Beast | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 2007 |
Closed | 2020 |
Owner(s) | Naomi Pomeroy |
Chef | Naomi Pomeroy |
Street address | 5425 Northeast 30th Avenue |
City | Portland |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97211 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°33′45″N122°38′06″W / 45.5624°N 122.6351°W |
Beast was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon. [1] [2] [3] The business earned chef and owner Naomi Pomeroy [4] [5] a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Northwest in 2014. [6] [7] [8]
The restaurant served French [9] [10] and Pacific Northwest cuisine [11] in a 600-square-foot [12] dining room with two tables for communal dining. [13] [14] The restaurant served prix fixe dinners [15] [16] as well as brunch. [17]
Pomeroy opened Beast in 2007 with business partner Micah Camden [18] and sous chef Mika Paredes. [19] [20] Pomeroy was negotiating a lease to relocate the business as of 2012. [21] [22]
The restaurant closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [23] [24] [25] The space was converted into a market called Ripe Cooperative. [26] [27]
Beast and Le Pigeon were named co-2008 Restaurants of the Year by The Oregonian . [28] Beast won the Best Prix Fixe Menu category of Willamette Week 's annual Best of Portland readers' poll in 2016. [29]
Naomi Pomeroy is a professional chef and restaurateur. In an interview, Pomeroy explains that she began cooking at the age of three and created her first recipe at the age of four. She graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 1997 with a degree in history. Pomeroy has no formal culinary or business training; she developed her skills by watching other food-industry professionals. In 2007, she opened the restaurant Beast in Portland, Oregon. Previously, she started Gotham Tavern, Gotham Coffee shop, and ClarkLewis restaurant with Michael Hebb. In 2013, Working Mother magazine featured an article which details Pomeroy's experiences as a working single parent.
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