The restaurant Dick's Primal Burger is located on Woodstock Boulevard in southeast Portland's Woodstock neighborhood. It previously also operated on North Williams Avenue in the Boise neighborhood,[citation needed] and on Northeast Cully Boulevard in the Cully neighborhood.[1]
Considered a "sister-restaurant" to Dick's Kitchen with counter service for lunch and dinner, the menu has included burgers, bowls, soups, salads, and sides such as French fries. The Salmon Nation is a salmon burger and the Woodstock is a veggie burger.[2] The BYO Burger allows patrons to select preferred choices of meat (venison and boar), cheese (blue, cheddar, goat, Swiss), and toppings (grilled onions, kimchi, or pineapple).[3] The Cobb bowl has turkey, bacon, avocado, blue cheese, and tomato.[4] The chili has beef, organic red beans, cumin, and smoked paprika.[5]
For Burger Week in 2022, the restaurant's Dick's on Fire included beef, Tillamook Pepper Jack cheese, Ghost Scream ghost pepper jam, serrano peppers, roasted garlic aioli, and gluten-free crispy onions.[6] The restaurant also serves alcoholic milkshakes, including the Oregon Special with hazelnut liqueur and an Irish coffee with salted caramel.[7]
History
Owner Richard Satnick opened Dick's Primal Burger in Woodstock in November 2015.[2][8][9][10]
Reception
Chad Walsh included Dick's Primal Burger in Eater Portland's 2016 list of "top quality fast food spots in Portland".[11] The website's Maya MacEvoy included the chili in a 2021 list of "where to find bowls of captivating chili in Portland and beyond"[5] and a 2022 list of "where to find wildly tasty game burgers" in the city.[3]