Eater

A Pop-Up Heavyweight Comes Out Swinging With Saucy Burgers at Its First Brick-and-Mortar

“It’s just a really big funhouse,” Danny Gordon says of the brand-new Heavy Handed burger window painted the brand’s fetching shade of goldenrod at 2912 Main Street in Santa Monica. The location once ...
Eater

Heavy Handed Transforms a Storied Studio City Building Into a Smash Burger Playground

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Over the last few weeks, Heavy Handed owners Danny Gordon ...
Los Angeles Times

Tired of smash burgers? This new one will make you a believer again

I will never tire of a good cheeseburger. I don’t discriminate when it comes to a properly cooked patty and melted cheese. There is a time and a place for a thick steakhouse burger, but I am partial ...
The Desert Sun

Heavy Handed Explores Cultural Impact of Smash Burgers in Los Angeles Dining Scene

Heavy Handed, a California-based restaurant with locations across Los Angeles, examines the cultural significance behind the smash burger phenomenon that has transformed the city’s casual dining ...
ABC7

Heavy Handed in Santa Monica serves up smash burgers, beers

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- If you're looking for burgers, fries, music and a place to watch the big game, then you're in luck! Head to Heavy Handed, a place that serves all that and more. Longtime ...