A popular smashburger food truck is moving to new digs in north Fort Worth.
“We started this business with $109 left in our bank, during the pandemic,” said Juan Fernandez, owner of Sweet Sugar High burger food truck, standing in front of their new brick-and-mortar storefront.
Sweet Sugar High has come a long way, as Hernandez plans to open a restaurant at 904 W. Northside Drive in north Fort Worth.
The burger truck is arguably the “best burger truck in Fort Worth.”
Star-Telegram readers voted them as the best food truck burger in town in 2022. Then, Sweet Sugar High won second in Trey Chapman’s 2025 Cowtown Burger Showdown. And again last year, the food truck was awarded as the best food truck in both Fort Worth Weekly and Fort Worth Magazine.
Catherine and Juan Fernandez’s mobile food truck Sweet Sugar High won Star-Telegram Readers’ Choice Best Burger contest. They started their business during the COVID-19 pandemic after Juan lost his job. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Fernandez is a self-taught chef who always had a dream of going to culinary school. He and his wife, Catherine, originally started by selling barbecue. But one day they tried out burgers, and the customers kept asking for more.
The Star-Telegram reported in 2022 that the couple’s dream was to one day open a brick-and-mortar store.
It all began in their cleared-out living room. Then, a zip-up tent. Then a food truck trailer. And now, their dream comes true.
A customer walks up to Sweet Sugar High food truck on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Sweet Sugar High won Star-Telegram Readers’ Choice Best Burger contest in the food truck category. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com Where to find Sweet Sugar High
Customers used to have to stay up-to-date with the food truck’s socials to see where they would pop up next.
Sweet Sugar High’s final days at The Fork Yard, a food truck court in the Jennings-May St. Louis neighborhood, will be on Thursday, March 12 and Friday, March 13 from 6 to 10 p.m. both days.
Starting March 18, the truck will be permanently parked at 904 W. Northside Drive, out in front of their brick-and-mortar location, which is in the process of being remodeled.
“It needs a lot of work,” Hernandez says about the beat up and abandoned auto body shop that will eventually be his restaurant.
He plans to open the restaurant in an 800-square foot main space, have an office in the 400-square foot adjacent space, and blend the two with covered patio and seating.
A soft opening timeline will be released soon.
Juan Fernandez plates a freshly grilled burger on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Sweet Sugar High won Star-Telegram Readers’ Choice Best Burger contest in the food truck category. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com What is on Sweet Sugar High’s menu?
Despite the dessert-sounding name, Sweet Sugar High sells popular double patty smashedburgers.
The burgers are made from wagyu beef or 80/20 beef with melty American cheese and secret sauce on a brioche bun. A variation of their smashburger also comes with homemade salsa, grilled jalapenos, onions and Cotija cheese.
But there is also mac and cheese with an option to top with pulled pork.
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Ella Gonzales is a service journalism reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Ella mainly writes about local restaurants and where to find good deals around town.