Morchella (restaurant)

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Morchella (restaurant)
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Established2021 (2021)
ChefCameron Dunlap
Food typeNew American
Street address1315 Northeast Fremont Street
City Portland
CountyMultnomah
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97212
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°32′54″N122°39′09″W / 45.5483°N 122.6524°W / 45.5483; -122.6524
Website morchellapdx.com

Morchella is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Sabin neighborhood, in the United States. Chef Cameron Dunlap opened the fine dining establishment in 2021, serving forage-focused New American cuisine.

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Description

Named after the genus of fungi, [1] Morchella is a fine dining [2] restaurant in northeast Portland's Sabin neighborhood. The New American [3] menu highlights mushrooms and includes pastas, soups, dandelion greens on venison steak, endives with walnuts and wild rice, and ice cream with wild berries. [4] Proteins include fish, pheasant, quail, and venison. [5] The restaurant also uses figs. [6] [7]

History

Morchella opened in 2021, [8] in the space that previously housed Verdigris. [1] Cameron Dunlap is the chef, [1] [9] and Rain Grey is the chef de cuisine. [3] In 2023, Dunlap and Morchella were featured in a dinner hosted by Tasting Collective, a members-only dining club. [10] hosted a vegan "seaweed extravaganza" in collaboration with two other businesses. The event's five-course meal featured Pacific Ocean-grown seaweed in each course. [11] Morchella has hosted Javelina as a pop-up restaurant. [12]

Reception

Morchella was included in Bon Appétit 's list of the 50 best new restaurants of 2022. [13]

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