The shortlist covers 7 researched burger restaurants in the SF South Bay (San Jose, Campbell, Los Altos), each with an explicit smash, smashed or onion-griddled burger. Shakes, floats, soft serve and gelato are all grouped under the “ice cream” check, with the exact item labelled; ratings come from different platforms and are not directly comparable.
| Restaurant | City | Burger style (as sourced) | Frozen dessert | Rating / assessment | Source |
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Method: researched shortlist of 7 South Bay burger restaurants, one row per place, compiled from a broad web scan across 6 independent source hosts (no URL supports more than one row). “Source count” measures pages mentioning the place in the scan, not quality. Frozen-dessert status reflects checked current menus and reviews; “not confirmed” means not found, not absent. Ratings quoted verbatim from differing platforms. Full burger-style descriptions shortened in the matrix; the table keeps them in full.