Is SmokeEaters Hot Wings Still Open? Man v. Food Update (San Jose, CA)
Man v. Food, Season 1 San Jose, California
Current status
As of October 2026, SmokeEaters Hot Wings is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: SmokeEaters' own website, last modified 2026-09-02, lists current hours and an active online ordering widget, and Google Places shows the business as operational. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 15
- Aired
- Address 5018 Almaden Expy #30, San Jose, CA 95118
- Website smoke-eaters.com
- Show map
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What happened after Man v. Food?
The episode featured SmokeEaters Hot Wings' spicy chicken wings and house-made hot sauces. Smoke Eaters is a wing restaurant and bar with locations in the Almaden and Santa Clara neighborhoods of San Jose, California. According to the restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08 with a last-modified date of 2026-09-02, the site listed current hours -- Monday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to midnight; and Sunday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. -- and an active online ordering widget.
The site's navigation also linked to food and drink menus, an events page, and a gift-card store. The site also referenced a past Hellfire Challenge promotion as a retired feature. Google Places listed the business as operational as of the same check.
The episode
Also in Season 1
Season 1: 38 of 48 still open · 1 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 13El Tepeyac Café
Open -
Ep 14Crown Candy Kitchen
Open -
Ep 14Iron Barley
Closed -
Ep 14Pappy's Smokehouse
Open - Open
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Ep 15Iguana's Taqueria
Closed -
Ep 16Jack-n-Grill
Closed -
Ep 16The Cherry Cricket
Open
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Sources we checked
- smoke-eaters.com https://smoke-eaters.com/
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Record mvf-042 · checked by Cal Marchetti.