| Bluto's | |
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 The restaurant's exterior, 2025 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2022 |
| Food type | Greek |
| Street address | 2838 Southeast Belmont Street |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97214 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′59″N122°38′11″W / 45.5163°N 122.6363°W |
Bluto's is a Greek restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] An outpost is slated to open in Beaverton.
Named after John Belushi's character in the 1978 comedy film Animal House , [2] Bluto's is a Greek restaurant on Belmont Street in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood. [3]
The menu includes souvlaki, [4] spinach lentil soup, [5] salads (including a citrus and chicory variety), [6] hummus, pita, and soft serve yogurt (chocolate or vanilla). [7] [8] [9] Sides includes spanakopita hand pies and braised beans. [10]
Established in early 2022, [11] Bluto's operates in the space that previously housed the Japanese restaurant Tonari. [2] The restaurant was established by Rick Gencarelli (Grassa, Lardo) and the ChefStable restaurant group. [12] [13]
A second location is slated to open at Cedar Hills Crossing in Beaverton. [14] [15]
Bluto's ranked sixth on The Oregonian 's list of the best new restaurants of 2022. [16] The newspaper's Michael Russell recommended ordering "as much souvlaki, flatbread and hummus as you can eat". [17] He later included the business in the newspaper's 2025 list of the 21 best restaurants in southeast Portland. [18] Russell also ranked Bluto's number 37 in The Oregonian's 2025 list of Portland's 40 best restaurants. [19]
Andrea Damewood included the hummus in the Portland Mercury 's "best bites" in Portland in 2022. [20] Emily Harris and Meira Gebel included Bluto's in Axios Portland 's overview of the city's best soft serve ice cream. [21] Bluto's was a runner-up in the Best Mediterranean Restaurant category of Willamette Week's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2024. [22]
