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| - Formed in 2007 and now at something like 200+ locations it's similar to Five Guys Burgers & Fries but the burgers aren't as greasy, most toppings are free, the sides are delicious and the buns out of this world fresh!
The concept is simple- create a fast(er) food restaurant where the burgers taste as good as you would make at home, if you had the time and all the ingredients/accoutrements at your fingertips. That's what Smashburger is. They've tried to position themselves above Wendy's but below Burgatory. The term Smashburger comes from the fact that they keep the ground meat fresh and 'smash' it on the griddle when you order it. It's not a round or square frozen patty cooked hours before you order it. It's also not a 1/4 Kobe, 1/4 Wagyu, 1/4 bison, 1/4 elk, 1/4 ostrich, 1/4 emu... wait- that's too many quarters... It's a ball of USDA Certified fresh ground beef cooked to order- just like you would do at home for the reasonable price of $6.39 per burger.
The menu lists 5 different types of burgers but from the way GM Ron was talking about it- you could create any kind of burger you wish. My fav was a pretzel bun (delicious pretzel type outside but fluffy & delicious inside) with bacon, blue cheese crumbles and bbq sauce. My least fav was the one with mushrooms, swiss (I think)and Truffle mayo, as I'm not a fan of Truffles, but no problem- you can order it with regular mayo.
As for the sides- in order of fav to least fav- the sweet potato fries were delicious, the onion 'straws' were tasty, the shoestrings pretty good, the fried pickles were lightly breaded and still had a 'snap' to them (even though I'm not a big fan of them so I can't really judge) and I gotta agree with Amin in that the buffalo fries were too salty. All 3 of us turned them away. So- I'm sure you could order 'Light Seasoning' on the buffalo fries and they would be much better.
A few things I didn't like were the ranch dressing and the bbq sauce. The Ranch was a boring, all too served, Sysco type mass produced blandness. For as much effort as they put into their burgers- they dropped the ball on the Ranch. And I have no idea who taste tested the bbq sauce but it wasn't a Pittsburgher. We like our bbq sauce thick, sweet & tangy and that sauce was thin & tart. I would prefer them to swap theirs out with Sweet Baby Ray's and my burger would have been Off The Hook good...
Almost forgot...! They sell salads... and they look DELICIOUS...! We didn't sample them but they looked SO GOOD that I almost asked for one to take home.
I rated them 5 stars as I feel their awesome efforts far outweighed the couple things I didn't like, or maybe it was just my tastes, but I feel Smashburger will be a 'Smash' in Pittsburgh and I'll be stopping in every time I have business up in Monroeville.
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