Burger Stevens is a
hamburger restaurant with multiple locations in the
Portland, Oregon metropolitan area
The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington centered on the principal city of Portland, Oregon. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) identifies it as the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro ...
.
History
Burger Stevens was established in 2016. The business has operated from a food cart in
Hillsdale.
Burger Stevens was operating at
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Pioneer Courthouse Square, also known as Portland's living room, is a public space occupying a full city block in the center of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1984, the square is bounded by Southwest Morrison Street on t ...
until the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. In 2022, owner Don Salamone relocated the cart to
Prost Marketplace
Prost Marketplace is a food cart pod in Portland, Oregon.
Description and history
Prost Marketplace is a food cart pod in the north Portland part of the Boise neighborhood. Businesses have included Bloodbuzz, Breadbox, Burger Stevens, Caspian ...
in the
north Portland
North Portland is one of the six sextants of Portland, Oregon.
North Portland is a diverse mixture of residential, commercial, and industrial areas. It includes the Portland International Raceway, the University of Portland, and massive cargo faci ...
part of the
Boise
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neighborhood. The business also operates from
Hinterland Bar and Food Carts in
southeast Portland
Southeast Portland is one of the sextants of Portland, Oregon.
Boundaries and features
Southeast Portland stretches from the warehouses along the Willamette River through historic Ladd's Addition to the Hawthorne and Belmont districts out to Gr ...
's
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor ( he, הר תבור) (Har Tavor) is located in Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of Galilee.
In the Hebrew Bible (Book of Joshua, Joshua, Book of Judges, Judges), Mount Tabor is the sit ...
neighborhood, as of 2022.
Burger Stevens operated from
BG's Food Cartel in Beaverton, as of 2021.
Reception
In 2019, ''Willamette Week'' Michael Mannheimer recommended Burger Stevens for "the quintessential all-American meal". In 2020,
Brooke Jackson-Glidden
Brooke Jackson-Glidden is a food writer and the editor of ''Eater Portland''. In 2023, she received the Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award from the James Beard Foundation in part for her essay about Either/Or.
Career
Jackson-Glidden has been the ed ...
of ''
Eater Portland
''Eater'' is a food website by Vox Media. It was co-founded by Lockhart Steele and Ben Leventhal in 2005, and originally focused on dining and nightlife in New York City. Eater launched a national site in 2009, and covered nearly 20 cities by ...
'' said the business offers "what could be Portland's best burger".
See also
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List of hamburger restaurants
This is a list of notable hamburger restaurants. A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat (usually beef) usually placed inside a sliced hamburger bun. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, bacon, tom ...
References
External links
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2016 establishments in Oregon
Restaurants in Boise, Portland, Oregon
Food carts in Portland, Oregon
Hamburger restaurants in the United States
Mount Tabor, Portland, Oregon
Restaurants in North Portland, Oregon
Restaurants established in 2016
Restaurants in Beaverton, Oregon
Restaurants in Southeast Portland, Oregon
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