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    The Local Cow

    4.2 (963 reviews)
    ModerateBurgers, Fast Food
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Dogs allowed

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    Wall inside restaurant dining room
    Lois M.

    Have to admit that we chose this place for lunch because of its name - because taking a trip to the shopping area nearby meant we were also hungry... you do know that tracking down whatever you're hunting for makes one's stomach start growling, right? What could be better than a local cow? Sounds like a great burger to me! I ordered the Pendleton Burger with Local Cow fries. Burgers come with chips but for a couple bucks more, you can get the Local Cow fries. I highly recommend it! The burger was made with cheddar cheese, smoked bacon, crispy onion petals and topped with a tangy bbq sauce. Best burger I've had in quite awhile! The Local Cow fries were made with truffle oil, rosemary garlic, and topped with Parmesan. So many fries I couldn't even eat them all! (Took the leftovers home and crisped them up in the air fryer for breakfast the next day.) Service was friendly and fast. Dining room seating was plentiful when we arrived but it filled up quickly as we ate our meal. I can't wait till I can return for another taste treat burger!

    Left coast cheese burger and fries
    Amanda L.

    All around great! Besides that I love downtown Gresham and this restaurant is located next to a sweets shop, the food is fresh and local and you can taste the difference. There is more seating inside than it appears from outside. Our waitress was friendly and attentive. The menu is on the smaller end but offers a wide range of options that I think everyone could find something. Given the freshness of the food the price was reasonable. And omg were the fries the crispiest! The plain fries can be a bit bland so I recommend the local cow fries which come with parmesan and herb seasoning. Most of the burgers come loaded with lots of toppings but the bun does a good job of holding it all together without being messy or falling apart. I look forward to my next stop here!

    Jala-Moo-Ya burger
    Joelnramoz ..

    Spectacular gastronomy located in this hidden gem of a place. I can truly say that this is the best burger I have had and I have had burgers across the USA. The combinations of flavors are out of this world. The fresh ingredients that the chefs whip up into an edible master piece in that tiny kitchen with 2 griddles, rivals any 5-star Michelin rated restaurant. The concoction of flavors blows your taste buds into a frenzy of flavors that could only be described as a nirvana. I was a bit skeptical when I ordered the Jala-Moo-Ya burger. Well, I was definitely not disappointed. Why has this magical combination of ingredients not been fused together by world, famous chefs? My hats off to the to the chef or shall I say the maestro of exquisite burgers? The flavors, the textures the freshness of the ingredients are unreal ! How do you manage to cut those tiny tasty tomatoes in half. So perfectly arranged in a salad so green, that it looks like the landscape of the Oregonian wilderness. What about the blue cheese fries ! First off they look like they belong in a museum next to the Mona Lisa. You just took the French fry to a whole new level, unreachable by any other. The Coalition of ingredients that makes up this amazing piece of art is good enough to be a main dish of its own. As a lover of blue cheese, I have to say that you nailed the perfect amount of blue cheese layered over the bed of the most tasty and crispy fries that I've had in long time. According to my teenage kids, the cheese balls were the best that they have ever had. Takes a lot to calm down a bunch of rowdy teenagers. Whatever magical potions that you worked into the ingredients that can bring a bunch of teenagers into a state of silence and awe needs to be bottled and sold. The fine perfectly chilled lager beer that accompanied my delectable burger and fries made our vacation from Los Angeles CA. truly complete. As soon as I stepped in the door and notice the friendly hospitality and unique decor. I knew that we were in a special place. Everyone in the staff made my family and I feel so welcomed and comfortable. I can only describe your fine establishment as, simply sublime.

    Micah K.

    This was an amazing lunch stop after hiking! The burger was at the top of my list of delicious. So juicy and perfectly flavorful, all I wanted was another bite. We were greeted very warmly and served very quickly. This place knows how to serve its customers. This is a great small town burger place just outside of the Portland area. Next time I'm in town I will definitely stop by again.

    Ft Stevens Burger with Black Truffle and Parmesan Cow Fries
    Gary E.

    Last September I had an occasion to stay in Gresham, OR and found The Local Cow via GrubHub. EXCELLENT! I ordered the Fort Stevens Burger with Hardwood Smoked Bacon, Mushrooms, Onions, and Black truffle Aioli. My side was the Cow Fries with Garlic, Rosemary, Black Truffle Oil and Parmesan. Phenomenol! I highly recommend this place!

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    Stephanie F.

    Met up with friends here on a busy Saturday and was so impressed with the service and quality of food! I ordered the Chupacabra burger which was so juicy and cheesy, their French fries were seasoned and crispy. Everything was very delicious and while it's bar food technically it was definitely elevated! Look forward to returning!

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    Best burgers and fried pickles. Hands down. The staff are amazingly friendly and I love all the RC Cola memorabilia!

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    Good food at this downtown Gresham restaurant. I had a burger and it was very good. Service was good too.

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    I love their burger meat! The fried pickels! And they always have such great service.

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    The food was very tasty. Great atmosphere in the restaurant. The staff was very nice and helpful.

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    Fast service, nice place, and good food! The Local Cow Fries are delicious with the fry sauce!

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    3 years ago

    They seemed to have worked out the kinks. Food is SO GOOOD! It's burgers & salads so not fancy but always good & servers are friendly.

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    Amazing burgers and fries. The specials are always my favorite. The staff here is always super friendly and knows the menu very well.

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    As a Vegan I really appreciated having a vegan sandwich on the menu. But I had no idea what I was…read morein for when I ordered the vegan special. I wish I could tell you what all was on it. But there were veggies, corn chips, and a corn aoli sauce. It was the best sandwich I have EVER had. I mean EVER!!!! Can't wait to go back. Vegan ice cream was amazing as well.

    Don't Call It a Cuban. Sincerely, a Cuban…read more There is a sacred alchemy to a real Sándwich Cubano. It requires crisp, lard-baked Cuban bread pressed paper-thin a la plancha until the crust crackles. It requires yellow mustard to cut the fat, sharp pickles for acid, and molten Swiss cheese acting as the crucial binding agent between roast pork and ham. It is a precise, beautiful piece of culinary history. What was served to me here is an absolute crime against my heritage. Look at this plate: soft, pillow-like Hawaiian rolls stuffed with shredded pork, leafy greens, and a thin vinaigrette. It hasn't seen the heat of a press in its entire existence. There is no mustard, no pickles, no ham, and not a single drop of melted Swiss cheese binding anything together. This is not a Cuban sandwich. It is a pulled pork slider on a dinner roll. And it would have been a pretty decent one on that merit. However, slapping the name "Cuban" on a Southern pulled pork slider because someone threw pulled pork on a bun is lazy, dishonest, and insulting to the culture it claims to represent. Call it what it actually is on the menu, you are ruining what some people will think is an actual Cuban. Or... maybe hire a Cuban and learn how to make the real thing. A four paragraph AI response? Look. There is a stool in Havana, or Tampa, or a fluorescent-lit ventanita in Hialeah at two in the morning, where a man who has done this ten thousand times takes bread baked with lard that morning, lays it open, and builds something with no wasted motion. Mustard. Pickle. Ham. Pork. Swiss. He puts it under a press that has been hot since 1961 and he leans on it. The crust goes to glass. The cheese surrenders. You get it in butcher paper and you eat it standing up, maybe with a few fried ripe plantains (not kettle chips) and you don't talk for ninety seconds. That sandwich is not a concept. It is not an interpretation. It is not an exploration of a broader range of anything. It is years of exile, hunger, cigar smoke, and stubborn people refusing to forget what home tasted like, compressed under a hot iron into something you can hold in one hand. What you served me is a pulled pork slider with fruit on it. And look -- I ate it. For what it was, it was good. Smoked pork, mango, mint, pickled onion, a soft milk bun: that's a nice sandwich on a summer afternoon and I don't begrudge anybody a nice sandwich. But you didn't have the nerve to sell it on its own merits. You reached across an ocean, took a word that people bled for, and stapled it to the front for the traffic. Call it Mojo Pulled Pork. Call it Caribbean Gold. Call it anything true. The sandwich is alright it's a 6.25. It's the word from a culture that's stolen. A real Cuban mixto would beat down this sandwich with a 1st bite knockout.

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