Smashers Burgers & Fries in Norfolk started with big ideas from a small-town teenager.

Henry Smith, 21, considers himself a numbers person and has always loved math. Those skills came in handy when he decided to start a business.

The fifth-generation Cape Charles resident opened a food truck his senior year, even catering his high school graduation.

“I just got hyper-focused on perfecting every finite detail and then showing it off to friends and family and watching them like something that I created,” he says.

For three summers, he served up burgers and fries, hiring his buddies to help out.

"I had no idea when he started the food truck it would be anything more than just a food truck on the beach," his mom Christy Smith shared. "[He had the] best summer of his life his buddies. Not

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