Morchella (restaurant)

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Morchella
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Morchella (restaurant)
Restaurant information
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 morchella-pdx.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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Frane, Alex (August 5, 2021). "Chef Cameron Lee Dunlap Will Open a Restaurant Dedicated to Foraged and Wild Foods". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 3, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  2. ↑ "PDXFruitTreeTips Is Portland Fruit Tree Project's New Advice Text Line". Willamette Week. July 24, 2024. Archived from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Turnquist, Kristi (January 4, 2024). "Portland chef competes on 'Chopped' to, in part, 'represent the trans community'". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ Frane, Alex (September 11, 2020). "Where to Eat in Portland Right Now". Thrillist. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Restaurant Focused On Foraging & Wild Foods To Open Soon In Portland". iHeart. Archived from the original on July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Foraging Portland chef carjacked at gunpoint". KOIN.com. September 17, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Surveillance video shows Portland chef being carjacked while foraging for figs". KGW. September 18, 2023. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  8. ↑ Russell, Michael (November 7, 2021). "12 new Portland restaurants we can't wait to try this fall". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  9. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (September 14, 2021). "The Most Anticipated Portland Restaurant Openings, Fall and Winter 2021". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  10. ↑ Wong, Janey (November 7, 2022). "Tasting Collective, a Members-Only Dining Club, Launches in Portland This Month". Eater Portland.
  11. ↑ Russell, Michael (April 23, 2022). "Food Cart Week begins, a top Portland chef pops up in the valley, and other food events for April and May 2022". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Javelina is bringing Indigenous cuisine to Portland". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  13. ↑ "BA's 50 Best New Restaurants of 2022". Bon Appétit . September 8, 2022. Archived from the original on August 3, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
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