Fast-food burgers built with never-frozen beef in La Mesa's Casa de Oro district come from Wendy's at 8749 Campo Road, positioned along the Campo Road commercial strip in the 91941 zip code. The square-patty format and fresh-cracked-egg breakfast menu differentiate the kitchen from the round-patty and frozen-supply models common to the category, a distinction in sourcing that parallels the fresh-boiled and baked bagel program at Gold Coast Bagel Co on Lake Murray Boulevard. Dave Thomas founded the chain in Columbus, Ohio, in 1969, and the brand now operates more than 7,000 locations across North America. This Campo Road location serves the Casa de Oro residential corridor between Avocado Boulevard and Campo Road, an area where the smash-burger technique at Dukes Old Fashioned Onion Burgers represents the independent counterpart to Wendy's national fresh-beef program. The Baconator stacks two quarter-pound fresh-beef patties with six strips of Applewood-smoked bacon, American cheese, ketchup, and mayo on a toasted premium bun.