killer burger sellwood

good but not overly impressive. 

a smallishplacethat has a very portland trendy feel. the burger wasn't extra good in anyway. i wouldn't say no if someone asked me to go there but i wont seek thisplaceout again.

major screw-up but more than made up for. my wife suggested thisplacebecause she'd eaten at the killer burger 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 theplacewasn'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.

bestplaceto get a burger in portland. the peanut butter pickle burger might sound a little odd, but is definitely one of the best tasting burgers you can get here. atmosphere is pretty chill, and i always get great service here. i make it one of my regular places to eat.

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 love killer burger. 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 experiencing killer burger.

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

the name of thisplacepretty much sums it up, can't argue. can't wait to go back.

in my opinion, this is by far the best burgerplaceon the east side. i love the beer they brew too! (when they have it) i try to go at least once a week!