Burger Stevens

Burger Stevens
The food cart at Hinterland Bar and Food Carts, 2022
Restaurant information
Established	2016 (2016)
Closed	2024 (2024)
Owner(s)	Don Salamone
City	Portland
State	Oregon
Country	United 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.

History

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]

See also

• Food portal
• Oregon portal

• List of hamburger restaurants

References

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

External links

• Media related to Burger Stevens at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website