{"id":154117,"date":"2026-02-13T07:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154117\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:24:19","slug":"skinny-louie-is-bringing-its-smashburgers-to-downtown-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154117\/","title":{"rendered":"Skinny Louie is Bringing its Smashburgers to Downtown Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skinnylouie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Skinny Louie<\/a>, the Miami-born smashburger that wowed the South Beach Food &amp; Wine Festival, is making plans to take over the South Florida (and New York) burger game.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few weeks ago, the fast casual burger spot opened at Dania Pointe in Dania Beach to incredible crowds who waited for hours to get their hands on a burger.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the restaurant is planning a Fort Lauderdale location. The Browardist posted the news on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/browardist\/p\/DUWcD-xkpRv\/?hl=ms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Instagram<\/a>, noting, \u201cIt\u2019s official-official (with an address!). <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skinnylouie.burgers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@skinnylouie.burgers<\/a> is coming to Fort Lauderdale and it\u2019s landing alongside <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/barrys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@barrys\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The burger restaurant is moving into Fort Lauderdale\u2019s Bank of America Plaza at 401 Las Olas Boulevard. According to Browardist, the building is undergoing a \u201ccomprehensive upgrade\u201d, with completion scheduled for the third quarter of 2026. Skinny Louie, along with Barry\u2019s Bootcamp, will likely move in at that time.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami burger chain, led by Gonzalo Rubino and Matias Palloni keeps its menu simple. Three different smashburgers are offered, along with milkshakes, fries, and sodas. All burgers are made with 100% fresh Black Angus beef patties, thinly cut potatoes are fried until golden and crispy, and sauces are prepared in-house.<\/p>\n<p>That no gimmick, high quality ethos has paid off, with Skinny Louie winning numerous awards including the \u201cVery Best Burger\u201d award at the 2025 South Beach Wine &amp; Food Festival and\u00a0 was the winner at the 2025 New York City Wine &amp; Food Festival\u2019s Burger Bash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/skinnylouie_two.jpg\" class=\"featured-lightbox-trigger\" data-source=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/skinnylouie_two.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373942\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Skinny Louie is Bringing its Smashburgers to Downtown Fort Lauderdale\" width=\"1200\" height=\"869\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/skinnylouie_two.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/skinnylouie_two.jpg\" alt=\"Skinny Louie is Bringing its Smashburgers to Downtown Fort Lauderdale\" width=\"1200\" height=\"869\"\/><\/a>Photo: Official<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Skinny Louie, the Miami-born smashburger that wowed the South Beach Food &amp; Wine Festival, is making plans to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-154117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}