Eat: An Oyster Bar

Eat: An Oyster Bar
The restaurant's exterior, 2021
Restaurant information
Established2008 (2008)
Owner(s)
  • Tobias Hogan
  • Ethan Powell
Food type
Street address3808 North Williams Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97227
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°33′01″N 122°39′59″W / 45.5502°N 122.6664°W / 45.5502; -122.6664
Websiteeatoysterbar.com

Eat: An Oyster Bar is a Cajun and Louisiana Creole restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

Description

Eat is a Cajun and Louisiana Creole restaurant on North Williams Avenue in the northeast Portland part of the Boise neighborhood. Chad Walsh of Eater Portland has described the oyster bar as a "Louisiana-inspired stalwart".[1] The website's Krista Garcia said the menu "nods to New Orleans, and is a bonanza for everything bivalve: baked oysters, fried oysters (a la carte or stuffed into po boys), oyster shooters, and of course, oysters on the half shell, served with classic grated horseradish and mignonette".[2] The menu has also included blackened catfish, fried okra, frog legs, and shrimp etouffée.[3] The restaurant has offered a $1 oyster happy hour,[4][5] and supplies oysters to many other local restaurants.[6][7] Eat offered 15 varieties of West Coast oysters, including Puget Sound-sourced Chelsea Gems and Hammersleys, as of 2018.[8]

History

Owners Tobias Hogan and Ethan Powell opened Eat, once considered a sibling to The Parish,[9] in 2008.[10][11] Eat has hosted an annual Cajun gumbo cook-off.[12][13]

Reception

Douglas Perry of The Oregonian gave the restaurant a 'B' rating in 2009.[14] Michael Russell included Eat in The Oregonian's 2016 list of Portland's 12 best oyster bars. He recommended, "Don't go expecting speedy service or flawless bivalves at this split-level Cajun/Creole restaurant. Do go on Tuesdays, when select oysters are $2 a pop."[15] Willamette Week included Eat in a 2016 list of "Where to Get the Best Happy Hour Oysters in Portland" and said the restaurant "has some of the freshest bivalves in town from mostly Oregon sources".[16] Staff writers also included the restaurant in a 2016 overview of "the best seafood spots" in the city.[17]

Thrillist included Eat in a 2018 list of "The 21 Best Oyster Bars in the Country". The website said, "There's no pomp and circumstance at this dirty south-influenced fixture of a fast-changing stretch of the hip Williams restaurant district, but you might notice some familiar faces eyeballing the oyster board: The place supplies farm-fresh bivalves to many of Portland's fancier joints. But those joints don't have tiny ½ pints of beer. Or frog legs. Or whatever the hell's smoking outside on the perpetually running smoker, which often wafts in to accompany live blues bands. Grab a set of shooters and a tiny beer and let the shuckers go to work."[18]

Eater Portland included Eat in a 2017 list of "18 Hidden Gem Restaurants in Portland".[19] Jenni Moore and Nathan Williams included the restaurant in the website's 2022 overview of "Where to Find Stellar Seafood in Portland".[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Walsh, Chad (February 4, 2016). "See How Portland Does Mardi Gras at These 13 Restaurants, Mapped". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Garcia, Krista (June 21, 2021). "Where to Find Oysters on the Half Shell in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Moore, Jenni (February 6, 2018). "Where to Find Stellar Seafood in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Portland Suddenly Has a Whole Hell of a lot of $1 Happy-Hour Oyster Deals—Here's Where To Get Them". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Bamman, Mattie John (January 25, 2017). "Find $1 Oysters at These 6 Restaurants This Summer". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Portland's In-Store Drinking Scene". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Pearl's Beloved Cajun Restaurant Has Very Suddenly Closed". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  8. ^ "Like oysters? Here are 4 Portland happy hours where you can dig 'em on the cheap". The Oregonian. May 13, 2018. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  9. ^ Centoni, Danielle (February 17, 2015). "Mardi Gras Parties at Expatriate, The Parish, EaT Oyster Bar and More". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  10. ^ Russell, Michael (January 18, 2012). "The Parish restaurant to bring uptown New Orleans cuisine to Pearl District". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  11. ^ Beck, Byron (March 28, 2012). "EaT's Ethan Powell Gets His Menudo at Santo Domingo". Eater Portland. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  12. ^ DeJesus, Erin (November 5, 2010). "Chitlin Feeds, Gumbo Cook-Offs, and WTF is a Kopstootje?". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  13. ^ Parks, Casey (November 7, 2012). "EaT Oyster Bar hosts gumbo cook-off". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  14. ^ Perry, Douglas (January 29, 2009). "Restaurant review: EaT: An Oyster Bar". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  15. ^ Russell, Michael (March 22, 2016). "Portland's best oyster bars". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  16. ^ "Where to Get the Best Happy Hour Oysters in Portland". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  17. ^ "These Are The Best Seafood Spots in Portland". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  18. ^ "The 21 Best Oyster Bars in the Country". Thrillist. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  19. ^ "18 Hidden Gem Restaurants in Portland". Eater Portland. September 7, 2016. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
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