Dick's Kitchen

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Dick's Kitchen
Dick's Kitchen, Belmont, Portland 2012.JPG
Exterior of the Southeast Belmont restaurant in 2012
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Richard Satnick
City Portland
County Multnomah
State Oregon
CountryUnited States

Dick's Kitchen was a "paleo-friendly" restaurant with multiple locations in Portland, Oregon. [1]

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Description

The high-vegetable, low-grain [2] menu offered gluten-free, paleo, and vegan options, [3] including burgers, sandwiches, sausages, [4] and desserts. [5] [6] The interior of the southeast Portland restaurant was decorated with portraits of notable men named Richard, including Dick Van Dyke, Richard Burton, and Richard Nixon. [5] [7] Drinks at the northwest Portland location included the Dick's-A-Rita and Dick's Elixir. [8]

History

Exterior of the Belmont location in 2018 Belmont, PDX, 2018 - 4.jpg
Exterior of the Belmont location in 2018

Richard Satnick opened the first restaurant on Southeast Belmont in the Sunnyside neighborhood in August 2010. [1] He opened a second restaurant in northwest Portland in late 2011, [9] [10] [11] in a space which previously housed Lucy's Table. [12] [13] [14] Meat was sourced from Carmen Ranch in Wallowa, Oregon, as of 2014. [15] The "sister-restaurant" Dick's Primal Burger opened in southeast Portland's Woodstock neighborhood in 2015, offering counter service. [16] [17]

The Dick's Kitchen in Sunnyside closed and was replaced by Taqueria Los Puñales. [18] The outpost in northwest Portland closed and the space was later occupied by the Indian restaurant Bhuna. [19] [20] [21]

Reception

In 2016 and 2017, Dick's won in the Best Paleo Options category in Willamette Week 's annual readers' poll. [22] [23] The restaurant won second place in the same category in 2020. [24]

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