Lone Star Burger Bar Rustles Up Some of Portland’s Best Cheeseburgers

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Enter the Lone Star Burger Bar, which is practically its own category and a worthy contender for one of Portland’s tastiest burgers. The typical Lone Star burger falls somewhere between smash burger and classic no-frills restaurant or drive-in burger. Lone Star Burger Bar Armadillo Burger and Onion Rings (Jake Nelson)You can accompany your burger with perfectly crispy and seasoned fries, but it’s the onion rings ($8) that bring the wow factor and surely rank among Portland’s very best. In an era when scarcity and TikTok hype drive demand for glorified fast food burgers, Lone Star is an outlier, beckoning you with humble and unfussy downhome goodness. TRY IT: Lone Star Burger Bar, 1625 NE Killingsworth St., 971-888-5687, lonestarburgerpdx.com.