Burger Spot Goes South of the Border – Restaurant Review: Snax, Redondo Beach
They didn’t offer zucchini sixty years ago, but the Super Burger remains the same. Sixty years ago today, Elvis was planning his first concert appearance, the first issue of Sports Illustrated was on the newsstands, and the owner of a new restaurant in Redondo Beach was trying to figure out a way of standing out from the pack. Snax had just opened at the corner of Artesia Boulevard and Green Lane, one of thousands of burger stands – the first franchised McDonald’s had opened only a year before, as had the fledgling Burger King. It took Hessie Moonie, the owner of Snax, a while to figure out what might entice people to her humble café, but in 1955 she invented the Super Burger, a concoction of two patties, lettuce, tomato, onion, and Russian dressing. It wasn’t very different from the “Big Boy” that was already being served elsewhere, but it was probably the first of its kind in the South Bay, a pointer to the more-is-better direction of American fast food. Fast forward sixty years and there’s still a Snax in Redondo about three blocks from the original location, and an offshoot in Torrance has been active for decades. Both still serve the Super Burger, as well as hearty American…
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