4.5 - Getting Smash'd

Conner Gildenblatt doesn't do anything the easy way. He got a 30-day crash course in pizzeria operations before launching Sauce'd in downtown Grapevine, then had to run his business on a lean staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. A few years later, he...

Episode 5 of the Growing Grapevine podcast, hosted by Grapevine Economic Development, titled "4.5 - Getting Smash'd" was published on April 1, 2026 and runs 23 minutes.

April 1, 2026 ·23m · Growing Grapevine

Summary

Conner Gildenblatt doesn't do anything the easy way. He got a 30-day crash course in pizzeria operations before launching Sauce'd in downtown Grapevine, then had to run his business on a lean staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. A few years later, he did something even more wild: introduced a smashburger to his streamlined pizza menu.Now, it's their best-selling item.

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