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In this episode of Bob Eats Boston, I try the delicious smash burgers at Baba Yum in North Andover, where the owner has quit his day job to focus on just burgers and fries. It may have been the best decision he has ever made!
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00:00We're in North Andover today on a January day.
00:08You can see a little flurries out here.
00:10What a great day for a smash burger.
00:13So we found Baba Yum Burgers.
00:16They were established in 2025.
00:18Brand new.
00:19A guy named Kia started this.
00:21And I'm impressed because he went from doing high tech to awesome smash burgers.
00:27Let's go inside, get a nice smash burger from Baba Yum.
00:31All right, I'm with Kia, right?
00:33That's my problem.
00:33Kia is the owner of Baba Yum Burgers.
00:36So you opened it in 2025.
00:38September 12th of 2025 was our first day.
00:41Okay, fantastic smash burgers here.
00:43I'm seeing them come up.
00:44So why smash burgers?
00:46What made you open Baba Yum?
00:48Well, I've been living in this community for about 10 years.
00:53I've been involved in all sorts of stuff.
00:55I've been a soccer coach, soccer ref.
00:56I substituted in the middle school.
00:59I taught in the middle school for a brief period.
01:01So I've been involved in the community quite a bit.
01:04I also had some unfortunate layoffs happen recently and try to get back into the workforce.
01:11Wasn't very successful.
01:12But when this place came up, I wanted to kind of bring something special back to the community.
01:18And I thought this would be a good way.
01:20It really is.
01:20What?
01:21Last question.
01:22Why Baba Yum?
01:23What's the name?
01:23I'm Iranian by birth.
01:27My kids call me Baba.
01:29Okay.
01:29I cook around the house quite a bit.
01:31And every once in a while, I give my kids, I have two daughters and one son.
01:37I give them a taste of what I make.
01:39And one time I gave one of my girls something and she goes, Baba Yum.
01:43You know, I kind of saw that coming.
01:46Baba Yum.
01:47Well, it is yum.
01:49I hope business is going great for you.
01:50You've got to come check this place out.
01:52North Andover.
01:53It's takeout.
01:54The French fries are amazing as well.
01:56I'm seeing them come out.
01:58And the assortment of burgers is really good.
02:00Thank you so much, kid.
02:01Good luck.
02:01I appreciate it.
02:02Come out to Baba Yum.
02:04Okay.
02:05The thing with Baba Yum burgers is there's no indoor seating.
02:08Luckily, it's not too bad out here in mid-January.
02:13Okay.
02:14Here's their smash burger here.
02:16Look at the size of that baby.
02:17Huh?
02:18These are angry pickles.
02:20I don't know why they're so angry, but maybe I can help cheer them up.
02:23So, it's a really big smash burger.
02:25Look at that.
02:27Small bun.
02:28Lots of burger.
02:34That's really good.
02:35I love the special Baba sauce on it.
02:39Delicious.
02:40They fried the onions.
02:42And you see the cheese is ooey-gooey, melted.
02:44This is really good.
02:46Baba Yum.
02:48Hmm.
02:48I think these guys can compete with the big boys.
02:52You know who I'm talking about.
02:53All the big chains.
02:54Smash burgers.
02:55So, if you're in the North Andover area, you've got to come check this out.
02:59Reasonably priced and really good.
03:02Hmm.
03:02Hmm.
03:05Do they give me napkins?
03:08They gave me napkins.
03:10Nice.
03:11So, as always, if there's a place you want me to check out, just make a comment below,
03:17and we will check it out.
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