La Fonda Boricua Is Now La Fonda NYC — What Happened After Man v. Food?
Man v. Food, Season 4 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, this address now operates as La Fonda NYC — confirmed via La Fonda NYC's own current website/social account, accessed May 2026. Now: La Fonda NYC (formerly La Fonda Boricua).
What the source shows: Yelp's listing, updated May 2026, and Tripadvisor's review page for the address, which identifies the restaurant as the former Fonda Boricua location, both show the East 106th Street business now operating as La Fonda NY. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 4, Episode 15
- Aired
- Address 169 E 106th St, New York, NY 10029
- Now called La Fonda NYC
- Website lafondanyc.com
- Show map
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What happened after Man v. Food?
The episode featured La Fonda Boricua, a Puerto Rican restaurant in East Harlem known for home-style comfort food served cafeteria-style. The restaurant occupies a storefront on East 106th Street in El Barrio, a neighborhood with a long Puerto Rican cultural history. According to Yelp, whose listing for the address was updated in May 2026, and Tripadvisor, whose review page identifies the restaurant as the former Fonda Boricua location, the business now operates under the name La Fonda NYC rather than La Fonda Boricua. The current website, lafondanyc.com, remained live during a September 8, 2026 check, with an active online ordering system and posted hours.
No source in the available evidence indicated the restaurant had closed; rather, both listings describe a name change at the same East 106th Street address. The venue appears to be continuously operating food service, carried forward under new branding rather than a full closure.
The episode
Also in Season 4
Season 4: 41 of 68 still open · 7 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 13Kuby's Sausage House
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Ep 15Amy Ruth's
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Ep 16Reel Inn
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Nearest restaurants
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Blue Sky Deli (Blue Sky Deli (Hajji's))
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Man v. Food
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Boulevard Bistro (BLVD Bistro)
Food Paradise
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Food Paradise
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/la-fonda-restaurant-and-tapas-bar-new-york-3
- Tripadvisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d5897284-Reviews-La_Fonda_Formerly_Fonda_Boricua-New_York_City_New_York.html
- lafondanyc.com http://lafondanyc.com/
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Record mvf-239 · checked by Cal Marchetti.