Appetizers
Fried pickles, jalapeño poppers, pizza sticks, cheese sticks, Scottish eggs, parm fries and bone-in wings. Or the Sampler if you can't choose, which nobody can.
Appetizers
120 W Coe Ave · Stanfield, Oregon
We're not a bar.
We're not a bar.
We're a restaurant
with a bar.
That's Gena's line, not ours. Bring the kids, bring your parents, bring the whole shift. There's a bar in here and there's a kids' menu, and neither one is an afterthought.
The burgers
Pressed by hand.
Pressed by hand.
Every single day.
The beef comes from Pat & Tams, right here in Stanfield. It has never been frozen. As Gena puts it: “we may pay a little more for it, but we believe in only serving the best.”
Saturdays, 4 to 8
Prime rib,
Prime rib,
Saturdays only.
One of the two things Gena names first when anyone asks what sells. 4pm to 8pm, Saturdays — and it does not always last until eight, so come early or call ahead.
4.8★#1 in Stanfield
LocalBeef from Pat & Tams
DailySauces & apps made here
11–10Every day of the week
One burger, press to plate
The one they order
The one they order
without reading the board.
Scroll to cook it
Step 01
Pressed by hand
Pat & Tams beef, never frozen.
The Spicy Cowboy · $16
Why the burgers taste different
The beef is raised
The beef is raised
in this town.
Pat & Tams is in Stanfield. That's the whole supply chain — no distributor, no frozen case, no patties that arrived in a box already round.
- 1
Hand-pressed every morning
Not portioned by a machine into identical pucks. It's slower and it costs more, and it's the reason a Broken Barrel patty has torn edges that crisp on the griddle.
- 2
Every sauce made here
The sriracha aioli, the honey mustard, the ranch, the teriyaki — all of them, fresh, along with the appetizers. One reviewer put it plainly: “Delicious LOCAL meat and home made sauces too!!!”
- 3
Grilled jalapeños, not raw
Blistered on the griddle until they go sweet. It surprises people — “never had one with cooked jalapeños and it was delicious” — and it's why the Spicy Cowboy outsells everything.
What people say
4.8 out of 5,
4.8 out of 5,
and #1 in Stanfield.
Featured on America's Best Restaurants in 2025. Below are guest reviews, quoted as written.
“
This was seriously one THE best burgers I've had in a long time. Delicious LOCAL meat and home made sauces too!!!Guest review
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We were surprised at how good and innovative the burgers were. Never had one with cooked jalapenos and it was delicious.Guest review
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Broken Barrel belongs to the town. We're not a bar, we're a restaurant with a bar.Gena Clayton, owner
Rated 4.8 and ranked #1 of the restaurants in Stanfield
Across the review sites, with more than a hundred reviews on Yelp alone. If you've eaten here
and haven't left one, it's the single most useful thing you can do for a small-town kitchen.
Inside
Gena Clayton & Brandon Clayton
She started here as an employee.
Gena walked in for a job in March 2020, weeks before the world shut. She ended up managing it, and in 2024 she and Brandon bought it outright.
They run it together — Brandon in the kitchen, and their son works the line beside him. There are nine on the team. Gena's description of the arrangement: “we bought a bar and gained a family.”
- Stanfield
- Hermiston
- Echo
- Umatilla
- Boardman
- Pendleton
Not only burgers
Appetizers made here, a bar, and a kids' menu.
Everything that comes out of the fryer was put together in this kitchen, same as the sauces.
Wraps, salads & sandwiches
The Barrel Club, the Grown Up Grilled Cheese, the Cowgirl Chicken Wrap, and a vegan sandwich so nobody in the group has to sit it out.
SandwichesThe bar & happy hour
A full bar, house-made cocktails, Oregon craft beer on tap, Oregon State Video Lottery and happy hour. Still a restaurant first — that's the whole point of the place.
Specials
120 W Coe Ave · Stanfield, Oregon
Open every day, eleven till ten.
Walk in, order ahead for pickup, or call. Prime rib Saturdays, 4 to 8.
(541) 449‑5555