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What Happened to Woody's After Man v. Food? (Hartford, CT)

Man v. Food, Season 2 Hartford, Connecticut

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Woody's has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Google's listing marked Woody's as permanently closed as of the 2026-09-08 check, and its linked Facebook page returned only a browser-error page rather than current content. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

Man v. Food's Hartford episode, which aired 2009-12-16, featured Woody's, a hot dog stand at 915 Main Street in downtown Hartford; the business's own Facebook page, under the handle woodyshotdogshartford, identifies it as a hot dog specialist. Wikipedia's episode-location list marks Woody's as closed. In a September 8, 2026 check, Google's listing marked Woody's permanently closed. The Facebook page linked to that listing, m.facebook.com/woodyshotdogshartford, returned only a browser-compatibility error message rather than current content when checked the same day, offering no further confirmation of when the stand stopped operating. Beyond its location and Facebook presence, no business website, review count, or founding date for Woody's could be identified.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 2

Episode 20
Aired
What was featured: Hot dogs at a downtown Hartford hot dog stand
How Man v. Food restaurants have fared: 24% closed →

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Season 2: 41 of 64 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Facebook https://m.facebook.com/woodyshotdogshartford/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Woody%27s+915+Main+St+Hartford+CT+06103
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