NEW RESTAURANTS
Dirty Pretty
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Pink Rabbit
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owner Collin Nicholas debuted
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 this âwhimsical but moodyâ cocktail bar in the former Bar Dune
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space last week. Drawing inspiration from the '70s, the space features details like wooden beaded curtains, earth tones, and custom patterned wallpaper. Executive chef Alex Wong provides Hawaiian-influenced bar snacks like fried saimin (noodle soup) and rabbit confit spring rolls, while beverage director Ben Purvis has created a cocktail menu with spins on screwdrivers and mezcal margaritas.
Buckman
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Hapa Pizza
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The Beaverton Farmers Market
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stall Hapa Pizza, known for its Neapolitan-style pizza topped with ingredients like pho-braised brisket or char siu, debuted its downtown Beaverton brick-and-mortar earlier this month. In addition to pizza, the new spot serves POG (passion orange guava) juice, Vietnamese coffee, Thai iced tea, and Okinawan sweet potato haupia bars.
Beaverton
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Hopscotch
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Aaron Barnes, the owner of Scholar
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 and The 1905
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, launched
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this convivial sports bar and coffee shop in February. Choose from options like New Jersey-style tavern pizza, gourmet wings, fried oysters, and draft cocktails.
Richmond
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Janken
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Chef Rodrigo Ochoa has assembled a dream team of chefs, including Gabby Martinez of the pop-up Sweet Creature and Luna Contreras of the pop-up Chelo
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, at this elegant Japanese-Korean restaurant, which debuted
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last November. The menu features dishes like Peking duck, miso black cod, mushroom tempura, Korean short ribs, strawberry cheesecake bingsu, and matcha mille-feuille, as well as a selection of craft cocktails.
Pearl District
Dine-in
Lilia Comedor
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Chef Juan Gomez, who helped RepĂșblica
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gain national acclaim, turns his attention to Pacific Northwest cuisine influenced by his Mexican American identity at this restaurant, which opened last fall. Named for Gomez's mother, Lilia serves dreamy seasonal dishes such as wild sturgeon enchilada suiza, porcini tortas, and buñuelos with a creamsicle shell.
South Waterfront
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Matutina
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This lovely, light-filled "panaderĂa americana" from the RepĂșblica
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team slings nourishing breakfast dishes like savory porridge, biscuits with chorizo gravy, and porchetta breakfast sandwiches alongside coffee, champurrado, and pan dulce.
Pearl District
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Lil' America
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Lil' America, a highly anticipated food cart pod featuring businesses owned by BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ chefs, is at last ready to celebrate its grand opening
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this weekend (Saturday, April 1), and guests can expect to be spoiled for choice: The pod hosts FryBaby (Korean fried chicken), Hawker Station (Hainanese chicken rice and Cantonese dishes), Los Plebes (tacos), Speed-O Cappuccino (a self-described "queer as fuck" coffee cart), Makulit (Filipino American fast food), Bake on the Run (Guyanese), and The DripâN Crab (seafood boils). The grand opening festivities include music, food and drink specials, giant bubbles from PDX Bubble Unicorn (12-2 pm), tunes from DJ K Marie (2-5 pm), and a drag show (3 pm).
Buckman
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My-O-My
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The team behind the laidback hangout White Owl Social Club
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opened
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this cozy cocktail bar in the former Rocky Butte Pub space in January. Diners can enjoy pinball, arcade games, an indoor fireplace, and crisp-edged smash burgers from the cart Monster Smash PDX
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, which runs the kitchen.
Sumner
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Norah
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The team behind Mestizo
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debuted this new sister restaurant serving plant-based pan-Asian fare with Pacific Northwest ingredients on Belmont in December. The spot's name comes from a traditional dance performed at celebrations and community gatherings in Southern Thailand, where co-owners Nan Chaison and Prae Nobnorb grew up. Dishes include tom yum tofu "wings," lotus root salad, crispy curry rice salad, mushroom wonton soup, volcano tempura noodles, and coconut caramel bananas.
Sunnyside
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Scholar
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In addition to traditional Italian fare and craft cocktails, this spot on NE Broadway, which opened
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last fall, serves some dishes that are decidedly not your nonna's cooking, such as buffalo chicken livers and fried Brussels sprouts with popcorn.
Sullivan's Gulch
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Street Disco
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Dame
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alums Kyle Christy and Jessie Manning's pop-up-turned-restaurant serves locally sourced small plates inspired by France, Spain, and Italy. Menus rotate seasonally, with items like meatballs, pig trotter croquettes, and chicory salad alongside cocktails, vermouth, and wine.
Foster-Powell
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Tomo Ramen
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The Hawthorne neighborhood welcomed
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 this cozy, stylish ramen house at the end of January. The pint-sized space features dim lighting, glowing lanterns, and red accents. Besides ramen, the spot serves dishes like chicken karaage and gyoza.
Hawthorne
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Toyshop Ramen
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Now you can get in touch with your inner child while imbibing grown-up beverages and slurping scratch-made noodles. Chef Isaac Ocejo opened
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 this toy-themed bar in the former Jinx
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space in February, serving ramen alongside cocktails from Gabbianoâs
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 co-owners David Sigal and Blake Foster.
Concordia
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Workshop Food + Drink
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Fermenter
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chef-owner Aaron Adams opened this bar in February, with a menu of plant-based Cuban bites, small plates, desserts, and cocktails. Dishes change frequently with the seasons, but you might encounter tempeh picadillo empanadas, citrus kohlrabi salad, guava tarts, pineapple sorbet sundaes, and even a vegan caviar service.
Buckman
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Zula
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Tel Aviv-born owner Tal Dubitski opened this vibrant Mediterranean restaurant in the Nob Hill neighborhood earlier this month, serving dishes like Moroccan salmon skewers, shaved cauliflower salad, hummus, and goat cheese cheesecake.
Nob Hill
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COMING SOON
Cache Cache
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The ChefStable restaurant group is set to open this raw bar helmed by St. Jack
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chef de cuisine John Denison in the second week of April. Potential menu items include uni bagels, raw scallops, poached prawns, and half-shell oysters.
Buckman
Feel Good
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and Stacked Sandwich Shop
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Former Top Chef: Portland contestant Gabriel Pascuzzi's sandwich shop Stacked is poised to make a triumphant return: It's slated to reopen in Slabtown later this spring and will share the space with the upcoming second location of Pascuzzi's grain bowl spot Feel Good.
Slabtown
Grape Ape
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Industry alum Morgan Schick plans to open this laidback natural wine bar and bottle shop on Southeast Yamhill this spring.
Buckman
Less and More Coffee
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The trendy downtown coffee stand Less and More, which launched in October 2021 and is known for its stunning beverages with flavors like black sesame and ssuk (mugwort), will open a brick-and-mortar near Pioneer Courthouse Square in April.
Downtown
Magna Kubo
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File under "spots we can't wait to try": Magna Kusina
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chef Carlo Lamagna plans to open a new restaurant called Magna Kubo, inspired by the lechonerĂas of the Philippines, on Southwest Broadway Street in Beaverton in late April.
Beaverton