{"id":947,"date":"2009-08-19T16:48:29","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=947"},"modified":"2009-08-19T16:48:29","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T23:48:29","slug":"portland-or-red-coach-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Portland, Or &#8211; Red Coach Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nestled away in the bowels of an office building, andhard to find if you ain&#8217;t looking, the Red Coach is strictly a burger and fries place, open 11- 3:30, Mon-Sat.  When I say &#8220;strictly burger and fries&#8221;, I mean that&#8217;s what most people go for, although there are a few other basics on offer (BLT, Grilled Cheese, Chili, Side Salad).<\/p>\n<p>I hit the joint at 130 on a Wednesday, there were only a few remaining lunch rush customers, no one but me on the main floor, a few more in the upper level.  I hear tell the Red Coach has been around forever, and the decor  (red leather tufted booths), makes it seem so.<\/p>\n<p>A footnote on the back of the menu says the Red Coach beef in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montanaranchbrand.com\/\">Montana Ranch Brand<\/a>, raised on open rangeland without antibiotics, hormones, and only vegetarian feed.  <\/p>\n<p>Red Coach offers two sizes of burgers, weighing in at 1\/5th pound, or 1\/3rd, I opted for the latter, with bacon and cheese, a side of crinkle cut fries, and a chocolate shake. Shakes come in small or large, you couldn&#8217;t get more pure than these ingredients, ice cream, milk, hershey&#8217;s syrup.   They squeeze a bit of syrup around the inside of the glass for an &#8220;artistic flair.&#8221;   The burgers comes standard with mayo, tomato, and lettuce, which I asked them to leave in the kitchen in favor of pickles and raw onion, which is how they delivered it.   Buns were 4 1\/2 inchers from Franz, a local baker, who are actually credited with inventing the hamburger bun, as we now know it, in the late 20s.<\/p>\n<p>The fries were nothing special, some food service supplied product, but they were cooked perfectly.    The service, for what the place is, and what it isn&#8217;t, is &#8220;over the top.&#8221;   Everyone working took an interest in my wellfare.<\/p>\n<p>I was kind of prepared to gripe about the size of the &#8220;small shake&#8221;, until the counter man came by with the original mix cup and asked if I&#8217;d like a little more, and he refilled my glass to the top.   I don&#8217;t know if that is standard operating procedure, but it sure made me happy.   My bacon cheeseburger, fries and shake set me back $14.25, plus tip.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of the pictures?  Only had the phone with me today, sorry folks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=615+SW+Broadway,+Portland,+OR+97205&amp;sll=45.444173,-122.725947&amp;sspn=0.008702,0.017681&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=45.529321,-122.675486&amp;spn=0.00869,0.017681&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=r4&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=615+SW+Broadway,+Portland,+OR+97205&amp;sll=45.444173,-122.725947&amp;sspn=0.008702,0.017681&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=45.529321,-122.675486&amp;spn=0.00869,0.017681&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=r4\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/red-coach-ext-png.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/red-coach-ext-png.png\" alt=\"red coach ext png\" title=\"red coach ext png\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-948\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/red-coachburg-png.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/red-coachburg-png.png\" alt=\"red coachburg png\" title=\"red coachburg png\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-949\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/24\/283033\/restaurant\/Downtown\/Red-Coach-Portland\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Red Coach on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/b\/link\/283033\/biglink.gif\" style=\"border:none;width:200px;height:146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nestled away in the bowels of an office building, andhard to find if you ain&#8217;t looking, the Red Coach is strictly a burger and fries place, open 11- 3:30, Mon-Sat. 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