The Boston Herald is reporting that Smashburger is starting partnerships with six franchise owners across the country, including Robert Savin of Savin Burgers, who is going to be opening a total of 12 new restaurants during the next several years. Other places that will be seeing the opening of Smashburger outlets include Staten Island, NY, Southern New Jersey, Philadelphia, and a number of other areas, including in Canada.
[April 4, 2013 update: According to a poster on the Chowhound site (via a Boston Globe article), one of the Boston-area locations of Smashburger will be in Natick.]
[November 29, 2013 update: According to an article in The Boston Globe, the new Smashburger in Natick will open on December 11.]
[December 11, 2013 update: A Facebook post from the restaurant indicates that opening day for the Natick location has been moved back one day, to tomorrow (Thursday, December 12).]
Smashburger first started out in 2007, featuring meatball-shaped hamburger patties that are "smashed" on the grill, which helps caramelize the beef and lock in the juices.
The website for Smashburger can be found at http://smashburger.com/
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