killer burger sellwood

major screw-up but more than made up for. my wife suggested this place because she'd eaten at thekillerburger in vancouver a few times. so, we drove over to the sellwood location for the peanut butter, pickle and bacon burgers and it so happened to be happy hour. after parking nearly a block away, we walked down and the place wasn't overly busy at late afternoon. we ordered the happy hour baskets, peanut butter burgers and two beers and gave them my name. the service was friendly and helpful. after paying, getting our beers and taking window seats we sipped on the great brews while waiting for our food. we didn't wait too long and our server came over with two plates with half burgers and golden fries.

interesting, i thought, happy hour meant half burgers, that's not a deal at $4.95 when the full deal was $7.95, and shouldn't it have said that happy hour baskets were half burgers?

so we bit in and discovered two things; the fried were wonderful, but the burgers were not what we ordered as they had cheese and no peanut butter, we'd been serves their "classic" burger, cut in half. we were both too hungry to let this mishap bother us and enjoyed what we had. about the time i was finished, a woman came over and asked how things were.

"well, they are really good, except that we ordered the peanut butter burgers and got the classic." she apologized and came back with a card that was good for a free burger basket at our next visit. now that's customer service.

a few minutes more pass and i hear my name called out. this can't be, but sure enough, the same guy that gave us our plates of fries and half classic burgers earlier was walking around with two plates full of those wonderful golden fried and full burgers.

"that's my name, but you gave us burgers and fried a good 20 minutes ago, and they were the wrong ones." we both wondered, did we get someone else's order originally or what?

long story short, we took home the two full burger baskets free of charge.
in the end, i'll recommend them because the classic burgers (half each) we did have were great and filling, the fries perfect (mcmenamins could take lessons) and beers and service excellent.

peanut butter on a burger! yes!. the oregonian ranked this as the best burger in town, so we had to try it. we went to the happy hour which offers the peanut butter pickle bacon burger or thekillerburger for $5.95 from 2-5 pm m-f with bottomless fries.

loved the french fries! skin on and so crisp and yummy. best i've had in a long time.

thekillerburger was delicious from the bite i was able to get from my hubby. i had the pbpb and oh it was good! the bun is just right and the 1/3lb. burger was cooked to perfection and every burger has bacon on it! the peanut butter is soft and flavorful in every bite. pickles are crisp and crunchy and full of flavor.
we are definitely coming back!

awesome burger, l mean what akillerburger and fries. eclectic choices plus some good ol standards.

music was loud, but great selections to rock and chew by. service was very good, too.

only downside us they're closed on sunday. but that is okay as family business and they need their time, too.

no shakes ....soda and beer. two tvs to watch the duck games! will be back back. 4 out of 5.

i'm never going back. burgers are good, but the owner treats his customers like crap! he insists on keeping it so loud in his restaurant that it literally hurts to be inside. the staff are rude, services is lousy, and they are proud of their unbearable "atmosphere". i'm done giving my money to lousy business owners in portland.


-----19 may, 2012-----

best burger in town, but why is it so loud inside?. i lovekillerburger. i first became a believer on ne sandy, and loudly applaud their presence in sellwood. because of their close access i have to put a limit on how often i go there.
anybody wanting a unique, great-tasting burger - this is it. do not die without experiencingkillerburger.

that being said - why is it so loud in there? with the lunch crowd, echoy acoustics and loud music i could hardly place my order - sadly mykillerburger will always be a to-go order.

yum!. to everyone that says there is a better burger joint thankillerburger.........(dark alley).....*street light flickers out....*street light flickers and i appear with akillerburger in hand.....*light flickers out....*you scream.... [end] ;)

bacon on every burger!. what a treatkillerburger is. they have a simple but creative menu in a really nice location. the burger was delicious as were the fries and all for a very reasonable price. if you're looking for a good burger look no further.

update :: just tried out the new location in sellwood and was very impressed. it’s quite a bit bigger than the sandy location, which i thought was nice. it was still pretty busy, like the sandy location. the staff was really great. seems to be a running theme forkillerburger.