A thin-pressed, smashed beef patty made from steak trimmings, served on a toasted bun with mustard, onion and pickles. Lean, beefy, fast-food in form but butcher-shop in source.

Winstead's opened in 1940 just east of the Country Club Plaza near 47th and Main as a Streamline Moderne drive-in, with the steakburger built from in-house steak trimmings. The pressed-patty method spread through other Kansas City drive-ins; Town Topic on Broadway has run a similar burger since 1937. The steakburger is the city's pre-McDonald's, pre-fast-food fast food.

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