Kendall's New Burger Spot Brings Burgers Back to Basics
No gold flakes. No lobster. Maybe some guava sauce.
Once upon a time, a burger spot was a place you went to get…burgers. You met up with your friends from third period AP History, spent a little longer than you should have in the car, devoured burgers the size of your head, and got change back when you paid with a 10. Somewhere along the line, burger joints decided they needed to look more like a Restoration Hardware with milkshakes, and started topping burgers with gold. Gold. Like your burger was a Dubai hotel room.
But I’m happy to report the stripped-down, lunch-after-little-league burger joint is proudly back, in the only place a stripped-down burger joint belongs in Miami anymore: West Kendall. Lala’s Burgers – once a popup inside Apocalypse BBQ – opened its doors last week, with a menu of creative, approachable smash burgers topped with crazy things like “sauce” and “cheese.” And while the meat is high quality and a meal here is as good as any place endorsed by a tire company, you can still pay with a…
