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| - Smashburger certainly makes a tasty burger, though some of there other items wander a bit off point. I too was fortunate enough to get invited to the Sneak Peak event. I ordered the Spicy Baja burger, which comes with pepperjack, lettuce, tomato, onion, spicy chipotle mayo, jalapenos and guac (which I subbed out for garlic mushrooms), all served on a spicy chipotle bun. My first reaction was that everything had great flavor. I really enjoyed the combination of fresh and creamy ingredients. I ordered the rosemary, olive oil Sweet Potato Smashfries and while they were quite strong on the rosemary I still enjoyed them.
Had I stopped there I would have given Smashburger 4 stars, no problem, and if you are just going to eat a meal that is probably what you will experience, but our table was given several other items to try. I guess they were trying to make sure we got a taste of the whole menu. The Brunswick fries were very salty and I wasn't crazy about them at all. The Harvest Salad was good, but it is heavily dressed and the blue cheese could use more kick (I thought it was goat cheese until I was corrected). I skipped the Chicken Avocado Club sandwich since I don't eat avocado or bacon and it had both. The Carolina Burger, which sports Pimina cheese, BBQ sauce and onion slaw, originally had me wary but it was tastier than I expected. I'm not sure I would enjoy a whole one as much as my order, but I would certainly split one with someone. There is no nice way to say that the Haystack Onions looked like someone dumped a can of French's on a plate, but the horseradish sauce that came with them was pretty good. All of this was topped off with milkshakes and I don't have a bad word to say about those. They use Haagen-Dazs so it's pretty much luxury in a glass.
I think what it boils down to is that if I were going to catch a movie and needed to grab a meal (cause let's face it, I have no other reason to be that far down in south Charlotte) I would be more than happy to stop at Smashburger. I liked the things I picked (and some of the others) and I'd want to eat them again.
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