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| - This is not a burger for the faint of heart. Or those with heartburn. Especially not the Arizona Smashburger.
I don't quite recall where I heard about Smashburger, but I recall it sounded quite exciting at the time. Sadly, I'm not going to be able to be nearly as enthusiastic about it. See, while the burger is good (much better than any of your standard fast food fare), there's not much to say beyond that. The toppings were fine, fresh and crispy, which was quite nice. The burger was very well cooked, so I know that the staff are capable of making decent food. They do some fun things with having different types of buns for the different burgers, but when it comes down to it, there just isn't enough to make it memorable or worth recommending.
The side dishes, on the other hand, are memorable. Just in a bad way. Their fries were overly rosemary-ed and too oily. They were almost slimy somehow and I couldn't eat more than one or two. The onion sticks were better suited as a burger topping rather than anything that should have been served next to a burger. Don't think they're onion rings in any way. They are most certainly not.
If you're in Tempe and looking for a burger, check out one of the other places in the area that serve burgers. This shouldn't be the first choice for burgers in the Tempe region.
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