Burger Stevens Explained

Burger Stevens
Current-Owner:	Don Salamone
City:	Portland
State:	Oregon
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Country:	United States
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Burger Stevens was a hamburger restaurant with multiple locations in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. 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 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]}

Reception

In 2019, Willamette Week Michael Mannheimer recommended Burger Stevens for "the quintessential all-American meal".^[9] In 2020, Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland said the business offers "what could be Portland's best burger".^[10]

See also

• List of hamburger restaurants

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russell . Michael . 2021-03-30 . Portland's 14 best smash burgers, reviewed and ranked . 2022-06-20 . . en . 2022-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220609200758/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2021/03/portlands-14-best-smash-burgers-reviewed-and-ranked.html . live .
2. Web site: Burger Stevens . 2022-06-20 . Portland Monthly . en-US . 2020-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200930181651/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/restaurants/burger-stevens . live .
3. Web site: Cohen . Jason . 2020-09-06 . Much-Loved Food Cart Burger Stevens Is Moving Into the Prost Marketplace Pod . 2022-06-20 . Willamette Week . en . 2021-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210512051912/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2020/09/06/much-loved-food-cart-burger-stevens-is-moving-into-the-prost-marketplace-pod/ . live .
4. Web site: Jackson-Glidden . Brooke . 2022-01-20 . A Guide to the Hinterland Food Cart Pod, Opening This Week . 2022-06-20 . Eater Portland . en . 2022-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220408101124/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/1/20/22893671/hinterland-food-cart-pod-guide-opening . live .
5. Web site: Russell . Michael . 2022-06-04 . At Hinterland bar, Portland food carts find their forever home . 2022-06-20 . . en . 2022-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220618220839/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2022/06/at-hinterland-bar-portland-food-carts-find-their-forever-home.html . live .
6. Web site: Brooks . Karen . Karen Brooks (food critic) . Oakley . Bill . Okazaki . Gary . Lewis . Pauline . Lewis . Drew . 2021-12-13 . The 20 Best Burgers in Portland, Oregon . 2022-06-20 . Portland Monthly . en-US . 2022-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220218212236/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/best-burgers-portland . live .
7. Web site: Russell . Michael . 2024-10-01 . Portland burger spot once ranked city’s best has closed for good . 2024-10-03 . The Oregonian . en.
8. Web site: Roland . Rebecca . 2024-10-09 . One of Portland’s Best Burger Carts Suddenly Closed . 2024-10-09 . Eater Portland . en.
9. Web site: Burgers . 2022-06-20 . Willamette Week . en . 2021-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807165710/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2019/11/05/burgers/ . live .
10. Web site: Jackson-Glidden . Brooke . 2020-09-09 . One of Portland's Best Burgers Is Coming to North Portland . 2022-06-20 . Eater Portland . en . 2022-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220224122428/https://pdx.eater.com/2020/9/9/21429108/burger-stevens-move-the-sudra-happy-hour . live .