What Happened to Mandarina After Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Current status
As of September 2026, Mandarina has closed — confirmed via Yelp, January 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: Yelp's listing, updated January 2026, marks the Hayes Valley ice-pop shop as permanently closed, and no current active website or social presence was found to contradict it.
- Season / episode Season 4, Episode 12
- Address 535 Octavia St, San Francisco, CA 94102
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The episode 'On A Stick' featured Mandarina's nitrogen-frozen strawberry ice pop, according to Food Network's own restaurant page for the business. Mandarina was a juice bar and ice-pop shop in San Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood, selling fresh fruit juices, smoothies, and fruit-based pops at 535 Octavia Street. According to Yelp, a listing updated January 2026 marks the Octavia Street address as permanently closed. Food Network's own restaurant page for Mandarina, still hosted on foodnetwork.com, describes the business without noting the closure, indicating that page has not been updated to reflect current status. No active website, social media account, or current listing under the Mandarina name was found for the Octavia Street address during this review, and no successor business was identified at the location.
Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate
- Season / episode
- Season 4, Episode 12
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- On A Stick
- What was featured
- Nitrogen-frozen strawberry ice pop, the shop's signature
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Mandarina
Frequently asked questions
Is Mandarina still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Mandarina has closed — confirmed via Yelp, January 2026.
What happened to Mandarina after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The episode 'On A Stick' featured Mandarina's nitrogen-frozen strawberry ice pop, according to Food Network's own restaurant page for the business. As of September 2026, Mandarina has closed — confirmed via Yelp, January 2026.
Is Mandarina permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Mandarina has closed — confirmed via Yelp, January 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is Mandarina located?
535 Octavia St, San Francisco, CA 94102. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Mandarina?
Season 4, Episode 12 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “On A Stick”.
What do reviews say since Best Thing I Ever Ate?
No active website, social media account, or current listing under the Mandarina name was found for the Octavia Street address during this review, and no successor business was identified at the location. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.
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Visit info
- Address
- 535 Octavia St, San Francisco, CA 94102
- Venue type
- other
- Official website
- None found
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Sources
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/mandarina-san-francisco
- foodnetwork.com — https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/ca/san-francisco/mandarina-restaurant
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