Hi, we’re childhood buddies, Ben and Robert and X.O Grill is our lockdown baby. What started out as an experimental pop-up in Gumpendorfer Straße, is now our labour of love, tears and culinary joy.
We set out with a simple goal: to create street food that sets a new standard in Austria.
Our Smash + sandwiches are made with our beloved XO Beef from Xtra Old Austrian dairy cows – particularly delicious, thanks to the extra time the cows have had to mature whilst roaming the fields. It’s then dry-aged for up to 7 weeks, for good measure!
Not only damn tasty, we also believe it’s a more responsible way of eating beef. Our retired dairy cows have often lived for around 10-15 years and produced greenhouse gases whilst generating milk, so their meat comes effectively as a bonus, with minimal additional CO2 emissions (beyond transport). Now we’re not saying it’s perfect – meat will never be a sustainable product, but we reckon that if we’re going to eat it, let’s do it better.
And we’re trying to do it right in other areas too – we aim to use only the best seasonal ingredients from local producers and are working hard to keep waste low and sustainability high on our agenda.
It’s the start of an exciting journey for us, thanks for coming along for the ride!
See you in the 5th.
Ben and Robert
XOXO