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Athens' best smashburger, back-to-back runner-up at Flagpole's reader poll, with a 4.8-star Google rating across nearly 800 reviews.
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Baddies Burger House opened in December 2022 at 1591 S Lumpkin St in Athens' Five Points neighborhood. The concept focused on one thing: a properly executed smashburger for a college-town market that was under-served. Demand grew quickly around UGA, and the team opened a second location in Watkinsville in 2024.
The Smash Cheeseburger is built around hard-pressed patties for a full crust, American cheese, caramelized onions, house-made dill pickles, and Baddies signature sauce. Across local media and platform reviews, that sauce and the burger's consistency are the details most frequently called out.
Runner Up, Best Burger - Flagpole Athens Favorites 2026.
Runner Up, Best Burger - Flagpole Athens Favorites 2025.
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4.8 stars across 783 Google reviews.
4.5 stars on Yelp.