Tag: Jacob Kruger

Cosmo Burger brings its mouth-watering tots, boozy milkshakes to East Crossroads’ bustling streets of eats

By Tommy Felts / July 3, 2025

Bringing Cosmo Burger to the Crossroads required cousins Atit and Jugal Patel to cook their plans to perfection, serving up the brand’s first full-service brick-and-mortar location after years of trial by griddle. The result: a beefed up version of the owners’ original concept in one of the city’s most popular dining and entertainment districts. “This…

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Jacob Kruger, Cosmo Burger

Cosmo Burger expanding to standalone Crossroads spot, smashing into brand’s longtime brick-and-mortar dream

By Tommy Felts / March 21, 2025

Cosmo Burger’s days as a side dish only will soon be over, the rapidly iconic smashburger’s creator said this week, announcing plans for a new restaurant in the East Crossroads where its signature menu item finally becomes the main course. Owners of the burger stand-within-a bar concept confirmed the new location will open at 1813…

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Cosmo Burger; photo courtesy of Pilsen Photo Co-Op

How this Waldo burger stand crafts the tastiest patties in the cosmos (and where its ground round galaxy is expanding next)

By Tommy Felts / January 6, 2022

Keep it simple and smashed, said Jacob Kruger. “I have always been a big fan of restaurants and businesses that have a very simplistic approach,” said Kruger, who serves as the head chef (or “Burger Boy”) at Cosmo Burger, located within Dodson’s Bar and Commons in Waldo — and coming soon to Lenexa Public Market.…

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