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Is Papa Pancho Pizza Still Open? Man v. Food Update (Edison, NJ)

Man v. Food, Season 7 Edison, New Jersey

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Papa Pancho Pizza is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing, updated August 2026 with 205 reviews, shows continuing activity. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

Papa Pancho Pizza, located at 1670 Oak Tree Road in Edison, New Jersey's Little India neighborhood, combines Italian brick-oven pizza technique with Indian ingredients, according to Entertainment Tonight's coverage of the episode. On Man v. Food, host Casey Webb took on the restaurant's Spicy Pizza Challenge: a 12-inch wood-fired pie topped with a ghost-chili-based marinara, mozzarella, pineapple, and fresh chilies, finished with a bhut jolokia sauce; Webb completed the pie in about 10 minutes, per Entertainment Tonight. The episode aired May 28, 2018. Papa Pancho shares its Little India storefront entrance with Moghul Express, an adjoining Indian restaurant. In August 2026, Papa Pancho's Yelp listing showed 205 reviews with recent activity, and Tripadvisor's page for the restaurant carried reviewer comments referencing the show.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 7

Episode 1
Aired
What was featured: Spicy Pizza Challenge — ghost chili wood-fired Indo-Italian pizza
How Man v. Food restaurants have fared: 24% closed →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. papapanchopizza.com https://www.papapanchopizza.com/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/papa-pancho-pizza-edison
  3. etonline.com https://www.etonline.com/inside-a-spicy-pizza-challenge-on-man-v-food-exclusive-103047
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