Dick's Kitchen was a " paleo-friendly" restaurant with multiple locations in

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Description

The high-vegetable, low-grain menu offered

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, paleo, and

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options, including burgers, sandwiches, sausages, and desserts. The interior of the

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restaurant was decorated with portraits of notable men named Richard, including

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, and

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. Drinks at the

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location included the Dick's-A-Rita and Dick's Elixir.

History

Richard Satnick opened the first restaurant on Southeast Belmont in the Sunnyside neighborhood in August 2010. He opened a second restaurant in northwest Portland in late 2011, in a space which previously housed Lucy's Table. Meat was sourced from Carmen Ranch in

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, as of 2014. The "sister-restaurant" Dick's Primal Burger opened in southeast Portland's

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neighborhood in 2015, offering counter service. The Dick's Kitchen in Sunnyside closed and was replaced by Taqueria Los Puñales. The outpost in northwest Portland closed and the space was later occupied by the Indian restaurant Bhuna.

Reception

In 2016 and 2017, Dick's won in the Best Paleo Options category in ''

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'' annual readers' poll. The restaurant won second place in the same category in 2020.

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* {{Sunnyside, Portland, Oregon 2010 establishments in Oregon Defunct restaurants in Northwest District, Portland, Oregon Defunct restaurants in Sunnyside, Portland, Oregon Restaurants established in 2010