Food trends come and go, but some trends have been here all along, just waiting for a long-deserved spotlight.
The smashburger was always ready for its close-up.
The smashburger is, as best as anyone can tell, a Middle American variation on the standard griddled burger of diners, drive-ins and dives coast-to-coast.
It’s now having a moment, and that moment has come to Memphis.
