Beast (restaurant)

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Beast
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The restaurant's interior, 2008
Beast (restaurant)
Restaurant information
Established2007 (2007)
Closed2020 (2020)
Owner(s) Naomi Pomeroy
ChefNaomi Pomeroy
Street address5425 Northeast 30th Avenue
City Portland
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97211
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°33′45″N122°38′06″W / 45.5624°N 122.6351°W / 45.5624; -122.6351

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]

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Name

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]

History

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]

Reception

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]

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