Portland, OR Metro

Grass-Fed & Pasture-Raised Restaurants in Portland

Covers Portland proper, Downtown, the Pearl District, and the greater Portland metro area. Every listing is verified with a published source.

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Burgerville
Burgerville
Burgers

Sources: Grass-Fed Carman Ranch Beef, named dish, regional chain

Pacific Northwest regional chain with many Portland-metro locations. Their own menu names the Grass-Fed Sweet Onion Burger as "Grass-Fed Carman Ranch Beef, Face Rock 2-Year Aged White Cheddar, Sweet Onion Spread, Griddled Onions," now a permanent everyday menu item. A named-supplier claim in Burgerville's own words for one signature item, not their full beef lineup.

Dick's Primal Kitchen
Dick's Primal Kitchen
Burgers

Sources: 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef, whole menu

Southeast Portland burger counter (Woodstock Blvd). Their current menu states plainly: "We serve 100% grass-fed and finished beef," adding "Dick's Primal Kitchen is one of the very few restaurants serving 100% grass-fed, humanely raised & pastured beef." Every beef option on the burger, bowl, and salad menus is built on this single grass-fed, grass-finished program. One of the clearest whole-kitchen claims verified anywhere in this build.

Higgins Restaurant
Higgins Restaurant
New American

Sources: Grass-fed beef, two named dishes

Longtime downtown farm-to-table restaurant near SW Broadway. Their own lunch menu names two dishes directly: a "Grilled grass-fed beef burger" and an "Open faced grass-fed beef brisket pastrami." A supplier isn't named on the current menu, though Higgins has historically sourced from Carman Ranch. Confirmed for these two dishes, not a whole-menu claim.

Urban Farmer Portland
Urban Farmer Portland
Steakhouse

Sources: Carman Ranch, grass-fed, named cut; Painted Hills cuts labeled grain-finished

Modern steakhouse on the 8th floor of The Nines Hotel downtown. Their own current dinner menu lists a "14 oz. New York, Carman Ranch, grass-fed, Oregon" alongside separate Painted Hills cuts explicitly labeled "grain-finished." We're noting both plainly: the Carman Ranch steak is grass-fed and grass-finished (confirmed on Carman Ranch's own site history and independent press), the Painted Hills cuts are grass-fed but grain-finished, in the restaurant's own words on the same menu. A rare example of a restaurant stating the distinction itself.

Frequently asked questions

Are there grass-fed beef restaurants in Portland?

Yes, though the current, live list runs shorter than Portland's farm-to-table reputation might suggest. Dick's Primal Kitchen (Woodstock) is the standout: a whole-menu, 100% grass-fed and grass-finished burger counter, confirmed directly on their own current menu. Urban Farmer Portland (Downtown, The Nines Hotel) runs a Carman Ranch grass-fed New York steak alongside grain-finished Painted Hills cuts, and states the distinction itself. Higgins (Downtown) confirms two grass-fed dishes on its lunch menu. Burgerville, the Pacific Northwest regional chain, names Carman Ranch on its permanent Grass-Fed Sweet Onion Burger. Several other Portland restaurants with older press coverage of grass-fed claims (Ox, Besaw's, Hal's Cafe, Bantam Tavern, Little Big Burger) no longer carry that language on their current menus as of this check, so we left them off rather than publish a stale claim. See each listing for exactly what's confirmed and by whom.

Is Painted Hills beef grass-fed?

Painted Hills Natural Beef markets itself as grass-fed, but its own site describes a grain-based finishing diet, "corn, alfalfa, wheat and various food by-products" in the last months before processing. That makes it grass-fed but grain-finished, the same pattern as Bear Creek Farm and Porter Road Butcher in our Nashville guide. It's a legitimate, disclosed program, just not fully grass-finished. Urban Farmer Portland's own menu draws this exact line, listing Painted Hills cuts as "grain-finished" right next to its grass-fed Carman Ranch steak, which is why we can state it with confidence here.

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