Business Description from the Web
Seasonal menu features fresh ingredients from local purveyors.
This delightful open kitchen bistro prides itself on its local, healthy fare that changes daily. The chefs here are amazing and creative and the menu changes so it's hard to get the same thing twice. A modest wine list and well-stocked bar complete the romantic upscale dinning experience. For the budget conscious: Eat something first, then come in to sample some small plates and drink some wine.
Tips About This Business
Order one of two money-saving prix fixe lunches: a three-course, $15 Power Lunch or a Light Lunch deal that includes soup, salad and non-alcoholic beverage for $10. Or come later to snag one of 10 bar stools for the 10x10 happy hour, which stars 10 small plates for $8 apiece and select cocktails for $5.
Sit at the slim chefs counter overlooking the open kitchen so you can watch James Beard award-nominated chef in action.
Editorial Reviews from the web
In Short The restaurant features a narrow room fronted by a steel-and-glass garage door, lime-green walls, mink-soft leather banquettes and the hum of an open kitchen and happy diners, nibbling on small plates. Everything is farmers' market fresh: Morels in a cream sauce over toast; a paper cone of crisp green-bean tempura; raw halibut carpaccio with lemon oil; and beef ribs paired...
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Posted by Contributor
on April 21, 2009, (Edited June 12, 2006)
For diners whose heads turn with the season, a chef's persona, an impressive room and food with flash are what make a restaurant great. Park Kitchen displays none of these, and is the greater for it. Chef Scott Dolich and chef de cuisine David Padberg are interested only in food. The menu changes weekly and according to the vicissitudes of the market: in summer, gnocchi with fresh corn so sweet...
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Posted by wweek
on August 02, 2007
Every neighborhood should have one: a comfortable, casual café that serves tremendous food. This narrow room, fronted by a garage door, is usually filled with happy regulars perched at the bar or lounging on the comfortable banquettes. The inventive dishes consist of local, farm-fresh ingredients enhanced by unexpected flavors. Try the spare ribs surrounded by lime pickle greens, or sliced...
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Posted by gayot
on July 09, 2007
Other Reviews from the web
This is my first review, and I feel compelled to let people know about my experience at Park Kitchen. I specifically made this reservation to take my mother who was in town for the weekend. I am a complete foodie, and have been to the best of the best in Portland (Beast, Bluehour, Paley’s, etc.). Park Kitchen, regardless of everything I heard about the menu being wonderful and focused on...
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We had a phenomenal 10 person dinner and it was unbelievably fun with great food and, as always, great people at Park Kitchen. The pork: unreal. The lamb chops: great. The flank steak salad: as typical, on point. The bld orange salad: crisp, clean and refreshing. Oh, and how was the Sticky Date Pudding? Ridiculously good, maybe the best dessert I've had.
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Posted by boleary
on April 09, 2009
Park Kitchen turned out to be the biggest disappointment of our trip to Portland. Indeed, my expectations were high due to the reviews I've read on Citysearch and the recommendations of friends who have dined there. Perhaps it was just an off night, or perhaps we ordered the least interesting entrees, but the food was mediocre at best. Our waiter was knowledgeable and recommended a delicious...
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Posted by charlottevale
on April 21, 2009, (Edited February 18, 2009)