Karen Brooks | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Food critic |
Karen Brooks is an American food critic and writer. She has worked for Portland Monthly , The Oregonian , and Willamette Week . [1] She was laid off from The Oregonian in 2010. [2]
Brooks co-wrote The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland (2012) with Gideon Bosker and Teri Gelber. [3] [4] [5] In 2017, she received the James Beard Foundation's Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award. [6] She has appeared in the television series Eater's Guide to the World [7] and Street Food: USA. [8]
Wildwood Restaurant and Bar, or simply Wildwood, was a Pacific Northwest and New American restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Operating from 1994 to 2014, the restaurant earned owner and founding chef Cory Schreiber a James Beard Foundation Award nomination in the Best Chef: Northwest category. Wendy Culverwell of Portland Business Journal described Wildwood as "a pioneer in the farm-to-table food movement".
Cooperativa was an Italian food hall and marketplace in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, in the United States. The business operated from September 2020 to September 2022.
Han Oak is a restaurant serving Korean cuisine in Portland, Oregon's Kerns neighborhood, in the United States. Owned by chef Peter Cho and partner Sun Young Park, Han Oak was The Oregonian's Restaurant of the Year in 2017.
Ox is an Argentine steakhouse in Portland, Oregon's Eliot neighborhood, in the United States.
Castagna was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, in the United States.
Ataula was a Spanish and Catalan restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The restaurant earned Jose Chesa a James Beard Foundation Award nomination in the Best Chef: Northwest category.
Ping was an Asian restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Chef Andy Ricker and restaurateur Kurt Huffman opened the original restaurant in Old Town Chinatown in 2009. In 2010, Ping was a semifinalist in the Best New Restaurant category at the James Beard Foundation Awards. It was also named a best new restaurant by GQ and earned a Rising Star award from The Oregonian.
Beast was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business earned chef and owner Naomi Pomeroy a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Northwest in 2014.
Eem is a Thai barbecue restaurant and cocktail bar in Portland, Oregon, United States. In 2019, The Oregonian and Portland Monthly named Eem the city's restaurant of the year. The restaurant used dining pods during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zefiro was an Italian and Mediterranean restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. The business operated from 1990 to 2000.
Ha VL is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The restaurant serves soups, including pho.
Bistro Agnes was a French restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was owned by chefs Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton, opened in January 2018 and garnered a positive reception. The Oregonian and Portland Mercury included Bistro Agnes in lists of the city's best news restaurants, and Condé Nast Traveler included it in a list of Portland's 21 best. After temporarily closing during the COVID-19 pandemic, in January 2022, the owners confirmed the closure would be permanent.
Mama Đút is a vegan restaurant serving Vietnamese cuisine in Portland, Oregon.
Berlu is a Vietnamese restaurant and bakery in Portland, Oregon.
Malka was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
RingSide Fish House was a seafood restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business operated in southwest Portland's Fox Tower from 2011 to 2018.
Lucier is a defunct European restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Described as "the most opulent restaurant space in Portland history", the business operated for seven months in 2008. News outlets described the venture as "the most colossal faceplant in Portland dining history", the city's "greatest restaurant boondoggle", and a "most spectacular restaurant failure". Lucier was the only restaurant in Oregon awarded four diamonds by the American Automobile Association.
Little T American Baker is a bakery in Portland, Oregon.
Seastar Bakery was a bakery in Portland, Oregon, United States. Annie Moss and Katia Bezerra-Clark owned and operated the business, which shared a space with Handsome Pizza in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood starting in 2015. Seastar served breads, cookies, pastries, and toast, among other baked goods. Despite garnering a positive reception and being deemed one of the city's best bakeries by Eater Portland and Portland Monthly, Seastar closed in August 2022.
Aviary was a restaurant on Alberta Street in northeast Portland, Oregon's Vernon neighborhood, in the United States. Sarah Pliner was a co-owner and head chef.