Burger Skills: Grilling Season

Grilling season is in full swing and PattyPusher fires up the BBQ and probably washes is down with some Drank.

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Sayler's Old Country Kitchen

WhopperChomper can't be stopped:

I cannot say enough about how much I love Sayler’s. I’ve been going here with my family since I was a kid. Don’t laugh when I say that the steaks easily rival El Gaucho and cost about a quarter of the price... I just put that claim to the test about a month ago where I happened to go to both El Gaucho & Sayler’s in the same weekend and I’ll stand by it.

A place like this does one thing – steak – and they do it well. They’ve got a giant rotating steak for a sign, the menu is in the shape of a steak, and they’ve even got a 72 oz steak that you can have for free – if you can eat the entire thing in an hour. They don’t compete with other fancier joints on atmosphere, and the parking lot isn’t full of European cars... Hell, they don’t even have a Web site. But the steaks are good.

Anyway, I haven’t had the burger here since I was a kid, but I felt it my duty to forego a steak for one trip so I could introduce Sayler’s to the PDX Burger masses. Sadly, I was a little disappointed in the burger, but that shouldn’t stop you from visiting. Like I said, this place does steaks. They do make the burger out of ground top sirloin, and they’ll cook it to order, and it comes with the usual suspects. Unfortunately, on this particular occasion, they overcooked my burger and it was a little sloppy with the house sauce (thousand island). But really – you should go get a steak here..

Sayler's Old Country Kitchen
10519 SE Stark St.
Portland, OR 97216
(503)252-4171

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Burger Skills: Tiny Hamburgers

Anonymous folk sending us anonymous pictures that we like. Next level sliders. Diet Ayoy!

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Florida Room

UPDATE: 5/16/07





BurgerMeister looks to be drinking bacon infused vodka with an additional slice of bacon:

So burgermeister was hungry. She said to herself "SLIDERS!!!!!"

The Florida Room had these delectable beauties as an occasional special, until demand became so apparent that they put them on the menu.

$4, comes with fries, tots or salad (extra for the rings. mmmmm.) Meat, sauce, pickle, bun, all that you need, nothing that you don't. Plus, the best bloody marys in town.

ORIGINAL POST: 9/16/07



Continuing quest for sliders in Portland lands us at the Florida Room.

For a limited time they have a sliders special. $3.00 for two juicy sliders topped with pickles and mayo. Comes with fries, tots, or salad.

They have a couple odd menu items as well. Deep fried avacodos, deviled eggs, boozecakes (bourbon batter pancakes), and bloody marys made with wasabi infused vodka.

Florida Room
435 N. Killingsworth
Portland, OR 97217
(503)287-5658

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California: Jake's (Santa Barbara)

BurgerBlogger and BurgerHoover probably don't care that Rick Rubin is courting Portland's new hot s**t band. Mystery photos:

Señorita Burgerhoover and I went to Jakes in Santa Barbara. We frequent this place for breakfast (just image if The Delta Cafe served breakfast, maybe they do. do they?).

So one late afternoon we closed Jakes down with a burger. We knew the burger would be good since the grits, hush puppies, chicken fried steak, and bisquits are. But, our expectations were surpassed. The burger was super dope. Good patty flavor, perfect onions, good presentation, and you have to order it with cole slaw and bacon grits, This sounds like a heart attack, but it's surprisingly lean, the grits aren't greasy they are perfect same with the burger. Add this location to your must do when in Santa Barbara.

P.S. I liked Burgerhoover's sweater and nails better then the burger tho.

Jake's Cafe
2911 De La Vina St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
(805)898-2233

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Oregon: Jersey Lilly (Roseburg)

The RoseBurger writes in from of all places, Roseburg:

I realize Southern Oregon is far out of the Portland metropolitan
area, but there is a hamburger in Roseburg worth mentioning.

At the Jersey Lilly Tavern -- a hangout for high school football
coaches -- they serve a hamburger called the Frog Burger. While the
burger's size isn't acutally the size of a lilly pad, its toppings and
caloric content more than make up for it.

The Frog Burger features two 1/4-pound patties, a slice of American
cheese and two strips of peppered bacon, but what sets it apart from
others is a slathering of hollandaise sauce.

The Lilly pays homage to Douglas Counties timber heritage with
lumberjack tools and implements like saws, caulk boots and rigging
equipment adorned on the walls.

Jersey Lilly
1430 NE Dee St.
Roseburg, OR 97470
(541)672-9131

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Sheridan

Hamburgler and Pickles N Ammo find some grill:

We are heading into BBQ season and it's time to find some grills. This food library always seemed a bit oddly laid out, but still good for "freestyle" shopping.

You pay at the register inside then take your receipt and order to the grill (kind of like when they had a Taco Bell in the Plaid Pantry). Pretty good burger ranging from around $4.00 to $6.00. They make their own "Jucy Lucy's" as well, but call them "stuffed burgers".

They also have lots of hot dogs (Nathan's) and sausages. The cook brought us some bits of Kung Pao chicken sausage that Pickles N Ammo broke the rule of looking to closely at the contents of a sausage only to find cashew bits. Yum

Sheridan Fruit Company
409 SE MLK Jr. Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214
(503)236-2114

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California: Village Idiot (Hollywood)

BurgerBlogger says harro:

So one of my tracks got featured in a film and the DVD release party was going on in Horrywood. The venue was located a few blocks from JapanLA, a cute store owned by my highschool homegirl Jamie, we met for dinner and took me to her favorite neighborhood spot "The Village idiot". It turns out they have a great burger: Patty is mashed up by hand and marinated with lotsa pepper (rearry good), The bun was proper and the onions were nice and pickley. I recommend.

Village Idiot
7383 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323)655-3331

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Matchbox Lounge

Hamburgler and SpecialSauce were probably feeling anemic:

Fantastic. Haven't had a $10 burger you can be happy about in awhile. Strawberry Mountain Hamburger with Pancetta, Manchego Cheese and Aioli. $10.00 well spent. SpecialSauce muttered "This burger is not f***ing around".

The salad was a treat as well. It should be on your must have lists.

Bonus Special Pickle!

Matchbox Lounge
3203 SE Division St.
Portland, OR 97202
(503)234-7844

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Country Cat

WhopperChomper reports....we got both kinds here.....Country and Western:

The "Heritage Burger" ($11) comes on a French onion bun with a slice of white cheddar & garlic mayo. It also comes with a HUGE pile of really thin stringy onion rings that are REALLY good. The patty was very thick, which made for a very dense, flavorful burger. All in all, a unique and respectable effort. The onion rings make the whole thing worth the effort. The fried chicken looked very good, but I'm glad I tried the burger. :)

Country Cat
7937 SE Stark St
Portland, OR 97215
(503) 408-1414

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Deschutes Brewery

Pickles N Ammo and the Hamburgler joined the masses:

This place is huge. Nicely done. Just look at the size of that HVAC system and enough copper to keep you playing Grand Theft Scrap Metal Thief for a year. We are suppose to say something about their great beers, right?

That first one is the "Classic Cheeseburger with a Twist". $10.50 for 1/3 # natural beef (still not sure what that means though) marinated in Island Spices with Gruyere Cheese, House Pickles, Tomato, Grilled Red Onion, Mayo, and Pub Mustard. A bit different, not bad at all, acceptable price for the nature of the Pearl I would think.

The second one is an "Elk Burger". Natural Elk Patty with Roasted Shallot, Thyme Aioli, and Gruyere Cheese for $11.95. Of course it was a bit gamey, its elk........car.........game on.

Deschutes Brewery
210 NW 11th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
(503)296-4906

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Bucket Brigade

Hamburgler is invading other territories:

Wasn't really feeling it. The interior is riddled with every possible free shwag promotional lottery and beer ad you could imagine and the video crack is going full blast while Rage Against the Snack Machine is playing in the background. Sorry its just not my scene, maybe its for you though.

The $1.50 upcharge for french fries is tough. Butter pickles? Mushroom Swiss burger with fries and an ice tea for $11.75. It's not bad, char-grilled, but nothing really memorable at that price.

Bonus Pickle!

Bucket Brigade
8012 SE Powell Blvd.
Portland, OR 97206
(503)774-8953

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