Tilt's menu included burgers,[5][6] sandwiches, house-madejalapeñotots,French fries,[7] pies, and piemilkshakes.[8][9][10] The Island Trucker burger had a beef patty with honey-cured ham, beer-batteredonion rings, grilled pineapple,Swiss cheese, andteriyaki.[3] The business also servedbiscuits and gravy with bacon and pork. Thelast word cocktail had gin,Chartreuse, andmaraschino liqueur, and the Second Amendment had rum,Aperol, lemon, cinnamon, andbitters.[11] The Peanut Butter, Cookies and Cream, Pie Milkshake had a full slice of pie blended into the drink. The family-operated[12] business' motto was "handcrafted food, built for the American workforce".[13][14]
The business operated in three locations.Fodor's called thePearl District restaurant a "slightly snazzier but still informal outpost of a classic blue-collar burger joint in Portland's industrial Swan Island neighborhood." The guide book says, "On the right side of this cavernous order-at-the-counter space, there's a full bar as well as a coffee counter serving high-quality Ristretto Roasters espresso drinks. There's ample seating on the patio, a former loading dock."[10]Lonely Planet said the restaurant next to theBurnside Skatepark was "committedly industrial-chic" with "raw-concrete pillars [and] shop-rags for napkins".[15]
Octavian and Brittany Jurj opened the original Tilt onSwan Island, in theOverlook neighborhood, in 2012.[16] In 2013, the restaurant announced plans to open a second location in thePearl District.[17] The restaurant opened in December.[18] The business announced plans for a third location in February 2014. Following a legal dispute and a year renovating the RJ Templeton Building,[19][20] Tilt announced plans to instead open at theYard, in thenortheast Portland part of theKerns neighborhood.[16][21] The restaurant opened next to the Burnside Skatepark on August 13, 2018.[22][23]
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