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What Happened to Brawler's Back-Alley Deli After Man v. Food?

Man v. Food, Season 9 Buffalo, New York Closed March 2020

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Brawler's Back-Alley Deli has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, March 2020.

What the source shows: The business's own X account posted in March 2020 that it was closing "until further notice"; Wikipedia's season 9 page separately notes Yelp users reported it permanently closed, with no later reopening mentions. How we decide a status →

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What happened after Man v. Food?

Brawler's Back-Alley Deli was a stop on the same March 1, 2022 Buffalo, New York episode of Man v. Food. Man v. Food's own episode listing for the season states that the deli posted on its X (formerly Twitter) account in March 2020 that it was closing "until further notice," and that Yelp users separately reported the business permanently closed, with no later mentions of a reopening found. This check located the same X account referenced in that update but could not independently confirm a street address for the deli or a more specific closure date beyond the March 2020 social-media post. No secondary news coverage of the closure, a new-ownership listing, or a rename at the same address was found; this record is left address-pending.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 9

Aired
What was featured: Deli sandwiches from a back-alley storefront concept
How Man v. Food restaurants have fared: 24% closed →

Also in Season 9 Man v. Food

Season 9: 20 of 28 still open

All 10 Season 9 episodes →

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. x.com https://x.com/brawlersdeli
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_v._Food_(season_9)
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