{"id":1877,"date":"2009-12-16T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T21:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2009-12-16T13:47:01","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T21:47:01","slug":"portland-or-fotis-greek-deli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=1877","title":{"rendered":"Portland, OR – Foti’s Greek Deli"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was on my way to create the perfect Greek hamburger. I had heard about the burgers at Foti’s Greek Deli, and while they are not in the top third of anybody’s “Best of Portland” lists, they are often mentioned as a consistently good, and inexpensive burger.<\/p>\n

I had my own twist on it in mind. Foti’s is a nice little deli, with a grill, offering the usual Greek specialties, and selling a variety of Mediterranean grocery items. I looked at the menu, and ordered at the counter, before sitting down at one of the typically-Greek adorned blue and white tables. (Where was the guy with the Windex?)<\/p>\n

My order? Take a plain burger on a bun, top it will a grilled split Loukaniko (which I found out today I had mispronounced for the past 20 years) sausage, add feta, Greek olives, and dig in.<\/p>\n

Small problem. They were out of sausage. (sigh). I had a choice of regular or “Greek” fries, inquired about the latter, they were battered, seasoned steak fries, I passed in favor of regular, which were slightly larger than shoestrings.<\/p>\n

The burger? The way I adorned it, was divine. As least I got my sodium intake for the day. A fountain root beer, the fries seasoned just right, the cool creaminess of the slabs of feta on the hot burger, topped with crushed Greek olives, the NY Times crossword. What a day. Christmas comes early for BurgerDogBoy.<\/p>\n

Sweet mother of god, this was one tasty burger. I’ll be back.\u00a0 When they restock on the sausage!<\/p>\n