Our Story

Smash Bacon is a family business. Before we ever had our own counter, we spent years working in kitchens across San Diego — learning what makes a burger worth standing in line for.

In 2025 we brought everything we learned to our own stall inside Market on 8th, National City's food hall. Look for the yellow counter: that's where the smash happens.

Every burger starts as a fresh ball of beef smashed hard on a ripping-hot flat-top — that's where the crispy, lacy edges come from. Add our house bacon jam, hand-breaded buffalo chicken, and shakes spun with real ice cream, and you know exactly what we're about: simple food, done loud.