Is The Sink Restaurant & Bar Still Open? Update (Boulder, CO)
Current status
As of September 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.
Last verified
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.
- Season / episode Season 12, Episode 6
- Original air date
- Address 1165 13th St, Boulder, CO 80302
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
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. This location and name match the existing database record for The Sink Restaurant & Bar in Boulder, Colorado (mvf-547), indicating this is the same business rather than a separate entity; this entry is recorded as an additional television appearance for that existing record.
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.
Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Gettin' Fresh
- What was featured
- the Sink's burgers and its history as a Boulder college hangout
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- The Sink Restaurant & Bar
- Show
- Man v. Food
- Original air date
- Episode title
- —
- What was featured
- GhostFace ghost-chili pizza challenge
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- The Sink Restaurant & Bar
Frequently asked questions
Is The Sink Restaurant & Bar still open in 2026?
As of September 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 happened to The Sink Restaurant & Bar after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
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. As of September 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.
Where is The Sink Restaurant & Bar located?
1165 13th St, Boulder, CO 80302. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured The Sink Restaurant & Bar?
Season 12, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired September 26, 2011. The episode is titled “Gettin' Fresh”.
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Visit info
- Address
- 1165 13th St, Boulder, CO 80302
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- thesink.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Colorado
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Sources
- thesink.com — https://www.thesink.com/
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Man_v._Food_episodes
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