Herbie's Burgers
Smash burger chain · 10+ locations · Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Saratoga Springs, Clifton Park, Brooklyn, Manhattan
A pink-and-neon smash burger counter that reads like a franchise chain and isn't one. Four Albany partners have owned every shop outright since 2021, with no investor anywhere in the structure. The first franchised locations are due in 2026.
The Big Picture
Four partners opened a burger counter in Albany in 2021 and have taken it across the Capital Region and into Brooklyn without selling a share. Crew postings start at $17.00 an hour with health insurance and paid sick time, above the upstate minimum and the national median for counter work. Sourcing is thinner: it calls its beef grass-fed and organic but names no supplier, and publishes nothing on environmental impact.
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