Is White Manna Hamburgers Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 Hackensack, New Jersey
Current status
As of October 2026, White Manna Hamburgers is listed open on whitemanna.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A 2026-09-08 site check found the restaurant's website live (HTTP 200) with a working online-ordering system and current press, gallery, and FAQ pages. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 9
- Address 358 River Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
- Website whitemanna.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1, Episode 9
An episode titled "With My Hands" featured White Manna's sliders in Hackensack, NJ. According to the restaurant's website (accessed 2026-09-08), White Manna was founded in 1939 at the World's Fair and relocated to Hackensack in 1946, where it has operated since as a local institution known for its sliders. The website listed an online-ordering option as of the same check.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 2, Episode 13 Aired
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited White Manna Hamburgers in Hackensack, New Jersey, for its small onion-smothered hamburger sliders during the episode "The New Jersey Diner Tour," which aired 2008-01-28. According to the restaurant's own website, White Manna was founded in 1939 at the World's Fair and moved to its current Hackensack location, 358 River Street, in 1946, and it has served sliders there since that move. A site check on 2026-09-08 found the website live (HTTP 200) with a working online-ordering system and pages for press coverage, a photo gallery, and an FAQ.
Wikipedia (revised 2026-08-09) notes that White Manna and the separately named White Mana diner are both New Jersey hamburger spots that have appeared on national best-burger lists alongside White Rose Hamburgers. No source located indicates a change in ownership, closure, or relocation.
The episodes
Also in Season 1
Season 1: 57 of 88 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 9Buddakan
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Ep 9Chico's Tacos
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Ep 9Joan's on Third
Open - Renamed
- Open
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Ep 9The Spotted Pig
Closed - Open
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Sources we checked
- whitemanna.com https://www.whitemanna.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Manna
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Record ddd-0078 · checked by Cal Marchetti.