Mike Ivas: The Dive Bar Changing Manchester’s Food Scene | Ep. 48

E1 - Mike Ivas: The Dive Bar Changing Manchester’s Food Scene | Ep. 48

Published: May 15, 2026

Duration: 47:32

He took over a neighborhood dive bar on Wilson Street in Manchester just a few months ago -- and he's running the whole thing solo. One man, one kitchen, and food that's stopping people in their tracks.


Mike Ivas grew up in Salem, NH, learned to cook from his grandfather who handed him a chef's knife before first grade, and spent seven years in the kitchen at the Cheesecake Factory in San Diego before coming home to New Hampshire. When he took over The Alibi Aftermath, he had one goal: prove that a...