When Dipped N’Smashed announced it would take over the space of Curry Up Now, few doors from Carlo’s Bakery, I was a bit skeptical: Shake Shack, 7th Avenue Burger and 30 Burgers (that I did not like) are just few blocks away. What would this place offer that would be different? Well, that is when the Dipped part of the name comes into play: they make fresh donuts that you can then customize. So we decided to give it a try, starting with a first visit just to try the donuts.

The place is bright and fun for sure with lots neon and murals. As you enter, you need to proceed to the back of the dining room where there are point of sales kiosks that allow you to explore the menu and take your time to decide what you want, not being pressed by the presence of people behind you. When your order is ready, they will call your name.

For donuts, they use a fryer similar to what you sometimes see in places like The Doughnuttery, with the batter being dropped in a circular shape in boiling oil on one side, and slowly moving to the other side, being flipped in the middle so both sides of the dough are evenly cooked, to then end up in a large plate. They then will dip it in your choice of glaze, vanilla or chocolate glaze, sugar, followed by coconut, Oreo cookie, sprinkles, etc., before being topped with a drizzle of marshmallow or Nutella (there are more toppings, but I admit that I cannot remember all of them). So, we tried a few:

Glazed
Vanilla glazed
Vanilla glazed with coconut and marshmallow drizzle
glazed with Oreo cookie and Nutella drizzle

The donuts were pretty good: hot, very slightly crispy and not doughy, I preferred the ones with lots of toppings on top rather than the simply glazed ones. As you can see, they are quite generous with the toppings and they have so much variety that you can alternate combinations at each visit.

As I love Oreo cookies, I could also not resist trying their Oreo cookie milkshake that was very good, thick, with the perfect amount of cookies in it.

Of course, I had to try their smashed burger and went for the triple smashed cheeseburger. The patty being quite thin (smashed, duh!), a single would not have been enough. A double might have done it, especially considering the fries (they were just ok for me), the milkshake and the two donuts I had that day…But for sure this is a great burger: the meat is well cooked, nicely charred, each layer being topped with American cheese, and then the whole thing is topped with big slices of pickle and smothered in a delicious house sauce. I simply loved it. Jodi got their Impossible burger, that was also quite good and was made similarly to mine.

Overall, Dipped N'Smashed in Hoboken is a great addition to the city’s dining scene: the donuts are good, but I would go with a bunch of toppings on top for sure, and their burgers sublime. In fact, if I wanted a burger, this is probably where I would go, Shake Shack being my go to place before. Not anymore!

Enjoy (I did)!

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Dipped N'Smashed - 91 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ 07030

Dipped N'Smashed in Hoboken, NJ

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