For the third year running, Burger Week brings you limited edition, $5 burgers from your favorite Portland bars and restaurants, for one week only! This year the promotion will run Aug 10-16, giving you just one week to try as many burgers as you can from over 30 participating establishments! To get you prepared, we’ll be previewing each Burger Week burger over the next couple weeks so that you can prioritize your game plan.
THE VENUE: East Glisan Pizza Lounge
THE BURGER: East Glisan’s Meatball Burger
Photo by Heather Arndt Anderson
THE MOUTHWATERING DETAILS: Don’t let the size of this little slider fool you—it’s a-one spicy meat-a-ball! (Sorry, had to.) Seriously, though, East Glisan’s Meatball Burger is a tower of heaven: spicy pork meatball studded with requisite minced, sautéed onion, with marinara and creamy house-pulled mozzarella melted lovingly over the top; a perfect little crispy Parmesan frico; and a bit of arugula and pickled red onions to lighten things up—all stacked Jenga-like onto a focaccia bun.
Once again, the Portland Mercury would like to thank our generous partners, world-class meat provider Nicky USA, Widmer Brothers Brewing, and Jim Beam!
Important reminder: THESE BURGERS WILL SELL OUT. Last year’s restaurants had one main issue with the event last year, and that was people getting angry and rude when they found out that they are part of a reality where restaurants that are getting slammed run out of food. We have better forecasting numbers this year, but please: go early, be kind, get a drink, and, most importantly, remember that a $5 burger is a privilege, not a right. Don’t ruin it for everyone! Please be kind and respectful, exercise the golden rule, and treat our restaurants the way you want to be treated (unless you’re a masochist).
THIS IS NOT EVEN A BURGER. (Please make meatball sub week, thanks.)
Kinda thinking with this one you might not need the “these burgers will sell out” not at the bottom. For one thing, the pizza lounge is a bit out of the way, for another, it’s not much of a value. Maybe there shouldn’t be objects near it for scale.
I take it back. It’s probably as much meat as anyone else’s (usually 1/4 lb) meat.