Canard (restaurant)

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Canard (restaurant)
Restaurant information
EstablishedApril 2018 (2018-04)
Food type French
Street address734 East Burnside Street [1]
City Portland
County Multnomah
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97214
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′22″N122°39′29″W / 45.5228°N 122.6580°W / 45.5228; -122.6580
Website canardpdx.com

Canard is a French restaurant with two locations in the U.S. state of Oregon. The original restaurant opened in Portland. [2] A second location opened in Oregon City in 2022. A third location is slated to open in Beaverton in 2025.

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Description

Canard (French for "duck") is a restaurant with two locations in the U.S. state of Oregon. The original restaurant is located on East Burnside Street in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood, next to Le Pigeon, and a second location operates in nearby Oregon City.

The menu includes small plates such as foie gras dumplings with peanut sauce, fried chicken wings with truffle ranch, and sea urchin on Texas toast. The tartare is served with Chinese sausage, beef, and broccoli, and the New York steak comes with French onion soup sauce and Swiss cheese toast. [3] The brunch menu includes fried chicken sandwiches with orange chile-wasabi mayonnaise, French toast, oysters, pancakes with duck sausage gravy, and Shrimp Toast Benedict. [4] [5] Canard also has a cocktail menu. [6]

History

Co-owners Gabriel Rucker and Andrew "Andy" Fortgang [7] (Le Pigeon, Little Bird Bistro) opened the restaurant in April 2018. [8] [9] [10] The restaurant's interior was designed by Mark Annen. [11] The restaurant launched brunch in May. [12] [13]

In 2022, owners announced plans to open a second location in Oregon City. [14] [15] The restaurant is slated to open on July 10. [16]

A third location is slated to open in Beaverton, in the space that previously housed Beaverton Bakery, in 2025. [17] [18] [19]

Reception

In 2018, Eater named Canard one of the eighteen best new restaurants in the United States". [20] [21] Eater Portland, [22] Portland Monthly , [23] [24] and The Oregonian named Canard the restaurant of the year. [25] The business was a semifinalist in the Outstanding Wine Program of the 2020 James Beard Awards. [26] Alex Frane and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included Canard in Eater Portland's 2021 list of eleven "charming" French restaurants in the city. [27] The Oregon City location was also included in the website's 2025 list of Portland's best brunch restaurants. [28]

In 2023, chef Dana Francisco was one of eighteen Portland industry professionals deemed "rising stars" by the restaurant resource and trade publication StarChefs. [29] [30] Canard was included in The Infatuation 's 2024 list of Portland's best restaurants. [31]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brooks, Karen; Hamilton, Katherine. "Portland's Top 50 Restaurants". Portland Monthly. SagaCity Media. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2019-08-30). "There's Something About Canard". Eater Portland . Vox Media. Archived from the original on 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  3. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-04-05). "Gabriel Rucker's Canard Will Serve Foie Gras Bourbon and Uni Texas Toast". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  4. ↑ Damewood, Andrea (2018-06-13). "Canard Brings Out the Kid In You". Portland Mercury . Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  5. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-06-06). "Loaded Wasabi Chicken Sandwiches, Shrimp Toast Benedict, and What Else To Order on Canard's Daytime Menu". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  6. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-04-09). "Take a Look at Foie-Happy Canard's Cocktail Menu". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  7. ↑ "Portland restaurateur says wine tariffs under Trump would be 'punch in the gut'". KOIN.com. 2025-01-14. Archived from the original on 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  8. ↑ Forster, Tim (2018-01-09). "Le Pigeon Owners Plot Next-Door Venue With French Bar Food". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  9. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-03-22). "It Looks Like Canard Will Open in April". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  10. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-04-23). "One Week In: What People Are Saying about Gabriel Rucker's Canard". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  11. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-04-13). "Look Inside Gabriel Rucker's Canard Before It Opens Monday". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  12. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-05-15). "Canard Brunch Will Start Any Minute Now". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  13. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-05-22). "Duck-Gravy-Smothered Pancakes Arrive at Canard's Newly Launched Brunch". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  14. ↑ Russell, Michael (2022-04-13). "Award-winning chef Gabriel Rucker to open second Canard restaurant in Oregon City". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  15. ↑ "Portland Food News and Events: April 21-27". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  16. ↑ Russell, Michael (2022-07-06). "Canard's Oregon City restaurant opens this weekend". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  17. ↑ Acker, Lizzy (2025-03-20). "One of Portland's best restaurants will open an outpost in Beaverton in a former movie theater this year". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2025-03-22. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  18. ↑ "French restaurant Canard adds Beaverton location". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2025-03-03. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  19. ↑ Guzman, Dianne de (2025-03-24). "Beaverton Gets Its Very Own Outpost of Canard". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  20. ↑ Addison, Bill (2018-07-25). "The 18 Best New Restaurants in America". Eater. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  21. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-07-25). "Gabriel Rucker's Canard Hits Eater National's Best New Restaurants". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  22. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-12-05). "Portland's 2018 Eater Award Winners". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  23. ↑ Brooks, Karen (2018-10-10). "Portland Monthly's 2018 Restaurant of the Year: Canard". Portland Monthly . Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  24. ↑ Brooks, Karen (2021-04-28). "Goodbye, Le Pigeon Burger: Big Changes Ahead for Rucker's Restaurants". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  25. ↑ Russell, Michael (2018-09-14). "Portland's 2018 Restaurant of the Year: Canard". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  26. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2020-02-26). "Here Are Portland's 2020 James Beard Awards Semifinalists". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  27. ↑ Frane, Alex (2018-10-10). "11 Charming French Restaurants in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  28. ↑ Baillargeon, Zoe (2016-08-09). "Portland's Best Brunch Restaurants". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  29. ↑ Wong, Janey (2023-07-14). "A Guide to Portland's StarChefs Rising Stars Award Winners for 2023". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2023-07-15. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  30. ↑ "StarChefs - Profile - Chef Dana Francisco of Canard". StarChefs. Archived from the original on 2023-07-15. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  31. ↑ "The 21 Best Restaurants In Portland, Oregon 2025 - Portland, OR". The Infatuation. 2022-01-21. Archived from the original on 2024-04-06. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
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