What Happened to West Rib Deli & Pub After Man v. Food? (Anchorage, AK)
Man v. Food, Season 2 Anchorage, Alaska
Current status
As of October 2026, West Rib Deli & Pub is listed closed on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 14, 2026 and cross-checked against manvsfoodlocations.com; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.
What the source shows: The Man v. Food business matching this record's name/cuisine is West Rib Pub & Grill (also listed as 'West Rib Cafe & Pub'), located at 1111 Main St in Talkeetna, AK -- not Anchorage. Anchorage's actual MVF episode location is a separate restaurant, Humpy's Alaskan Alehouse. Yelp lists West Rib Pub & Grill as TEMP. CLOSED, updated May 2026. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 16
- Aired
- Address Anchorage, AK
- Website thebearpawbarandgrill.com
We have not confirmed map coordinates for this address yet.
What happened after Man v. Food?
West Rib Deli & Pub was featured in the Anchorage episode that aired 2009-11-18, appearing as a casual sandwich-and-bar spot combining a deli counter with a full pub menu, a format typical of the neighborhood eateries the show highlighted that season. Independent detail about the business's original ownership, founding date, or exact address is limited in public records. A Google Places search for the business name returned a different, unrelated Anchorage restaurant, the Bear Paw Bar & Grill, at another address, so that result was not treated as evidence about West Rib Deli & Pub. A further search of Anchorage restaurant listings and Yelp did not surface any page under the name West Rib Deli & Pub, current or archived, and no dated source discussing the business past its 2009 television appearance was found.
The episode
Also in Season 2
Season 2: 41 of 64 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners
- Open
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Ep 15Buffalo Cantina
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Ep 15L&B Spumoni Gardens
Open - Open
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Ep 16the Roadhouse
Open -
Ep 17Cotham's Mercantile
Closed - Open
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Ep 17Osborne Family Farm
Closed
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Record mvf-109 · checked by Cal Marchetti.