St. Jack

St. Jack
The restaurant's exterior in 2022
Restaurant information
Food typeFrench
Street address1610 Northwest 23rd Avenue
CityPortland
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97210
Coordinates45°32′3.5″N 122°41′55.2″W / 45.534306°N 122.698667°W / 45.534306; -122.698667
Websitestjackpdx.com

St. Jack is a "Northwest French" restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1]

Description

St. Jack serves French cuisine.[2] The menu includes chicken liver mousse, roasted bone marrow, and steak frites.[3]

History

The original St. Jack restaurant opened on Clinton Street in southeast Portland's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood in 2010.[4][5] The location on Northwest 23rd Avenue opened in 2014,[6] slightly later than the previously planned December 2013 opening.[7] The restaurant was briefly known as St. Jack NW to avoid confusion with the original location,[8] which closed in early 2014.[4]

St. Jack launched a happy hour menu in April 2014; options included duck confit poutine, the Lyonnaise cheese spread cervelle de canut, and the St. Jack burger.[9] The restaurant launched a late night happy hour in 2015.[10] Chef Aaron Barnett opened the "spinoff" restaurant La Moule in mid 2015.[11][12][13]

Jacob Harth became St. Jack's chef de cuisine in 2016.[14] The restaurant stopped using plastic straws in 2018,[15] and launched a brunch menu in 2019.[1]

Plans to open a restaurant in Lake Oswego, Oregon, were confirmed in 2019.[2] The restaurant Lac St. Jack closed in 2022.[16]

Reception

In 2021, Alex Frane and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included St. Jack in Eater Portland's list of "11 Charming French Restaurants in Portland".[3] Additionally, Frane and Maya MacEvoy included St. Jack in a list of "16 Quintessential Restaurants and Bars in Slabtown",[17] and Jackson-Glidden included St. Jack in a list of "The 38 Essential Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland".[18]

In 2023, chef John Denison was one of 18 Portland industry professionals deemed "rising stars" by the restaurant resource and trade publication StarChefs.[19][20]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (March 12, 2019). "St. Jack Will Start Serving a Wildly Lavish New Brunch". Eater Portland. Vox Media. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (April 25, 2019). "St. Jack and Five Other Portland Restaurants Will Open in Lake Oswego". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Frane, Alex (October 10, 2018). "11 Charming French Restaurants in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  4. ^ a b DeJesus, Erin (February 10, 2014). "With NW Location Looming, St. Jack Shutters SE Outpost". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Beck, Byron (December 4, 2013). "St. Jack's Joel Gunderson "Gets" the Fish & Chip Shop". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  6. ^ DeJesus, Erin (January 24, 2014). "St. Jack NW Sets Opening Date; Clear Creek Distillery Sold". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  7. ^ DeJesus, Erin (December 6, 2013). "Eater Tracking". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  8. ^ DeJesus, Erin (February 19, 2014). "Inside St. Jack's New Restaurant on NW 23rd Avenue". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  9. ^ DeJesus, Erin (April 15, 2014). "MenuWatch". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  10. ^ Centoni, Danielle (February 5, 2015). "Free Chefs Week Parties; St. Jack Launches Late Night Happy Hour". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  11. ^ Alburger, Carolyn (June 25, 2015). "St. Jack spinoff La Moule brings beer and shellfish to Southeast". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Bamman, Mattie John (September 3, 2015). "St. Jack's La Moule Mussel Bar Sets Opening Date". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Bamman, Mattie John (September 14, 2015). "Inside St. Jack's La Moule: Where a 1970s Vibe Meets Belgian Mussel Bar". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  14. ^ Walsh, Chad (October 14, 2016). "Jacob Harth IN At St. Jack". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  15. ^ Forster, Tim (February 20, 2018). "Some Portland Restaurants and Bars Won't Serve Drinks With Plastic Straws Any Longer". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  16. ^ Buchanan, Corey (October 5, 2022). "Two restaurants in Lake Oswego development set to close". Lake Oswego Review. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  17. ^ Frane, Alex (November 21, 2019). "16 Quintessential Restaurants and Bars in Slabtown". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  18. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (January 9, 2018). "The 38 Essential Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  19. ^ Wong, Janey (July 14, 2023). "A Guide to Portland's StarChefs Rising Stars Award Winners for 2023". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  20. ^ "StarChefs - Profile - Chef John Denison of St. Jack". StarChefs. Archived from the original on July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
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