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Big Foot Lodge Is Now Kooky Canuck — What Happened After Man v. Food?

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As of September 2026, this address now operates as Kooky Canuck — confirmed via Kooky Canuck's own current website/social account, accessed December 19, 2008. Now: Kooky Canuck (formerly Big Foot Lodge).

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paulryburn.com ·
Secondary source
Yelp ·

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What the source shows: A 2008-12-19 blog post documented the trademark-driven renaming of Big Foot Lodge to Kooky Canuck, and a Yelp page updated September 2026 showed reviews continuing to post for the restaurant at the same Second Street address.

  • Season / episode Season 1, Episode 02
  • Original air date
  • Address 87 S 2nd St, Memphis, TN 38103
  • Current name Kooky Canuck

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What happened after Man v. Food?

Man v. Food (S1E02, aired 2008-12-03) featured Big Foot Lodge in Memphis, spotlighting the restaurant's oversized burgers and eating-challenge fare inside its log-cabin, Sasquatch-themed dining room. According to a blog post published 2008-12-19, a California restaurant company's trademark dispute over the log-cabin design and large Sasquatch statue led owners Shawn and Lana Danko to rename the restaurant Kooky Canuck that same month, also retitling the signature burger challenge from the Sasquatch Burger to the Kookamonga Challenge. Kooky Canuck's own website, kookycanuck.com, listed the Kookamonga Challenge and an active online ordering system, according to a site check on 2026-09-08. A Yelp page for the restaurant, updated September 2026, listed hundreds of reviews posted for the business at the same 87 South 2nd Street address used since the 2008 renaming.

Featured on Man v. Food

Season / episode
Season 1, Episode 02
Original air date
Episode title
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What was featured
Oversized burgers and the Sasquatch eating challenge at Big Foot Lodge
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Big Foot Lodge

Frequently asked questions

Is Big Foot Lodge still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, this address now operates as Kooky Canuck — confirmed via Kooky Canuck's own current website/social account, accessed December 19, 2008. Now: Kooky Canuck (formerly Big Foot Lodge).

What happened to Big Foot Lodge after Man v. Food?

Man v. As of September 2026, this address now operates as Kooky Canuck — confirmed via Kooky Canuck's own current website/social account, accessed December 19, 2008. Now: Kooky Canuck (formerly Big Foot Lodge).

What is Big Foot Lodge called now?

Now: Kooky Canuck (formerly Big Foot Lodge). As of September 2026, this address now operates as Kooky Canuck — confirmed via Kooky Canuck's own current website/social account, accessed December 19, 2008. Now: Kooky Canuck (formerly Big Foot Lodge).

Where is Big Foot Lodge located?

87 S 2nd St, Memphis, TN 38103. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Man v. Food featured Big Foot Lodge?

Season 1, Episode 02 of Man v. Food, first aired December 3, 2008.

What do reviews say since Man v. Food?

A Yelp page for the restaurant, updated September 2026, listed hundreds of reviews posted for the business at the same 87 South 2nd Street address used since the 2008 renaming. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
87 S 2nd St, Memphis, TN 38103
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
kookycanuck.com

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Sources

  • paulryburn.com — http://www.paulryburn.com/blog/2008/12/19/big-foot-lodge-changes-its-name-to-kooky-canuck/
  • kookycanuck.com — https://www.kookycanuck.com/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/kooky-canuck-memphis

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