Burger Week 2017 – Places close to CENTRL East & West
What a time to be alive! With all the restaurant competition out here in Portland, it is hard to pick sometimes where to eat! Hopefully this list will help narrow down your burger week places. This list highlights the best burgers near and close to CENTRL Pearl and Eastside locations. Make sure to check out the maps with directions below. Now the countdown begins, mark your calendars for August 7th-12th. Shout out to the Portland Mercury for creating such an epic list!
Eastside
Biwa & Parasol
Biwa offers a delicious option for Burger Week called the Instagram Burger. Make sure to tag your burger and share your experience #burgerweek. It is not only beautiful (what, burgers can be beautiful), but also delicious, filled with pickle slaw, tomatoes, and goat cheese. Pair your burger with one of their delicious cocktails, such as the Art Vandalay made with basil, balsamic, wild turkey bourbon, and ginger beer. YUM and see you there.
Burger Hours: 11 am – 2 am
Spirit of 77
Just a hop-skip-jump away, Spirit of 77 has a lot to offer. For after work drinks and burgers our suggestion is to try the Keith Hernandez’s Mustache burger, named after the legendary baseball players mustache. According to the Portland Mercury, “Spirit of 77 calls this its answer to the McRib”. Maybe you burger-heads will understand.
Burger Hours: 3 pm – 10 pm
Delicious Donuts
Can’t wait until lunch or dinner for your burger? Well fear not, Delicious Donuts has put their spin on their famous Pigs in a blanket burrito and put that sucker on glazed donuts. Not for the faint of heart, this burger will either make or destroy your morning. 3 Pigs Breakfast Burger has all the standard breakfast fixing including the hashbrowns, eggs, and not to mention the 3 main ingredients; ham, bacon, and sausage.
Burger Hours: 5 am – 2 am
PEARL
Holsteins Shakes and Buns
The Banh Mi Burger will not disappoint especially if you like spicy food. It’s made with dry-aged beef and pork belly, Sriracha, and jalapeños. If you are really going for it try one of their famous alcoholic shakes, the Drunken Monkey might be a great choice; made with vanilla ice cream, frangelico, banana, malted milk powder, reese’s peanut butter cup, whipped cream or the Nitro Chai Tea Float made with; vanilla ice cream, rogue spirits dark rum, smith nitro masala chai tea, oh my!
Burger Hours: 4 pm – 10 pm
Kells Brewery
Kells Brewery might already be your go to place for watching the latest soccer game, or Timbers and Thorns spot before or after the game. Make sure to check out the Ballycastle Sausage Roll Burger which is a nice addition to burger week selections.
Burger Hours: 4 pm – 10 pm
BRIX Tavern
The Norm burger is another classic choice and made with grilled Oregon Farms sirloin, Tillamook cheddar, heirloom tomatoes, and shredded iceberg lettuce. According to the Portland Mercury, The Norm Burger is a re-creation of Chef Kevin Kennedy’s “He’s recreated the burger he and his father used to get at the classic drive-in a half-mile from their house”. Also, don’t miss out on their Tacos and Tequila night, $25 per person, Thursday August 17th.
Burger Hours: 4 pm – 10 pm