Sure Shot Burger, formerly known as Rough Draft Burger Shop, is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
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| Street address | 5013 Northeast 42nd Avenue |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97218 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°33′33″N 122°37′14″W / 45.5592°N 122.6206°W |
| Website | sureshotburger |
Description
editSure Shot Burger operates in the parking lot of Oaksire Brewing's beer hall, in northeast Portland's Concordia neighborhood at the border of Cully.[1][2] Among burgers is the "double", which is the restaurant's most popular and includes two patties, cheese, onion, pickle, and a house sauce.[3] The menu also includes Brussels sprouts,[2] fried cauliflower,[4] waffle fries, "broccoli supreme",[5] and beer.[6][7]
History
editThe restaurant was spun-off from the Seattle-based pop-up Rough Draft Burger Shop,[8] which was "itself a spinoff from a fancy ticketed dinner and event series".[9][10][11][12] In 2020, White Center-based Good Day Donuts worked with Rough Draft to serve smash burgers on glazed raised doughnuts.[13] Rough Draft was slated to open in Lower Queen Anne in the summer of 2021.[14]
In Portland, Rough Draft operated in a red-colored food cart at Uptown Beer in southwest Portland,[15][16][17] and later rebranded to Sure Shot Burger and operated outside Oakshire Brewing. Nick Jarvis, Will Kuhns,[18] and Aaron Wilcenski have been chefs.[19]
Reception
editIn 2020, writers (including Karen Brooks and Bill Oakley) ranked Rough Draft's single cheeseburger third in Portland Monthly's list of the city's twenty best cheeseburgers.[20] Oakley also said Rough Draft had some of his favorite burgers in his 2021 "guide to dining" in Portland.[21] Wyatt Fossett of the Daily Hive said the burgers "are so deliciously dynamite that we will forever rave about the punchy flavor and lack of complication".[22]
Naomi Tomky included Rough Draft in Thrillist's 2021 list of the fourteen best burger establishments in Seattle.[8] Michael Russell ranked Rough Draft second in The Oregonian's list of Portland's thirteen best smash burgers.[19] Sure Shot ranked first in the best burgers category of the newspaper's Readers Choice Awards in 2024.[23]
In 2023, Jashayla Pettigrew included Sure Shot in KOIN's list of the city's seven best smash burgers, based on Yelp reviews,[2] and Axios Portland included the restaurant in an overview of Portland's best burgers.[4] In Eater Portland's 2024 overview of the city's "best, beefiest" burgers, writers said: "Sure Shot is a burger shack in every sense of the word. The burgers here are simple, but hover near smash-patty perfection." They also said of the double burger, "As a whole, it has all of the trappings of a fast food burger, if a fast food burger was even richer, cheesier, and had twice the amount of caramelization."[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Russell, Michael (2022-05-12). "Indian popsicles, Caribbean bar snacks and more Portland restaurant news for May 2022". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ a b c "Where to find the Portland's best smash burgers". KOIN.com. 2023-08-25. Archived from the original on 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ a b Roland, Rebecca (2017-05-09). "The Best, Beefiest Burgers in Portland, Oregon". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ a b "From food carts to white napkin meals, here are Portland's best burgers". Axios Portland. September 28, 2023.
- ^ Russell, Michael (2021-01-22). "Rough Draft makes Portland's new classic smash burger, so what am I missing?: Takeout Diaries". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2024-07-29. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ "Enjoy a bag full of smash burgers from this Portland food cart | Dished". dailyhive.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Where to Get Food This Week". Willamette Week. 2020-09-29. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ a b Tomky, Naomi (2021-06-24). "The 14 Best Burger Joints in Seattle". Thrillist. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Seattle's Rough Draft Pops Up in the Burger Desert of Southwest Portland". Willamette Week. 2020-09-09. Archived from the original on 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "How Ballard's Fair Isle Brewing Became a Hotbed of Seattle's Best Popups". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Neighborhood Eats brings you 3 great pop-ups to hit up around Seattle". The Seattle Times. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
Longtime friends and industry veterans Aaron Wilcenski and Nick Jarvis started hosting elaborate pop-up dinners as Rough Draft 206 in early 2016, adding Rough Draft Burgers to the mix earlier this year. Now you can find them at Ballard's Fair Isle Brewing every Saturday and Sunday — along with the occasional Friday at Good Day Donuts in White Center — slinging classic diner-style burgers plus cold and hot vegetable options.
- ^ "Seattle's Best Popups Bloom Amidst Uncertainty". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ Streefkerk, Mark Van (2016-02-15). "Seattle Doughnuts You Should Know About". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Lower Queen Anne has been renamed 'Uptown.' Here's some of the best food in the neighborhood". The Seattle Times. 2021-06-02. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Seattle Pop-Up Hit Rough Draft Burger Shop Opening in Portland August 27". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Portland Smash Burgers". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2020-08-27). "Blue Star Donuts Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ Copeland, Mims; Russell, Michael (2024-10-02). "Vote for the best burger in the Portland area: The Oregonian's Readers Choice Awards". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ a b Russell, Michael (2021-03-30). "Portland's 13 best smash burgers, reviewed and ranked". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ "The 20 Best Burgers in Portland, Oregon". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2021-06-01). "Bill Oakley's Guide to Dining in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ "What to eat in Portland today: Bag-O-Burgers at Rough Draft | Dished". dailyhive.com. 2020-09-11. Archived from the original on 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ Copeland, Mims; Russell, Michael (2024-10-11). "Here are the 5 best burgers in the Portland area: The Oregonian's Readers Choice Awards". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-10-13.