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Clarklewis

Coordinates: 45°30′55″N 122°39′58″W / 45.5152°N 122.6660°W / 45.5152; -122.6660
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Clarklewis
The restaurant's exterior, 2022
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Restaurant information
Food type
Street address1001 Southeast Water Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°30′55″N 122°39′58″W / 45.5152°N 122.6660°W / 45.5152; -122.6660
Websiteclarklewispdx.com

Clarklewis is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Description

Clarklewis serves Italian-inspired Pacific Northwest cuisine in an industrial space in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood.[2] The menu has included Cortez Bay scallop ceviche, Pacific halibut with pancetta, chicken and Mulino Marino polenta, and orecchiette with gold potatoes, green beans, and pesto, among other pasta dishes.[3] The restaurant has used meat from the bison ranch Rain Shadow El Rancho in Scio, Oregon.[4]

History

Exterior of the building which houses Clarklewis, 2022

Michael and Naomi Hebberoy were co-owners, as of 2005.[5] Morgan Brownlow was a chef.[6][7] Daniel Mattern and Roxana Jullapat were chefs during 2007–2008.[8] Kyo Koo has the sous chef for three years, as of 2011.[9] Dolan Lane was a chef as during 2011–2012,[10][11] and became chef of Bluehour in January 2013.[12] Lane has also been credited as a co-owner of Clarklewis via Bruce Carey's restaurant group,[13] from which he departed in 2014.[14]

In 2018, sous-chef Brandon Stein replaced chef Alex Diestra and Brandi Lansill was hired as the pastry chef.[15]

Clarklewis added the private dining space, called The Kindling Room, in 2010.[16] The restaurant hosts an annual outdoor Independence Day celebration ("Outdoor American Dinner and Fireworks Party").[17] In 2014, a woman filed a lawsuit again the restaurant after tripping over a wooden stump used as a doorstop.[18] Clarklewis installed a nearby rooftop garden for produce production in 2015.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Clarklewis | Restaurant Listing".
  2. ^ McCollom, Hollyanna (2019-05-14). Moon Portland. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64049-368-1.
  3. ^ Ostgarden, Jo (2010-08-03). Best Places Northwest, 17th Edition. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-735-5.
  4. ^ Crain, Liz (2014-09-02). Food Lover's Guide to Portland. Hawthorne Books. ISBN 978-0-9904370-1-7.
  5. ^ Weinberger, Dawn (2005-06-05). "Chef's exceptional talent spurs Clarklewis owners". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  6. ^ Beck, Byron (2010-03-22). "Portland Farmers Market Jams People In On Opening Day". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  7. ^ Brooks, Karen (2012-12-21). The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland: A Journey Through the Center of America's New Food Revolution. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-1-4521-2399-8.
  8. ^ Johnson, Barry (2008-03-14). "Restaurant news: Clarklewis gets new chef, direction". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  9. ^ Beck, Byron (2011-07-13). "Clarklewis Sous Chef Kyo Koo Adores Sabor Salvadoreno". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  10. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2011-08-30). "Picking Late-Summer Bounty with Clarklewis' Dolan Lane". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  11. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2012-04-24). "Dinners at Irving Street Kitchen, clarklewis, Salty's, MORE". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  12. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2013-01-09). "Chef Thomas Boyce OUT at Bluehour; Dolan Lane In". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  13. ^ Beck, Byron (2013-01-14). "Dolan Lane on New Role at Bluehour, Clarklewis Changes". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  14. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2014-07-17). "Chef Dolan Lane Leaves the Bruce Carey Group". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  15. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-05-01). "Ava Gene's Joshua McFadden Takes Home a James Beard for his Vegetable-Happy Cookbook". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  16. ^ Beck, Byron (2010-11-30). "Private Dining Space Set to Open at Clarklewis this Weekend". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  17. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2011-06-28). "New Downtown Osteria; Clarklewis' July 4th; Torta-landia". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  18. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2014-03-28). "Aziz Ansari's PDX Meals; Portlandia's Y2K Cafe". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  19. ^ Centoni, Danielle (2015-04-01). "MOD Pizza Opens at PDX; Clarklewis Installs Rooftop Garden". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-26.

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