Matt's BBQ is a barbecue restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Boise neighborhood, in the United States. [1]
Sibling restaurant Matt's BBQ Tacos, also located in Portland, [2] opened in 2019.
In 2015, Matt Vicedomini opened his first food cart on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. [3] [4]
Matt's BBQ and its sibling restaurant Matt's BBQ Tacos closed temporarily in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] Limited operations were restored in April. [6] [7]
The sibling restaurant Matt's BBQ Tacos opened the 2019. [8] [9] The menu includes breakfast tacos. [10] Matt's BBQ Tacos initially operated as a food cart and relocated to Northeast Alberta Street. It began operating as a brick and mortar restaurant in November 2022. [11] [12] [13]
Matt's BBQ Tacos was named The Oregonian 's 2019 Cart of the Year, [14] and was featured on the Netflix series Street Food in 2022. [15] It was included in The Infatuation 's 2024 list of Portland's best restaurants. [16]
In 2017, Martin Cizmar of Willamette Week wrote, "Fact: Matt's BBQ Has the Best Brisket and Ribs in Portland". [17]
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