In addition to opening branches in Oceanside and Kearny Mesa, San Diego smash burger destination Eat Crispy Burger is bringing new locations to National City and La Jolla.
Founded in Encinitas in 2022 by Angela Ablahad and Ramzy Rahib, Eat Crispy Burger quickly became a dining destination due to its menu of customizable and perfectly seared smash burgers (even making our most recent Top Burger List). The family-run burger spot will soon open a second area location off Convoy Street in the plaza across from Zion Market in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood followed by a third outpost in the unit previously occupied by Miss Kim's by That Boy Good in San Diego's North County city of Oceanside.
Eat Crispy Burger has now taken over the building that last housed a location of Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers on Miles of Cars Way in National City for their first store with a drive-thru ordering system. The company will also open an eatery in the former Spitfire Tacos unit within Regents Plaza Marketplace in the UTC area of La Jolla.
Like the original Encintas restaurant, the incoming Eat Crispy Burger stores will have a menu centered around flat-top seared smash burgers made with beef delivered daily and never frozen, as well as a plant-based Impossible meat substitute. Burgers are served on house-baked brioche burger buns (or "protein style") and can be customized with a variety of toppings, ranging from bacon and pastrami to avocado, hash brown, and jalapeños. The eatery also sells breakfast sandwiches, fries, onion rings, soft drinks, cookies, ice cream milk shakes, and has a kid's menu.
Eat Crispy Burger locations are expected to open this year at 4898 Convoy Street, Suite 103, in San Diego's Kearny Mesa, 207 N. Coast Highway in Oceanside, 327 Mile of Cars Way in National City, and 4150 Regents Park Row in La Jolla. In the meantime, visit the original location at 905 Orpheus Avenue right off the I-5 Freeway in Encinitas. For more information, visit CrispyBurger.com.