Burger Stevens

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Burger Stevens
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The food cart at Hinterland Bar and Food Carts, 2022
Restaurant information
Established2016 (2016)
Closed2024 (2024)
Owner(s)Don Salamone
CityPortland
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Website burgerstevens.com

Burger Stevens was a hamburger restaurant with multiple locations in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, in the United States. The business garnered a positive reception, operating from 2016 to 2024 in food cart pods and other spaces including Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square, Prost Marketplace, and Hinterland Bar and Food Carts, as well as Beaverton's BG's Food Cartel.

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History

Burger Stevens at Prost Marketplace, in 2022 Portland, Oregon (July 18, 2022) - 15.jpg
Burger Stevens at Prost Marketplace, in 2022

Burger Stevens was established in 2016. [1] The business operated from a food cart in Hillsdale, [2] and at Pioneer Courthouse Square until the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, owner Don Salamone relocated the cart to Prost Marketplace in the north Portland part of the Boise neighborhood. [3] The business also operated from Hinterland Bar and Food Carts in southeast Portland's Mount Tabor neighborhood, as of 2022. [4] [5]

Burger Stevens operated from BG's Food Cartel in Beaverton, as of 2021. [6]

The business closed permanently in 2024. [7] [8] [9]

Reception

In 2019, Willamette Week's Michael Mannheimer recommended Burger Stevens for "the quintessential all-American meal". [10] In 2020, Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland said the business offers "what could be Portland's best burger". [11] Michael Russell included Burger Stevens in The Oregonian 's list of the 21 "most painful" restaurant and bar closures of 2024. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Russell, Michael (2021-03-30). "Portland's 14 best smash burgers, reviewed and ranked". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  2. ↑ "Burger Stevens". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Jason (2020-09-06). "Much-Loved Food Cart Burger Stevens Is Moving Into the Prost Marketplace Pod". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  4. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2022-01-20). "A Guide to the Hinterland Food Cart Pod, Opening This Week". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  5. ↑ Russell, Michael (2022-06-04). "At Hinterland bar, Portland food carts find their forever home". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  6. ↑ Brooks, Karen; Oakley, Bill; Okazaki, Gary; Lewis, Pauline; Lewis, Drew (2021-12-13). "The 20 Best Burgers in Portland, Oregon". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  7. ↑ Russell, Michael (2024-10-01). "Portland burger spot once ranked city's best has closed for good". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  8. ↑ Roland, Rebecca (2024-10-09). "One of Portland's Best Burger Carts Suddenly Closed". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  9. ↑ Russell, Michael (2024-12-21). "Portland's 21 most painful restaurant and bar closures of 2024". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  10. ↑ "Burgers". Willamette Week. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  11. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2020-09-09). "One of Portland's Best Burgers Is Coming to North Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  12. ↑ Russell, Michael (2024-12-21). "Portland's 21 most painful restaurant and bar closures of 2024". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
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