Balong

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Balong
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The restaurant at Fubonn Shopping Center in 2025
Balong
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Justin Dauz
ChefJustin Dauz
Food type
  • Filipino
  • Filipino-American
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°30′06″N122°34′37″W / 45.50164°N 122.57682°W / 45.50164; -122.57682

Balong Panaderia, or simply Balong, is a Filipino restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] Chef and owner Justin Dauz started the business as a pop-up restaurant before moving into a brick and mortar space at Fubonn Shopping Center on 82nd Avenue in southeast Portland's Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood in 2025. Balong serves breakfast sandwiches with pandesal, hash browns, and various baked goods, among other food options.

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Description

The Filipino (or Filipino-American) [2] restaurant Balong operates at Fubonn Shopping Center on 82nd Avenue in southeast Portland's Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood. The menu includes breakfast sandwiches with pandesal and ingredients such as sausage, sun-dried tomato, and garlic aioli. Balong also serves hash browns and baked goods such as biscuits with cheddar and scallion, calamansi-strawberry bars, pandesal stuffed with cheese, and cinnamon rolls inspired by Cinnabon. [3] The restaurant also serves biscuits and gravy. [4]

History

Chef Justin Dauz started Balong as a pop-up restaurant in 2022 [5] or 2023. [3] In April 2025, the business relocated to a brick and mortar space at Fubonn Shopping Center that was previously occupied by Meianna Bakery. Following a soft launch, the business was fully operational and open in May. [2] [3] The relocation followed a GoFundMe campaign. [6]

In April 2025, Balong participated in Sobrang Sarap, a Filipino food tour of the Portland metropolitan area. [7] May, Balong joined other local Filipino restaurants Baon Kainan and Magna Kusina to participate in a fundraiser for victims of the 2025 Vancouver car attack. [8] [9]

Reception

The Oregonian included Balong in an overview of Portland's best new bakeries of 2025. [10] Eater Portland 's Zoe Baillargeon included the business in a 2025 list of the city's best new restaurants and food carts. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Russell, Michael (2025-05-21). "Balong makes one of Portland's best breakfast sandwiches. And that's not all (review)". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  2. 1 2 Russell, Michael (2025-05-08). "Filipino-American bakery Balong holds grand opening; Berlu delayed". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2025-05-14. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  3. 1 2 3 Cheadle, Harry (2025-05-13). "Hyped Filipino Panaderia Balong Is Finally Open". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Balong Panaderia". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  5. ↑ "Our Favorite Breakfast Sandwich Right Now Lives at Balong, a Filipino American Pop-Up". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  6. ↑ Russell, Michael (2025-02-17). "Portland pop-up Balong to open brick-and-mortar cafe, bakery". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2025-04-27. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  7. ↑ Russell, Michael (2024-04-01). "Celebrate Filipino Food Month with specials at these Portland-area restaurants". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2024-05-17. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  8. ↑ "Twin Peaks log lands at Forestry Center". Axios. 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  9. ↑ Cheadle, Harry (2025-05-02). "Portland's Filipino Restaurants Are Fundraising for the Lapu Lapu Car Attack Victims". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  10. ↑ "Portland's best new bakeries of 2025". The Oregonian. 2025-05-21. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  11. ↑ Baillargeon, Zoe (2015-04-02). "The Best New Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland, June 2025". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
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