Matt's BBQ

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Matt's BBQ
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Food cart at Prost Marketplace, 2022
Matt's BBQ
Restaurant information
Food type Barbecue
City Portland
State Oregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°33′16″N122°40′33″W / 45.55435°N 122.67573°W / 45.55435; -122.67573
Website mattsbbqpdx.com

Matt's BBQ is a barbecue restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Boise neighborhood. [1] Sibling restaurant Matt's BBQ Tacos, also located in Portland, [2] opened in 2019.

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History

In 2015, Matt Vicedomini opened his first food cart on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. [3] [4]

Matt's BBQ Tacos opened the 2019. [5] [6] The sibling restaurant offers breakfast tacos. [7]

Both restaurants closed temporarily in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] Limited operations were restored in April. [9] [10]

In 2021, Matt's BBQ confirmed plans to expand into Beaverton, Oregon. [11] [12] Matt's BBQ Tacos was featured on the Netflix series Street Food in 2022. [13] Matt's BBQ Tacos, which initially operated as a food cart, relocated to Northeast Alberta Street and began operating as a brick and mortar restaurant in November 2022. [14] [15] [16]

Reception

In 2017, Martin Cizmar of Willamette Week wrote, "Fact: Matt's BBQ Has the Best Brisket and Ribs in Portland". [17]

Matt's BBQ Tacos was named The Oregonian 's 2019 Cart of the Year. [18]

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