[sevfiv]

Is anyone familiar with this chain? It's out of Denver Colorado, and they're putting one at the corner of Main and Kirby (old gas station location?)..
http://www.mysmashburger.com

Looks like Wichita is the only other non-Colorado upcoming location...

[TheNiche]

sevfiv, on Monday, November 17th, 2008 @ 3:47pm, said:

Is anyone familiar with this chain? It's out of Denver Colorado, and they're putting one at the corner of Main and Kirby (old gas station location?)..
http://www.mysmashburger.com

Main & Kirby! Wow.

Expensive dirt.

[brucesw]

That's a new one on me. Only a couple of mentions on Chowhound's Chains board.

Houston has some great local burger options. Michael Stern of Roadfood fame wrote a few years ago in his first review of Lankford Grocery that Houston is hamburger crazy (I think the language has been changed in the review on line now) and I haven't been very impressed with these chains from elsewhere. Five Guys in Rosenberg is a bust, as far as I'm concerned. Not much better than Wendy's for all the hype although the free peanuts are a plus.

Smashed burgers are popular north of the Red River but that picture on the website doesn't look like a smashed burger.

[Fringe]

Smashburgers kind of remind me of the Gourmet Hamburgers restaurants we used to have. I loved those.

[sifuwong]

There should be an In-and-Out burger here. Hopefully it comes one day.

[brucesw]

LunaticFringe, on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 @ 11:02am, said:

Smashburgers kind of remind me of the Gourmet Hamburgers restaurants we used to have. I loved those.

As in Hamburgers by Gourmet? Now I can't wait.

sifuwong, on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 @ 3:24pm, said:

There should be an In-and-Out burger here. Hopefully it comes one day.

Some people claim Tornado Burger on FM 1092 in Stafford is comparable to I/O. Greasiest fries I've ever had.

[albertnurick]

They're in Beck's Prime territory in terms of price; I've yet to find a chain that comes close in terms of quality. We'll see how they do.

[sevfiv]

Might have to give Tornado a try - I had my first In-N-Out burger a few days ago (the double-double) and I liked it...

[Texmex1]

I can't wait until In N Out makes a Texas debut...

Krytal is worth the drive north every now and again....

[brucesw]

The Smashburger Wagon visits the Press.

Restaurant opens 12/23.

[Fringe]

This post has been edited by LunaticFringe: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 10:25 AM

[sevfiv]

I was by there the other day and the sign is up - it's in the small strip center near the corner.

[Texmex1]

Opens on Dec 24th!!!

[Texmex1]

Is open and worth the drive!!
I walked out needing a nap!

[sevfiv]

I made it by the other day (and took a picture, too )

I had the 1/2 pound barbecue bacon and cheese and I was pleasantly surprised. The Smashburger logo also is very Gamestop-ish...

[Fringe]

Had lunch there this afternoon. Got the 1/3 lb Smashburger. Mind you I have eaten Meers burgers, the holy grail of hamburgers and although it was no Meers burger it was a very good burger. On par with Fudruckers at least. I will definitely return.
Meers burger

This post has been edited by LunaticFringe: Monday, December 29, 2008 at 4:07 PM

[JLWM8609]

I drive by Main and Kirby all of the time and I haven't even noticed the place. Texmex's cheeseburger photo shows me that I MUST try this place out. Got me drooling over here, lol.

[Fringe]

[sheeats]

sevfiv, on Sunday, December 28th, 2008 @ 8:45pm, said:

I made it by the other day (and took a picture, too )

I had the 1/2 pound barbecue bacon and cheese and I was pleasantly surprised. The Smashburger logo also is very Gamestop-ish...

Thank you! I knew it reminded me of something and I couldn't put my finger on it...

Robb Walsh of the Press stopped by the other day. Here's his review:

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2009/...outh_burger.php

For the record, ketchup on a burger = heresy.

[rsb320]

I got a Smashburger flyer in the mail yesterday. The prices looked very reasonable (for a good burger) at $4.99. I'm not sure if that included fries or not. Can't wait to try it.

[sevfiv]

^That's just for the burger - it's 1.49 for fries (2.49 without burger), and they also have grilled vegetables (1.99/2.99) and haystack onions (2.99/3.99).

They have beer, too, but when I went they couldn't sell it yet...

[kylejack]

I think I'll probably try Smashburger today.

[kylejack]

Unimpressed at value. The sauce for the veggie fries was pretty good, though.

[sevfiv]

I went back to check it out for the second time - this time I had the mushroom/swiss burger (1/2 lb.) with the haystack onions..
I think it was even better than the first one I had..

And yeah, it is a little more expensive, but worth it imo...(was $11 something for the burger - the larger one - a side, and a fountain drink).

[houstonmacbro]

I heard Cheeburger Cheeburger is pretty good. I want to try them out, but I don't have that many carefree calorie days:

http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-01-29/res...ger-cheeburger/