Is The Sink Restaurant & Bar Still Open? (Boulder, CO)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 12 Boulder, Colorado
Current status
As of October 2026, The Sink Restaurant & Bar is listed open on thesink.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The business's own website is copyrighted 2026 and includes a blog post describing the Casey Webb/Man v. Food visit, plus an active online store and current hours. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 12, Episode 6
- Aired
- Address 1165 13th St, Boulder, CO 80302
- Website thesink.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 12, Episode 6 Aired
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured The Sink for the 'Gettin' Fresh' episode, aired 2011-09-26, highlighting the restaurant's burgers and its long history as a University of Colorado-area hangout in Boulder. The Sink has operated at 1165 13th St in Boulder for decades, and its own website, thesink.com, documents that history through dedicated timeline and story sections.
Man v. Food, Season 9, Episode 6 Aired
Man v. Food's February 8, 2022 stop in Boulder centered its food challenge at The Sink, a burger-and-pizza restaurant and bar that has operated near the University of Colorado campus since 1923, according to a blog post on the restaurant's own site describing chef Chris Cunningham hosting Casey Webb for the visit. The episode's challenge, per Wikipedia's episode list, was the GhostFace Challenge, a 10-inch pizza made with ghost-chili-infused dough and topped with two layers of ghost pepper flakes. The Sink is also known for past visits from Guy Fieri, Anthony Bourdain, and President Obama, per its own site. The restaurant continues to operate at 1165 13th St., with hours posted through its website, which is copyrighted 2026 and includes an active online store and gift-card program.
The episodes
Also in Season 12
Season 12: 20 of 39 still open · 1 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 5Bang!
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Ep 5Broken Record
Closed - Closed
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Ep 6Get Fresh Café
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Ep 6Nana Organic
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Ep 7Chilam Balam
Open - Open
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Ep 7Zydeco's
Closed
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Sources we checked
- thesink.com https://www.thesink.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Man_v._Food_episodes
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Record mvf-547 · checked by Cal Marchetti.