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What Happened to Umami Burger After Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Los Angeles, California

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Umami Burger has closed — confirmed via Yelp, July 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing for the Broadway Umami Burger is marked permanently closed (updated 2026-07), and umamiburger.com now resolves to unrelated gambling-related content as of a 2026-09-08 check, a weak signal reinforcing the closure. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The episode featured Umami Burger's namesake burger, built around the umami flavor the chain named itself for. Umami Burger is a hamburger restaurant group founded by Adam Fleischman, with its first location opening in Los Angeles in 2009 and full table and bar service rather than counter ordering, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-06-16). In 2016, Sam Nazarian's SBE Entertainment Group became majority shareholder of Umami Restaurant Group and said it would speed the chain's expansion, according to Wikipedia. Alvin Cailan was named Umami Burger's head chef in 2021, according to Wikipedia.

Yelp's listing for the Broadway location in downtown Los Angeles is marked permanently closed, updated 2026-07. The episode credited a Hollywood, CA setting; a separate Umami Burger at 4655 Hollywood Blvd carries its own Yelp listing marked permanently closed, updated 2026-05. A 2026-09-08 check of umamiburger.com found no restaurant content; the domain instead resolved to unrelated gambling-related material.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2

Episode 2
Air date not confirmed
Title: Hometown Favorites · What was featured: Umami Burger's namesake umami-flavor burger

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/umami-burger-los-angeles-43
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/umami-burger-los-angeles-47
  3. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami_Burger
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