Hunan Restaurant

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Hunan Restaurant
Hunan Restaurant
Restaurant information
Established1979 (1979)
Closed2014 (2014)
Food type Chinese
City Portland
State Oregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′14″N122°40′45″W / 45.5205°N 122.6793°W / 45.5205; -122.6793

Hunan Restaurant was a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. [1]

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History

The restaurant operated in the Morgan Building Morgan Building - Portland, Oregon (2018).jpg
The restaurant operated in the Morgan Building

The Liu family opened Hunan Restaurant in Morgan's Alley in downtown Portland in 1979. The restaurant closed in 2014. [2] [3]

Reception

Grant Butler included Hunan Restaurant in The Oregonian 's 2016 list of "Tasty memories: 97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around", writing: "For 35 years, this Chinese restaurant in downtown's Morgan's Alley was the place for hot-and-spicy fare served with flare, like the Dragon and the Phoenix, a dish combining crab and chicken, served with delicate flowers sculpted from apples and cucumbers. It was one of the first Portland restaurants to serve the now-ubiquitous General Tso's chicken, and there were specialties not seen elsewhere at the time, like tea-smoked duck served in tiny pancakes with plum sauce." [4]

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References

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  2. Russell, Michael (2014-12-17). "Hunan Restaurant closing after 35 years in downtown Portland". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. Centoni, Danielle (2014-12-16). "Hunan Restaurant Closing After 35 Years". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2019-03-09. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  4. Butler, Grant (2017-01-01). "Tasty memories: 97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2022-01-15.