Chris Onstad

Burger Week runs August 11-17th Mi Mero Mole’s Nick Zukin—the gourmet, the gourmand, the gastronome, the legend—put his prodigious culinary imagination on overdrive and came up with what might be Burger Week’s biggest, ballsiest, most out-there fantasy burger yet. This burger would cost about $15 on any normal day, but for you, gentle soul, this […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th Spirit of 77, the cavernous shrine to the Trailblazers, boozing, and the glories of the gluttonous bar food such pastimes require, threw us a curveball by offering one of Burger Week’s two vegetarian burgers (out of a field of 20). This isn’t one of those factory-frozen gluten pucks that used […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th The Hop & Vine sits on a quiet stretch of North Killingsworth storefronts, its shop windows barely hinting at the spacious and upscale restaurant and bottleshop inside. Because they already say it succinctly, I’ll crib from their website: “Our full bar features eight craft beer taps, an extensive wine list, […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th White Owl Social Club, the sprawling indoor/outdoor bar, rock club, and carno-veg-vegan-gf-friendly restaurant with a seriously legit menu, is offering one of Burger Week’s two vegetarian burgers. It also happens to be fully vegan, but it packs more interesting, meaty, fresh flavor and complexity than you can possibly comprehend without […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th We’re stoked that the Widmer Brothers Pub is back for a second year, after performing like a champ during Burger Week 2013. Chef Travis Hansen has once again gone to the drawing board to design a big, juicy, charred marvel with the all-American burger “it” you expect, and the novel […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th Northeast Alberta’s The Station makes a high-quality version of a certain iconic fast food burger, which happens to have two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickle, and onion on a sesame-seed bun. This burger used to be named something a little too close for the fast food giant’s comfort, […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th Rockin’ Robyn’s buffalo burger was so popular last year that she’s not messing with it. It’s back, ingredient-for-ingredient an exact version of the one that sold by the hundreds (and hundreds and hundreds) in 2013. What I really like about Robyn is that she’s the only cart that’s brave enough […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th Bar Bar, the rock and roll bar and grill in the heart of the Mississippi Studios pleasure-sprawl, is known far and wide for the timeless perfection of its cheeseburger and shoestring fries. We all eat a lot of burgers, but I’ve had literally hundreds in professional service to the Mercury, […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th If Foster Burger didn’t do Burger Week, I probably wouldn’t either. That’s how much this place matters to me. It’s because of a lot of things, but I think it comes down to that grate. That iron grilling grate they use—the one that lets the fat from their patties drip […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th Welcome to the dining room at the Doug Fir Lounge, one of the few restaurants in town where everyone at every table either looks like a breaking band, a published author who just took a shower, or a comforting facsimile thereof. As I sat and enjoyed my “preview burger” one […]

Burger Week runs August 11-17th If you work in the inner east Burnside area, you wear through your lunch and dinner options pretty quickly. Burnside Brewing Co.—who just released their Couch Select Lager in handy canned form, as you can see below—are locally famous for their duck fat-griddled burger, but their big and bright space, […]