Growing restaurant chain brings over-the-top burgers to Houston

Apr 27, 2026 | 10:08 am

Portland, Oregon-based Killer Burger is coming to Houston. The restaurant will open its first Bayou City outpost near downtown on Wednesday, May 6.

Founded in 2010 by Thomas “TJ” Southard, Killer Burger is best known for its over-the-top Peanut Butter Pickle Bacon Burger, which adds creamy, acidic, and salty elements to the classic bacon cheeseburger. Other burgers have catchy names like the Bender — a bacon cheeseburger with spicy barbecue sauce, crispy jalapenos, and grilled onions — or the Motley Qüe, which is similar to the Bender but uses tangy barbecue sauce and Monterrey Jack cheese. All burgers are made to order.

The restaurant also serves fried chicken sandwiches and chicken tenders, which are matched with seven sauce choices. The only sides are fries and onion rings. Desserts include three milkshakes (chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry) as well as a chocolate chunk cookie and the “chewy marshmallow bar,” a variation on a Rice Krispie treat made with brown butter…

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