A Lamentation on SmashBurger's SmashFries

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 30, 2014
My favorite fast-casual burger around these parts isn't from The Habit, Five Guys, or even In-N-Out; it's the one made by Fatburger, a once mighty chain that has now dwindled down to two locations in the entire county when there used to be two in...
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