I think Mana in JC is a dump!

One of those places that's absolutely the last choice. They take zero pride in anything they do over there. Their griddle is always filthy and crusted with blackened cheese that they failed to remove at cook time. The onions they used are the reconstituted type that swim in water that washes away any flavor they MAY have had. The burger meat always appears grey, sweaty and unrefrigerated.

It's just a depressing, flavorless, bland experience and I can't see anyone mistaking it for the Hackensack one... or even preferring it for that matter.

Look at the line of folks waiting to get into Hackensack and the sound of crickets and drunks that define JC! Hell, JC don't even let people stay and eat during week-end overnights anymore (to-go orders only!) . That's because of the drunks, we all know how picky and refined the tastes of drunks can be and what good company they are.

Even the cops don't go in there any longer since it changed owners, they used to live in there. Keep in mind this coming from someone who lived his whole life in the Heights! so hah

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I meant razed

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Yep knew about the LSD and remembered the 1st building being raised and the 2nd one being built.

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food feuds link

Anyone know of a website that has a replay of this episode?

Screw it? the White Castle at the Blvd and Newark (or any WC) beats both the JC White MANA and the Hackensack White MANNA hands down!!

(any old-timers remember the story about hippies putting LSD in the JC WC ketchup bottles?)

(did you know that the Blvd and Newark WC is the second WC on that site?)

the lack of flavor in the burger in JC is all i need to know.

ate there 3 times (to make sure!) and all 3 times it was lame.


Hackensack is far, far superior in every way.

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Yeah...... no surprise here. Hackensack White Manna all the way.. and its MANNA

It might not look good for JC's White Mana...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food-feuds/index.html

The JC Mana is the best...you can get a side order of history with your burger!

(same guy owns the Ring Side Lounge)

How is this up for discussion? The hackensack one is far superior.

Jersey City's White Mana to face Hackensack's White Manna on 'Food Feuds'

Published: Thursday, November 04, 2010, 9:50 AM
Ashley Strain/The Jersey Journal

The White Mana at Tonnelle and Manhattan avenues in Jersey City is the subject of a 'Food Feuds' episode tonight on The Food Network.

The Food Network's "Food Feuds" has come to Hudson and Bergen counties to settle a battle that's lasted for decades between the White Mana in Jersey City and the White Manna in Hackensack.

Iron Chef Michael Symon recently visited both locations, working in the kitchens and tasting the locally renowned burgers.

"Food Feuds" will declare a champion tonight at 10 on the Food Network.

"Our location is the original," said Mario Costa, proprietor of the White Mana in Jersey City. "We still use the original ingredients for our burgers, Wonderbread, Heinz pickles, chopped onions and beef that's delivered fresh every day."

The location in Jersey City was the first White Mana to open and the structure served patrons of the 1939 World's Fair. The original owner, Louis Bridges, was Costa's boss. When Costa graduated from college he decided to purchase the diner and has kept it the same ever since.

"The White Manna in Hackensack is nothing like the original," Costa said. "Our diner is round, so you never have to walk more than three steps to cook and serve customers. The one in Hackensack is a square, little thing."

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full JJ piece with picture