What Happened to Buffalo Cantina After Man v. Food? (Brooklyn, NY)
Man v. Food, Season 2 Brooklyn, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Buffalo Cantina has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.
What the source shows: A Yelp listing for 149 Havemeyer St, updated 2026-07, marks Buffalo Cantina closed, matching Google's listing marking the same address permanently closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 15
- Aired
- Address 149 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Man v. Food?
Man v. Food visited Buffalo Cantina in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, in an episode that aired on 2009-11-11, featuring the Tex-Mex restaurant's Seppuku spicy-wings eating challenge. Buffalo Cantina operated at 149 Havemeyer Street, serving Tex-Mex fare and hosting hot-wing challenges tied to its Man v. Food appearance, according to tvfoodies.com. A Yelp listing for the Havemeyer Street address, updated 2026-07, marks the restaurant closed, and Google Places lists the location's business status as permanently closed as of the 2026-09-08 evidence pull. A separate Yelp page for a Buffalo Cantina at 247 Starr Street, also updated 2026-07, likewise shows that location closed. No specific closure date was found.
The episode
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Ep 16the Roadhouse
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Ep 16West Rib Deli & Pub
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/buffalo-cantina-brooklyn
- tvfoodies.com https://www.tvfoodies.com/locations/1254/buffalo-cantina/
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Record mvf-107 · checked by Cal Marchetti.