Kann | |
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Restaurant information | |
Owner(s) | Gregory Gourdet |
Food type | Haitian |
Street address | 548 Southeast Ash Street |
City | Portland |
County | Multnomah |
State | Oregon |
Country | United States |
Website | kannrestaurant |
Kann is a Haitian restaurant by Gregory Gourdet in Portland, Oregon. [1]
The restaurant's name means "cane" or "sugarcane" in Haitian Creole. [2] [3] Downstairs is Sousòl, a pan-Caribbean cocktail bar. [4]
Kann Winter Village's menu included chicken soup with epis-rubbed thighs, potato dumplings, and root vegetables. [5]
In 2019, Gourdet announced plans to open Kann in 2020. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced delays. [6] During the pandemic, Gourdet hosted pop-up restaurants, including Kann Winter Village, which was sponsored by American Express and operated within yurts in the Redd on Salmon Street parking lot. [7] [8] [9] American Express platinum card holders were given early reservation access, followed by other card holders, before opening up to the general public. [10] Kann Winter Village operated for five months. [11] Initially announced to open in July 2022, [6] [12] [13] the brick and mortar restaurant began operating on August 4. [14]
In 2023, Kann and Deadstock Coffee collaborated to launch a custom coffee blend. [15]
Waz Wu included Kann in Eater Portland 's 2023 list of "Portland’s Primo Special Occasion Restaurants for Vegans and Vegetarians". [16] Kann received the 2023 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant, presented by the James Beard Foundation.[ citation needed ]
Gregory Gourdet is an American chef, writer, restaurateur, and former finalist on the twelfth and seventeenth seasons of Bravo's American reality television series, Top Chef. He is of Haitian descent. He is the owner of the restaurant Kann and the former executive chef and culinary director of Departure at The Nines in Portland, Oregon. His book, Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health, is a national bestseller.
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