Redonkadonk is a grilled burger with ham, bacon, cheese, egg and Spam inside two grilled cheese sandwiches made with extra-thick Texas toast style bread. It was served by Portland, Oregon's Brunch Box food cart and restaurants.[1] Brunch Box operated in Portland for 12 years, first as a food cart in downtown Portland and then two additional brick and mortar locations in the city; the business permanently closed in September 2021.[2]

Radinkiadonk
TypeSandwich
Place of originUnited States
Region or stateOregon
Main ingredientsGrilled cheese sandwiches, ham, bacon, cheese, eggs, Spam

It has been identified as one of the fattiest foods in the U.S. by Health.com[3][4] The sandwich is featured on the Cooking Channel's Eat St. show in its second episode.[5][6][7] The Cooking Channel includes the recipe on its website.[8][9]

The Redonkadonk competed on Portland's food truck and food cart scene against the Big-A** Sandwich's Gutbomb: "a basic Big-A** with double the meat, double the cheese and the girth of a fishbowl", as well as the Original Cheesus from the Grilled Cheese Grill: a Colby Jack and grilled onion grilled cheese sandwich and an American cheese grilled cheese sandwich with pickles encasing a one-third pound burger with lettuce, tomato, ketchup and mustard.[10]

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  1. ^ Portland sandwich one of nation's 50 fattiest foods Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine July 2, 2010 KATU
  2. ^ A Running List of Portland’s Restaurant, Bar, and Food Cart Closures April 6, 2022 Eater PDX
  3. ^ Oregon: Brunchbox's Redonkadonk Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Health.com
  4. ^ "The 50 Fattiest Foods in the States". Health.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
  5. ^ Eat Street Features Portland’s Carts April 19, 2011 Food Carts Portland
  6. ^ The Redonkadonk Food Carts Portland
  7. ^ New series Eat Street captures revolution in gourmet food says host 660 News
  8. ^ Grant Butler Portland food carts featured on The Cooking Channel's new series 'Eat Street' April 19, 2011 The Oregonian
  9. ^ Redonkadonk burger recipe Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Cooking Channel
  10. ^ Ferretti, Elena (18 November 2016). "Portland's Gourmet Food Cart Phenomenon". Fox News.