Dick's Kitchen

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

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

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

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]

See also

• List of defunct restaurants of the United States

References

1. DeJesus, Erin (2011-08-01). "NW 21st's Lucy's Table to Shutter; Dick's Kitchen Moving In". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
2. Russell, Michael (2012-01-16). "Food creatives expand restricted diets' horizons". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
3. Russell, Michael (2016-01-08). "10 healthy Portland restaurants to help you keep your New Year's resolutions". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
4. "French Onion 'Zizou' Burger at Dick's Kitchen". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
5. Apalategui, Eric (2010-07-31). "Storefronts: Changes in Portland's retail landscape". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
6. Helmes, Mary (2013-06-19). "Dick's Kitchen - The All-American Paleo-Friendly Diner - Paleo in a Pinch". The Columbian Blogs. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
7. "Dick's Kitchen". Portland Monthly . Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
8. "Dick's Kitchen Northwest". Thrillist . Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
9. DeJesus, Erin (2011-11-11). "Inside Dick's Kitchen Northwest, Opening Saturday". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
10. Kish, Matthew (2012-12-14). "After deal, Satnick focuses on Dick's Kitchen". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
11. Mortenson, Eric (2013-01-12). "Small business: Growing fast, but staying true". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27.
12. DeJesus, Erin (2011-08-01). "NW 21st's Lucy's Table to Shutter; Dick's Kitchen Moving In". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
13. Butler, Grant (2017-01-01). "Tasty memories: 97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
14. Bamman, Mattie John (2017-04-13). "See How Carina Lounge Transformed the Old Basta's Trattoria". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
15. Greenaway, Twilight (2014-07-28). "The new low-carbon diet: eat well without gobbling up resources". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
16. Bamman, Mattie John (2015-11-12). "Dick's Kitchen's New Burger Concept Unleashed in Woodstock". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
17. Groff, Elizabeth Ussher (2015-12-24). ""Dick's Primal Burger" opens across from Woodstock Library". The Bee. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
18. "At Taquería los Puñales, the Taco Shop Tradition Gets a Queer Makeover". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
19. Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-07-30). "Indian Pop-Up Bhuna Will Find Its Own Home in Northwest Portland". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
20. Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-10-15). "Portland's First True Kashmiri Restaurant Opens Wednesday". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
21. Walsh, Chad. "Deepak Kaul's Bhuna, and His Unlikely Path into the Restaurant World". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
22. "Best of Portland Reader's Poll 2016: The Complete List of Winners". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
23. Kilts, Alie (2017-07-12). "Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2017". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
24. "FOOD, DRINK, RESTAURANTS". Willamette Week. 2020-07-21. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2021-02-27.

External links

• Food portal
• Oregon portal

• Media related to Dick's Kitchen at Wikimedia Commons
• Dick's Kitchen (Nob Hill/Uptown) at Zomato
• Dick's Kitchen (Sunnyside) at Zomato