Local cook and Montgomery County native Russell Carter held his first off-site smash burger pop-up Saturday at Chop Shop Butchery in Gaithersburg, with the preorder-only event selling out shortly after it was announced. A video from the event can be seen below.
The September 26 pop-up at 12209 Darnestown Rd featured Carter’s “OG Double,” made with two 3-ounce prime chuck smash patties, double American cheese and house burger sauce on a potato roll. Burgers were $12 and came with a bag of chips, with customers assigned pickup windows between 11:30am and 1pm.
Our very own “Mr. MoCo” Alex Tsironis purchased two burgers when the event went live and stopped by the sold-out pop-up Saturday, which lived up to the anticipation. The simple combination worked, crispy-edged beef patties, melted American cheese, house sauce and a soft potato roll. Carter intentionally kept the burger straightforward for his first off-site event…