Is Bear's Den Pizza Still Open? 24 Hours to Hell and Back Update

Bear's Den Pizza, a pizza restaurant and college hangout near the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, appeared in the eighth episode of Season 3, airing February 25, 2020. The show found a business in disarray because one co-owner's drinking and volatile behavior had created a toxic environment, while the other co-owner was stretched too thin managing a separate business to properly run Bear's Den day to day. The bar had once been a reliable draw for students and locals, built around cheap pizza specials, karaoke, and live entertainment, but inconsistent food quality threatened to drive away the college crowd that sustained it.

Ramsay's team refreshed the menu and pushed the ownership pair to resolve the underlying management dysfunction rather than paper over it with a new dining room. The fixes appeared to stick in the months that followed: by the three-month check-in, the business had made a modest physical expansion, and one of the co-owners had moved on entirely to a support-worker role in the building industry, suggesting a cleaner division of responsibility going forward. Today Bear's Den Pizza continues to operate seven days a week at its original Farris Road address, describing itself as one of Conway's liveliest night spots, with a recurring lineup that includes trivia nights, live music on Tuesdays, a college night on Thursdays, karaoke nights, and Sunday poker, alongside discounted thin-crust pizza specials offered before 8 p.m. every day, all built on the same college-town identity the relaunch leaned into. The business keeps a separate contact line for private-party and live-music bookings apart from its general restaurant number, and maintains active Facebook and Instagram accounts promoting its weekly event lineup.