Trust me... Skip SmashBurger

SmashBurger
7204 Jones Street, Omaha
www.smashburger.com


Ok... This is not a locally owned restaurant, but my our experience was so bad. I had to post it. Located on 72nd right by Nebraska Furniture Mart. Thursday nights we were hungry and driving around doing the "where should we eat?" thing we always do. When we decided to give this newly opened burger joint a try... it was a bad decision.


Eric ordered a "Husker Burger" which was A-1, haystack onions, garlic sautéed mushrooms, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo, on an egg bun. Basically all he said was that the toppings sounded like a good idea, but it was executed really badly. I'm really not going to go into much details on his burger, because I didn't taste it.


My burger was a disaster! I did the build your own option. I did a burger on their spicy chipotle bun, with sharp cheddar, grilled onions, jalapenos and a spicy chipotle sauce. I really wish I would have taken a picture of my burger, because the toppings were pathetic. The one good thing I found was that they used fresh jalapeno instead of the pickled kind. However, since I had only 3 1/2 little slices of jalapeno, it was hard to enjoy them. The grilled onions looked like maybe one thin slice of onion they grilled... really, there was hardly anything on my burger. Then there was the burger itself. My first bite was soft because it was hardly cooked and bright red. The really strange thing was the edges of my burgers were very rare, but the center was pretty well done... I have no idea how they accomplished that, but it was nasty. It almost seemed as if they cooked the burgers in the microwave. Not to mention it was really excessively greasy. Really it was a greasy, bloody, pathetic mess. 


We also ordered some of their "Veggie Frites" which was said to be asparagus, carrot sticks and green beans that are flash fried... and that is exactly what they were. We assumed they were breaded and fried, but we assumed wrong. They literally just threw the veggies in the fryer. So really, they were just nasty greasy vegetables, and they were gross. But, I guess it was our fault for assuming they were battered. It just didn't make sense to us to fry it without battering it, because really what was the point to fry them, other than to cook them quickly.


Now, please don't think I'm some food snob. Because generally if you give me food, I will love it and be happy. Honestly, I can't remember the last time I ate a meal that made me feel more disgusting. Eric and I spent a half an hour discussing how we both thought we really might go throw up. Honestly, I did not realize they were a chain restaurant, because it really seemed like they had no idea what the hell they were doing. Now that I know, I am shocked something so bad could survive. 


Anyway, I guess that's about it. I'm finally all caught up on my food ventures. Today is the Super Bowl, so I will be trying a new recipe to bring to the party we are going to. Hopefully I'll have it posted tomorrow. I'm going to try to not get so backed up with my posting in the future, since I've been playing catch up all week.