It’s been virtually 5 years since that afternoon on April 1st, 2017, after I did the primary burger pop-up in Miami with my Burger Beast Burgers at my Burger Museum.
Regardless that the museum closed its doorways in October 2019, I’ve continued to cook dinner my burgers throughout South Florida, Central Florida, and even a couple of spots in different states.
Fast Data – Cruz Diablo Burgers
Cruz Diablo Burgers
📞 (786)752-6656
🌐 cruzdiablo.com
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🍔 NEXT POP-UP:
🗓️ Friday, September twelfth from 6-9PM
Pinecrest Bakery
📍8318 SW fortieth Avenue, Miami, FL
🛎️ That includes:
* The Burger Beast Pop-Up Menu
* “The Waybetter” burger collab with Arbetter Scorching Canines
* Pin Pan Pollo Rooster Wings
The customary menu all the time consists of the next:
Cruz Diablo Double Cheeseburger
Double smash patties, double American cheese, crispy onions, crispy jalapeños, and spicy-ish particular sauce on a sesame seed bun
Hijo de Cruz Diablo Double Cheeseburger
Double smash patties, double American cheese, crispy onions, crispy jalapeños, spicy-ish particular sauce, and guava sriracha ketchup on a sesame seed bun
Plain Ol’ Mo Burger Double Cheeseburger
Double smash patties, double American cheese
The Burger Beast Double Cheeseburger
Double smash patties, double American cheese, minced onions, b&b pickles, and guava sriracha ketchup on a sesame seed bun
Generally, I’ll add a couple of extras to the lineup:
The Waybetter Double Cheeseburger
A Burger Beast Burger topped with Arbetter Scorching Canines Chili
The Frita Diablo
Double frita smash patties, double gouda cheese, minced onions, and guava sriracha ketchup on a potato bun
El Gigante Triple Cheeseburger
Triple smash patties, triple gouda cheese, crispy onions, crispy jalapeños, spicy-ish particular sauce, and guava sriracha ketchup on a sesame seed bun
The Black Diablo Perro
Quarter-pound all-beef scorching canine primarily based on an previous Bavarian recipe, crispy onions, crispy jalapeños, spicy-ish particular sauce, and guava sriracha ketchup on a potato lengthy roll
10oz Smoked Cheeseburger
My collaboration with Are You Hungry Grill for seventieth anniversary of Frankie’s Pizza: a 10-oz pepper dry rub smoked cheeseburger with grilled onions, my guava sriracha ketchup, and garlic mayo on a brioche bun. Solely a restricted variety of these beauties have been accessible for pre-order and so they bought out.
Sides
Troy’s Rooster Tenders (cereal-breaded, with horseradish honey mustard) and Boniato Fries
Drinks
The Westchester Well-known Flan Shake + glass-bottle sodas like Cheerwine, Dr. Pepper, Frostie Root Beer, RC Cola, and extra
The Start of the Cruz Diablo Burger
Since April 2017, I’ve been tinkering with burgers below the Burger Beast banner. Variations got here and went, however none actually caught with me.
Firstly of 2023, I couldn’t shake the concept of making one thing solely new—a burger constructed from the bottom up. I sourced a singular beef mix primarily based on a Nineteen Forties luncheonette recipe, used bigger 3.5-ounce patties, and switched from minced to crispy onions and jalapeños.
The ultimate contact? The Cruz Diablo Burger Spicy-ish Sauce and a bigger Martin’s burger bun, pillowy white bread, not their traditional potato roll everyone seems to be utilizing, topped with a mountain of sesame seeds.
After months of testing, I unveiled the Cruz Diablo Burger to household and shut buddies on my April birthday. Their response floored me: “I desire it to the Burger Beast.” That stung, however it additionally advised me I had created one thing particular.
Why the Title Cruz Diablo?
The title honors my grandfather, Cruz Diablo, a legendary wrestler in Cuba and Venezuela. I by no means met him; he handed away 5 years earlier than I used to be born.
Six months after my father and household arrived in the USA, pancreatic most cancers took him at solely 35 years previous. His dream of coaching my dad to grow to be his wrestling tag-team accomplice was minimize brief.
However his legend lived on.
Cruz Diablo in Wrestling Historical past
Born in Cuba, Cruz Diablo wrestled briefly as El Gigante earlier than taking over the Cruz Diablo persona on the Palacio de los Deportes. He grew to become a feared rudo/heel, touring throughout the Caribbean to craft his persona.
In 1959, he wrestled a collection of unmasked matches below his actual title, Serafín Gonzalez, at Cuba’s Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva and Havana Madrid. However the Cuban Revolution abruptly ended his profession.
The Nineteen Eighties: Rediscovering His Legacy
Once I fell in love with wrestling within the Nineteen Eighties, my dad advised me tales of Cruz Diablo. At first, I believed he was joking, wrestling within the household? Unattainable. Till he proved it.
He introduced out photographs, tights, boots, masks, and the tales flowed. It grew to become my private show-and-tell when buddies came to visit.
In 2000, after I opened my first enterprise, Oh The Horror!, I even purchased the Cruz Diablo web site area. I didn’t know what to do with it then, however I do know now.
Cruz Diablo Burgers As we speak
Those that’ve eaten the Cruz Diablo Burger hold telling me the identical factor: that is the one.
I’m not the type to brag within the third particular person. However as a burger historian and somebody who’s eaten extra burgers than most individuals alive, I’ll inform you straight: this is among the greatest burgers you’ll ever eat.
The Cruz Diablo is a nasty dude—identical to my grandfather. And for those who catch it topped with smoked pork stomach? Overlook it. Sport over.
The burger child video games are over. Come discover out what all of the fuss is about. Cruz Diablo lives once more.