Hapa PDX

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Hapa PDX
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The restaurant's exterior, 2021
Hapa PDX
Restaurant information
Established2013 (2013)
Owner(s)
  • Michael Littman
  • Sarah Littman
Street address3848 Southeast Gladstone Street
City Portland
County Multnomah
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97202
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°29′36″N122°37′22″W / 45.4932°N 122.6228°W / 45.4932; -122.6228
Website hapapdx.us

Hapa PDX (also known as Hapa PDX Ramen and Whiskey and Hapa Ramen) is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

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Description

The restaurant serves Hawaiian-Japanese ramen, including tonkotsu, shoyu, miso, and shaka broth varieties. The G-Special is a pork belly-based ramen broth with pork belly, spinach, [1] sprouts, and shiitake. According to Seiji Nanbu of Eater Portland , "Hapa's ramen is meant to be durable for long car rides home, with a thick and squiggly proprietary noodle recipe." [2] Hapa has also served poke, wakame salad, [3] and other snacks. [4] The drink menu has included Japanese whiskey, bourbon, and rye, as well as Japanese and Oregon sakes. [5]

History

Owners Michael and Sarah Littman launched Hapa as a food cart in 2013. [5] Hapa operated from the Tidbit Food Farm and Garden pod on Division Street in southeast Portland as of 2017. [6] [7] When the pod closed in 2017, [8] the business relocated to Foster Road and 73rd. [9]

In 2019, owners announced plans to open a brick and mortar restaurant on Gladstone Street in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood, in a space which previously housed Shut Up and Eat. [5] [10]

In 2022, the Littmans announced plans to open a second restaurant called Hapa Kauai at the Shops at Kukui‘ula in Kauai, Hawaii. The larger restaurant will have a slightly different menu but will also specialize in ramen. Abigail Cox, general manager of the Portland restaurant, has joined the ownership team. [11] [12]

Reception

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Food cart in 2013

Time Out Portland 's Jen Woo included Hapa in a 2019 list of "the best food trucks in Portland to get your grub on." [1] Alex Frane of Eater Portland wrote in 2019, " Hapa Ramen might be my new favorite ramen restaurant in town, with a much more limited menu and a smaller space than Afuri, but rich, delicious ramens and an excellent whisky selection." [13] The website's Seiji Nanbu included the business in a 2022 list of "where to find knockout ramen in Portland and beyond". [2] Nathan Williams included Hapa in a 2023 overview of "where to eat and drink" in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood. [14]

In 2021 and 2022, Willamette Week said, "Lots of food carts make the leap to brick-and-mortar, but rarely is the effect quite so sexy as it is at Hapa... [T]his is very much an izakaya, and drinks are as much the attraction as the soup: The ginger ale-sake highball is worth traveling across town for." [15] [16]

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  2. 1 2 Nanbu, Seiji (2016-04-06). "Where to Find Knockout Ramen in Portland and Beyond". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  3. ↑ Mesh, Aaron (2020-02-12). "Two New Portland Ramen Shops Take the Noodle Soup Beyond Japan". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
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