"Smashed, one of the first restaurants in the latest smash burger trend, has closed. The restaurant was seized by the Marshall’s office, according to a source; the business has since announced its closure on Instagram. At one point, Smashed was the main competitor of 7th Street Burger. Smashed opened first, and the New Yorker once said it served the city’s best burger, but it was slower to expand: By the time it opened a second location last year, in the West Village, 7th Street Burger had spread across the city. Last year, Smashed closed its original burger shop to move into a bigger location at 167 Orchard Street, at Stanton Street, but the burgers weren’t the same." - Luke Fortney
