Waldo’s new ghost kitchen serving burgers ‘you want to tell other people about’

A menu doesn’t get much simpler than this: smash burgers — single with cheese, double with cheese or Beyond Burger — and tater tots.

That’s it for Waldo’s new Cosmo Burger.

Cosmo Burger is operating a ghost kitchen out of Dodson’s Bar & Commons at 7438 Wornall Road in Waldo.

Customers place and pay for their orders online, and then schedule a pickup time at the kitchen window.

Owner Jacob Kruger was previously general manager at Bier Station. Before opening Cosmo Burger, he spent a month eating burgers at restaurants around town as research.

“It was fun research, don’t get me wrong,” he said. “I wanted to create something really simple and approachable. With a burger people know what they are getting. But I didn’t want it to be just a burger. This is a burger you want to tell other people about.”

He uses fresh ground beef smashed on the grill with a spatula, house-made pickles and sauce, buttered potato bun, griddle-grilled onions, and American cheese.

He named it Cosmo after his yellow lab mix, who died last year at age 13.

Hours: 5 to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

This story was originally published October 29, 2020 at 5:00 AM.