SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The owner of a popular restaurant known for slinging smash burgers at affordable prices has died, according to multiple people ABC 10News spoke to in and around the restaurant on Tuesday.
Brandon Zanavich started up The Friendly several years ago on 30th Street in North Park. Since then, he set up shop in three additional locations: University Avenue, Convoy and Pacific Beach.
Julian Vasquez, who works at the barber shop next door to the North Park restaurant, says he knew Zanavich for many years. He described him as a big, generous personality: He frequently brought food to the barber shop crew and was always a good friend…