua Cocina Mexicana After Man v. Food? (Roswell, NM)

Antigua Cocina Mexicana was one of the stops on the Man v. Food episode filmed in Roswell, New Mexico, which aired February 15, 2022. Located at 3601 N Main St, the restaurant served interior Mexican dishes and seafood alongside made-to-order margaritas, and its Tripadvisor reviews frequently called out the mole enchiladas and chorizo quesadillas. At its peak the restaurant carried a 4.1-of-5 rating on Tripadvisor, placing it among the better-reviewed restaurants in Roswell, with roughly 250 combined reviews across Yelp and Tripadvisor praising its service and margarita list.

A Yelp listing for the business, updated June 2026, marks it permanently closed, and the review directory HappyCow separately lists the restaurant as closed. No news article documenting a specific closure date or reason turned up. The restaurant occupied a freestanding building on Roswell's North Main Street corridor, a stretch of the city that includes several other independent, locally owned restaurants.