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Eat: An Oyster Bar

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

Eat: An Oyster Bar
The restaurant's exterior, 2021
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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

Description

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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

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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

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The restaurant's interior, 2022

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

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References

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  1. ^ Walsh, Chad (2016-02-04). "See How Portland Does Mardi Gras at These 13 Restaurants, Mapped". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  2. ^ Garcia, Krista (2021-06-21). "Where to Find Oysters on the Half Shell in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. ^ a b Moore, Jenni (2018-02-06). "Where to Find Stellar Seafood in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  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 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  5. ^ Bamman, Mattie John (2017-01-25). "Find $1 Oysters at These 6 Restaurants This Summer". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  6. ^ "Portland's In-Store Drinking Scene". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ^ "The Pearl's Beloved Cajun Restaurant Has Very Suddenly Closed". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  8. ^ "Like oysters? Here are 4 Portland happy hours where you can dig 'em on the cheap". The Oregonian. 2018-05-13. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. ^ Centoni, Danielle (2015-02-17). "Mardi Gras Parties at Expatriate, The Parish, EaT Oyster Bar and More". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  10. ^ Russell, Michael (2012-01-18). "The Parish restaurant to bring uptown New Orleans cuisine to Pearl District". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  11. ^ Beck, Byron (2012-03-28). "EaT's Ethan Powell Gets His Menudo at Santo Domingo". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  12. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2010-11-05). "Chitlin Feeds, Gumbo Cook-Offs, and WTF is a Kopstootje?". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  13. ^ Parks, Casey (2012-11-07). "EaT Oyster Bar hosts gumbo cook-off". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  14. ^ Perry, Douglas (2009-01-29). "Restaurant review: EaT: An Oyster Bar". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  15. ^ Russell, Michael (2016-03-22). "Portland's best oyster bars". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  16. ^ "Where to Get the Best Happy Hour Oysters in Portland". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  17. ^ "These Are The Best Seafood Spots in Portland". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  18. ^ "The 21 Best Oyster Bars in the Country". Thrillist. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  19. ^ "18 Hidden Gem Restaurants in Portland". Eater Portland. 2016-09-07. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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