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MidCity SmashedBurger
Graphic of an anthropomorphic hamburger wearing a hat and pointing finger guns; there is also a checkered circle enveloping the burger and the text "MCSB", "MidCity SmashedBurger", and "Est. 2020"
Restaurant information
Established2020 (2020)
Owner(s)Cascadia Hospitality
Previous owner(s)Mike Aldridge
Manager(s)Zach Sharp
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Website midcitysmashedburger.com

MidCity SmashedBurger (also known as MidCity SmashBurger) is a small chain of burger restaurants based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founder Mike Aldridge started the business as a pop-up restaurant in New Orleans in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic before relocating to Portland and relaunching the business as a food cart in early 2021. Throughout Oregon, there are five MidCity locations as of 2024, including four in Portland and another in Bend. The business has garnered a positive reception and has been praised for serving some of the best burgers in Portland and the U.S.

Description

MidCity SmashedBurger is a small chain of restaurants in the U.S. state of Oregon, operating in Portland and Bend. In addition to regular and vegan burgers, [1] the menu serves fish sandwiches, [2] chicken nuggets, [3] French fries, and milkshakes. [4] One of the Portland locations features an illustration of a cheeseburger pointing finger guns by local artist Mike Bennett. [5] The cartoon burger, Smashy, [6] has become MidCity's mascot. [7]

History

Chef and owner Mike Aldridge started MidCity as a pop-up restaurant, selling burgers from his porch in New Orleans, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9] He moved to Portland and re-opened MidCity in January 2021, [10] operating a food truck on Stark Street at the intersection of 11th Avenue in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. [2] [11] Approximately 1,000 burgers were sold in the first eight days, and the business quickly built a social media following. [4] Averaging 300 burgers per day, [10] MidCity had sold tens of thousands of burgers by September 2021. [12]

In 2021, Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland stated that Aldridge hoped to open a brick and mortar location on Lombard Street in north Portland's St. Johns neighborhood, in a space that previously housed a Bernstein's Bagels shop. [13] Eric Nelson of Eem and Langbaan collaborated with Aldridge to create a new menu with burgers, hot dogs, and margaritas. [14] [15] The St. Johns location did not come to fruition; [16] instead, Aldridge opened a second food cart at a pod on North Williams Avenue, near the Moda Center. [17]

In 2022, MidCity expanded outside Portland. Aldridge opened a food cart next to the Boneyard Beer taproom on Northwest Lake Place in Bend. [18] [19] [20] The Lil' America food cart pod moved into the space previously occupied by MidCity's original food cart. [21] Aldridge declined the nearby space that was offered, choosing to relocate the cart to the Level Brewing taproom on Sandy Boulevard in northeast Portland. [22]

There are four MidCity locations as of 2022. [23] In March 2024, the business announced plans to relocate the Belmont location. The cart opened at Ship Ahoy Tavern in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood on March 27. [24]

Reception

In 2021, Michael Russell of The Oregonian said MidCity had Portland's best smash burger. [25] He also included the business in an overview of the city's best new food carts. [12] Karen Brooks and Katherine Chew Hamilton included MidCity in a similar list published by Portland Monthly. [26] Alex Frane included the business in Thrillist's late 2021 overview of restaurants around the city. [27] In 2023, Eater Portland's Katrina Yentch included MidCity in an overview of twenty "knockout spots for affordable dining" in the city, [3] and Ron Scott included the restaurant in a list of twenty "mind-blowing" burgers in the Portland metropolitan area. [28] Jashayla Pettigrew included the restaurant in KOIN's list of the seven best smash burgers in the metropolitan area, based on Yelp reviews. [29]

MidCity has been recognized for having some of the best burgers in the U.S. [30]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wu, Waz (March 16, 2023). "Meet Portland's Glittery, '90s-Themed Vegan Smash Burger and Wings Pop-Up". Eater Portland. Vox Media. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cohen, Jason (September 22, 2021). "These Four Portland Eateries Finally Give Fish Sandwiches the Spotlight". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Yentch, Katrina (July 17, 2015). "20 Knockout Spots for Affordable Dining in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Michelman, Jordan (February 5, 2021). "Mid-City Smash Burger Is Portland's New Orleans–Born Burger Cart". Portland Monthly. ISSN  1546-2765. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Wong, Janey (October 18, 2022). "Portland Artist Mike Bennett Opens Fantastical Cafe Wonderwood Springs". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Cohen, Jason (May 5, 2021). "Smash Burgers Are on Trend in Portland, and Two of the Best Can Be Found Just Blocks From Each Other On Southeast Stark". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  7. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (August 30, 2023). "Artist Mike Bennett's Guide to Dining in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  8. ^ Russell, Michael (March 16, 2021). "Smash burgers, everywhere: 2 new Portland carts make 2 of our favorites: Takeout Diaries". The Oregonian. Advance Publications. ISSN  8750-1317. OCLC  985410693. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  9. ^ Stole, Bryn; Calder, Chad (June 13, 2020). "The New Orleans economy is bad now. Come August, things could get much worse". NOLA.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  10. ^ a b Trueherz, Matthew (July 29, 2022). "Are $5 Cheeseburgers Gone for Good?". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "Portland Smash Burgers". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  12. ^ a b Russell, Michael (September 22, 2021). "Portland's best new food carts of 2021". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  13. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (August 13, 2021). "Portland's Destination Thai Restaurant, Langbaan, Is Moving to Northwest Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  14. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (September 14, 2021). "The Most Anticipated Portland Restaurant Openings, Fall and Winter 2021". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  15. ^ Russell, Michael (August 12, 2021). "MidCity SmashBurger is expanding with new North Portland restaurant and bar". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  16. ^ Russell, Michael (November 7, 2021). "12 new Portland restaurants we can't wait to try this fall". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  17. ^ Frane, Alex (November 12, 2021). "Loyal Legion's New Tap Room Opens in Beaverton Tomorrow". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  18. ^ Russell, Michael (June 3, 2022). "MidCity SmashBurger expands with new Bend cart next to original Boneyard Beer taproom". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  19. ^ Wong, Janey (June 10, 2022). "Buzzy Food Cart Mid City Smash Burger Expands to Bend". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  20. ^ Vulcan, Nicole (August 3, 2022). "From Portland to Bend, Smash Burger Location Opens". The Source Weekly. Bend, Oregon. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  21. ^ Trueherz, Matthew (July 26, 2022). "New, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+-Focused Food Cart Pod to Open in Southeast Portland". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  22. ^ Russell, Michael (April 1, 2023). "Meet Lil' America, Portland's new BIPOC/LGBTQ-focused food cart pod". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on September 8, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  23. ^ "Follow the Beef: The top 20 best burgers in the world have been revealed". The Irish Post. ISSN  0959-3748. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  24. ^ Wong, Janey (May 9, 2024). "Buckman Bar There Be Monsters Closes After a Near Decade-Long Run". Eater Portland. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  25. ^ Russell, Michael (March 30, 2021). "Portland's 13 best smash burgers, reviewed and ranked". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on June 9, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  26. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew; Brooks, Karen (September 17, 2021). "Portland's 9 Greatest New Food Carts of 2021". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  27. ^ Frane, Alex (September 11, 2020). "Where to Eat in Portland Right Now". Thrillist. Vox Media. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  28. ^ Scott, Ron (May 9, 2017). "20 Mind-Blowing Burgers in Portland and Beyond". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  29. ^ Pettigrew, Jashayla (August 25, 2023). "Where to find the Portland's best smash burgers". KOIN. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  30. ^ Evensen, Julie; Russell, Michael (October 9, 2023). "The No. 4 best burger in America is in Portland". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.

External links

Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=MidCity_SmashedBurger&oldid=1233996360"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MidCity SmashedBurger
Graphic of an anthropomorphic hamburger wearing a hat and pointing finger guns; there is also a checkered circle enveloping the burger and the text "MCSB", "MidCity SmashedBurger", and "Est. 2020"
Restaurant information
Established2020 (2020)
Owner(s)Cascadia Hospitality
Previous owner(s)Mike Aldridge
Manager(s)Zach Sharp
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Website midcitysmashedburger.com

MidCity SmashedBurger (also known as MidCity SmashBurger) is a small chain of burger restaurants based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founder Mike Aldridge started the business as a pop-up restaurant in New Orleans in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic before relocating to Portland and relaunching the business as a food cart in early 2021. Throughout Oregon, there are five MidCity locations as of 2024, including four in Portland and another in Bend. The business has garnered a positive reception and has been praised for serving some of the best burgers in Portland and the U.S.

Description

MidCity SmashedBurger is a small chain of restaurants in the U.S. state of Oregon, operating in Portland and Bend. In addition to regular and vegan burgers, [1] the menu serves fish sandwiches, [2] chicken nuggets, [3] French fries, and milkshakes. [4] One of the Portland locations features an illustration of a cheeseburger pointing finger guns by local artist Mike Bennett. [5] The cartoon burger, Smashy, [6] has become MidCity's mascot. [7]

History

Chef and owner Mike Aldridge started MidCity as a pop-up restaurant, selling burgers from his porch in New Orleans, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9] He moved to Portland and re-opened MidCity in January 2021, [10] operating a food truck on Stark Street at the intersection of 11th Avenue in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. [2] [11] Approximately 1,000 burgers were sold in the first eight days, and the business quickly built a social media following. [4] Averaging 300 burgers per day, [10] MidCity had sold tens of thousands of burgers by September 2021. [12]

In 2021, Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland stated that Aldridge hoped to open a brick and mortar location on Lombard Street in north Portland's St. Johns neighborhood, in a space that previously housed a Bernstein's Bagels shop. [13] Eric Nelson of Eem and Langbaan collaborated with Aldridge to create a new menu with burgers, hot dogs, and margaritas. [14] [15] The St. Johns location did not come to fruition; [16] instead, Aldridge opened a second food cart at a pod on North Williams Avenue, near the Moda Center. [17]

In 2022, MidCity expanded outside Portland. Aldridge opened a food cart next to the Boneyard Beer taproom on Northwest Lake Place in Bend. [18] [19] [20] The Lil' America food cart pod moved into the space previously occupied by MidCity's original food cart. [21] Aldridge declined the nearby space that was offered, choosing to relocate the cart to the Level Brewing taproom on Sandy Boulevard in northeast Portland. [22]

There are four MidCity locations as of 2022. [23] In March 2024, the business announced plans to relocate the Belmont location. The cart opened at Ship Ahoy Tavern in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood on March 27. [24]

Reception

In 2021, Michael Russell of The Oregonian said MidCity had Portland's best smash burger. [25] He also included the business in an overview of the city's best new food carts. [12] Karen Brooks and Katherine Chew Hamilton included MidCity in a similar list published by Portland Monthly. [26] Alex Frane included the business in Thrillist's late 2021 overview of restaurants around the city. [27] In 2023, Eater Portland's Katrina Yentch included MidCity in an overview of twenty "knockout spots for affordable dining" in the city, [3] and Ron Scott included the restaurant in a list of twenty "mind-blowing" burgers in the Portland metropolitan area. [28] Jashayla Pettigrew included the restaurant in KOIN's list of the seven best smash burgers in the metropolitan area, based on Yelp reviews. [29]

MidCity has been recognized for having some of the best burgers in the U.S. [30]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wu, Waz (March 16, 2023). "Meet Portland's Glittery, '90s-Themed Vegan Smash Burger and Wings Pop-Up". Eater Portland. Vox Media. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cohen, Jason (September 22, 2021). "These Four Portland Eateries Finally Give Fish Sandwiches the Spotlight". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Yentch, Katrina (July 17, 2015). "20 Knockout Spots for Affordable Dining in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Michelman, Jordan (February 5, 2021). "Mid-City Smash Burger Is Portland's New Orleans–Born Burger Cart". Portland Monthly. ISSN  1546-2765. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Wong, Janey (October 18, 2022). "Portland Artist Mike Bennett Opens Fantastical Cafe Wonderwood Springs". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Cohen, Jason (May 5, 2021). "Smash Burgers Are on Trend in Portland, and Two of the Best Can Be Found Just Blocks From Each Other On Southeast Stark". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  7. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (August 30, 2023). "Artist Mike Bennett's Guide to Dining in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  8. ^ Russell, Michael (March 16, 2021). "Smash burgers, everywhere: 2 new Portland carts make 2 of our favorites: Takeout Diaries". The Oregonian. Advance Publications. ISSN  8750-1317. OCLC  985410693. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  9. ^ Stole, Bryn; Calder, Chad (June 13, 2020). "The New Orleans economy is bad now. Come August, things could get much worse". NOLA.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  10. ^ a b Trueherz, Matthew (July 29, 2022). "Are $5 Cheeseburgers Gone for Good?". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "Portland Smash Burgers". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  12. ^ a b Russell, Michael (September 22, 2021). "Portland's best new food carts of 2021". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  13. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (August 13, 2021). "Portland's Destination Thai Restaurant, Langbaan, Is Moving to Northwest Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  14. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (September 14, 2021). "The Most Anticipated Portland Restaurant Openings, Fall and Winter 2021". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  15. ^ Russell, Michael (August 12, 2021). "MidCity SmashBurger is expanding with new North Portland restaurant and bar". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  16. ^ Russell, Michael (November 7, 2021). "12 new Portland restaurants we can't wait to try this fall". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  17. ^ Frane, Alex (November 12, 2021). "Loyal Legion's New Tap Room Opens in Beaverton Tomorrow". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  18. ^ Russell, Michael (June 3, 2022). "MidCity SmashBurger expands with new Bend cart next to original Boneyard Beer taproom". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  19. ^ Wong, Janey (June 10, 2022). "Buzzy Food Cart Mid City Smash Burger Expands to Bend". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  20. ^ Vulcan, Nicole (August 3, 2022). "From Portland to Bend, Smash Burger Location Opens". The Source Weekly. Bend, Oregon. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  21. ^ Trueherz, Matthew (July 26, 2022). "New, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+-Focused Food Cart Pod to Open in Southeast Portland". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  22. ^ Russell, Michael (April 1, 2023). "Meet Lil' America, Portland's new BIPOC/LGBTQ-focused food cart pod". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on September 8, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  23. ^ "Follow the Beef: The top 20 best burgers in the world have been revealed". The Irish Post. ISSN  0959-3748. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  24. ^ Wong, Janey (May 9, 2024). "Buckman Bar There Be Monsters Closes After a Near Decade-Long Run". Eater Portland. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  25. ^ Russell, Michael (March 30, 2021). "Portland's 13 best smash burgers, reviewed and ranked". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on June 9, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  26. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew; Brooks, Karen (September 17, 2021). "Portland's 9 Greatest New Food Carts of 2021". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  27. ^ Frane, Alex (September 11, 2020). "Where to Eat in Portland Right Now". Thrillist. Vox Media. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  28. ^ Scott, Ron (May 9, 2017). "20 Mind-Blowing Burgers in Portland and Beyond". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  29. ^ Pettigrew, Jashayla (August 25, 2023). "Where to find the Portland's best smash burgers". KOIN. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  30. ^ Evensen, Julie; Russell, Michael (October 9, 2023). "The No. 4 best burger in America is in Portland". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.

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