The buttery brioche buns make the burger.
A Baby Bulldog ($11) comes with just one patty.Ĭooking on a flat top makes the difference, Smith says, helping create the “crust” on the meats. along with the various condiments (lettuce, tomato, pickles, etc.). The Big Bulldog ($13) combines two 1/3 pound beef patties, pastrami, bacon, cheddar, and American cheese, a house sauce. His bread comes from another Fresno favorite, Max’s Artisan Breads. He gets his meat from Renna’s Meat Market in Fresno. “You put a bunch of fresh ingredients together, you’re going to get a good product.” So our concept is everything fresh,” Smith said. The chicken that we serve is fresh meat that we serve is fresh. “What makes our burgers special is that it’s all fresh ingredients. The goal of Smith’s truck was to emulate his in-restaurant experience, down to the taste. Matias Smith shows off the grill inside the Bulldog Burger Bistro truck (GV Wire/Jahz Tello) Local Ingredients, Freshly Made So overall it’s just going to be great just to have the school going again and football,” Smith said. That adds a lot of potential customers to come in and try our product. “It’s nice to have the students back across the street. Smith said that traditionally, gamedays are his six biggest days of the year. They said, ‘Hey, we got to have Bulldog Burger at Bulldog Boulevard.’ So it was a great timing,” Smith said. “Luckily, the guys at Fresno State backed me, too. He broached the idea of taking his food truck “across the street” for gamedays. I just knew that the mobile arm is what I wanted to add to my business instead of another brick-and-mortar location.” “I had no idea what 2020 was going to look like, but my trailer was already in development. (With) hard work, (I) put money aside and I was able to get the trailer,” Smith said. I had my eyes on a food trailer, it just wasn’t feasible at the time. A lot of the guys that run (the business side at) Fresno State come to our restaurant,” Smith said. Participating at the revamped Bulldog BLVD will serve as a great coming out party. It’s been hard for Smith, especially with the challenges during the pandemic, but he remains an optimist. He built his career as a human resources manager.
With absolutely no restaurant experience, he and his partners bought the Bulldog Burger Bistro because he wanted a change in his professional life. (GV Wire/Jahz Tello) Taking a Gamble on a Restaurantįive years ago, Matias Smith took a gamble. Two Baby Bulldog burgers ($11 each) are ready to go.