Burger Stevens

{{Short description|Defunct restaurant in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, U.S.}}

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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

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Burger Stevens was established in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2021-03-30 |title=Portland's 14 best smash burgers, reviewed and ranked |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2021/03/portlands-14-best-smash-burgers-reviewed-and-ranked.html |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609200758/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2021/03/portlands-14-best-smash-burgers-reviewed-and-ranked.html |url-status=live }} The business operated from a food cart in Hillsdale,{{Cite web |title=Burger Stevens |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/restaurants/burger-stevens |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930181651/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/restaurants/burger-stevens |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Jason |date=2020-09-06 |title=Much-Loved Food Cart Burger Stevens Is Moving Into the Prost Marketplace Pod |url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2020/09/06/much-loved-food-cart-burger-stevens-is-moving-into-the-prost-marketplace-pod/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2021-05-12 |archive-url=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/ |url-status=live }} The business also operated from Hinterland Bar and Food Carts in southeast Portland's Mount Tabor neighborhood, as of 2022.{{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=2022-01-20 |title=A Guide to the Hinterland Food Cart Pod, Opening This Week |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2022/1/20/22893671/hinterland-food-cart-pod-guide-opening |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408101124/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/1/20/22893671/hinterland-food-cart-pod-guide-opening |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2022-06-04 |title=At Hinterland bar, Portland food carts find their forever home |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2022/06/at-hinterland-bar-portland-food-carts-find-their-forever-home.html |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618220839/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2022/06/at-hinterland-bar-portland-food-carts-find-their-forever-home.html |url-status=live }}

Burger Stevens operated from BG's Food Cartel in Beaverton, as of 2021.{{Cite web |last1=Brooks |first1=Karen |authorlink1=Karen Brooks (food critic) |last2=Oakley |first2=Bill |last3=Okazaki |first3=Gary |last4=Lewis |first4=Pauline |last5=Lewis |first5=Drew |date=2021-12-13 |title=The 20 Best Burgers in Portland, Oregon |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/best-burgers-portland |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218212236/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/best-burgers-portland |url-status=live }}

The business closed permanently in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2024-10-01 |title=Portland burger spot once ranked city's best has closed for good |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2024/10/burger-stevens-once-ranked-among-portlands-best-burgers-has-closed.html |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2024-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003032945/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2024/10/burger-stevens-once-ranked-among-portlands-best-burgers-has-closed.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Roland |first=Rebecca |date=2024-10-09 |title=One of Portland's Best Burger Carts Suddenly Closed |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2024/10/9/24266198/burger-stevens-cart-closed-portland-oregon |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2024-12-21 |title=Portland's 21 most painful restaurant and bar closures of 2024 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2024/12/portlands-21-most-painful-restaurant-and-bar-closures-of-2024.html |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2024-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222221238/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2024/12/portlands-21-most-painful-restaurant-and-bar-closures-of-2024.html |url-status=live }}

Reception

In 2019, Willamette Week{{'s}} Michael Mannheimer recommended Burger Stevens for "the quintessential all-American meal".{{Cite web |title=Burgers |url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2019/11/05/burgers/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Willamette Week |date=5 November 2019 |language=en |archive-date=2021-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807165710/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2019/11/05/burgers/ |url-status=live }} In 2020, Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland said the business offers "what could be Portland's best burger".{{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=2020-09-09 |title=One of Portland's Best Burgers Is Coming to North Portland |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2020/9/9/21429108/burger-stevens-move-the-sudra-happy-hour |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2022-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224122428/https://pdx.eater.com/2020/9/9/21429108/burger-stevens-move-the-sudra-happy-hour |url-status=live }} Michael Russell included Burger Stevens in The Oregonian{{'s}} list of the 21 "most painful" restaurant and bar closures of 2024.{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2024-12-21 |title=Portland's 21 most painful restaurant and bar closures of 2024 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2024/12/portlands-21-most-painful-restaurant-and-bar-closures-of-2024.html |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}