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Is Handy's Lunch Still Open? Man v. Food Update (Burlington, VT)

Man v. Food, Season 6 Burlington, Vermont

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Handy's Lunch is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on October 11, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing, updated September 2026, shows posted hours and recent customer reviews consistent with active daily operation. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

Man v. Food's Casey Webb-era Burlington, Vermont episode (S6E6, aired December 18, 2017) featured Handy's Lunch, a small breakfast-and-lunch diner on the corner of Maple and South Champlain streets. According to the diner's own site, handyslunch.wordpress.com, the business has been run by three generations of the Handy family from the same flat-top griddle station since 1945, serving classic diner fare in a small counter-and-booth space. Since the episode aired, the diner has continued to be cited in Burlington-area dining guides as a long-running local institution. Yelp's listing for the business, updated September 2026, shows posted hours for weekday mornings through early afternoon and recent customer reviews, indicating the diner remains in active operation more than eight decades after it opened.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 6

Episode 6
Aired
What was featured: classic diner breakfast and lunch fare
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. handyslunch.wordpress.com https://handyslunch.wordpress.com/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/handys-lunch-burlington
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