In the heart of Richmond sits a burger sanctuary that has Virginians mapping out road trips with the devotion of pilgrims.
Smashed RVA doesn’t look like much from the outside – just a modest gray building with bold signage – but inside those walls, burger magic happens that’s worth crossing county lines for.
The secret? A deceptively simple cooking method that transforms ordinary beef into extraordinary burgers, creating a cult following that stretches from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay.
Approaching Smashed RVA for the first time, you might wonder if your GPS has played a cruel joke…