Norah (restaurant)

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Norah
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Exterior of the original restaurant on Belmont Street in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood in 2025
Restaurant information
Owner(s)
  • Ketsuda Nan Chaison
  • Prae Nobnorb
Food type
  • Asian
  • vegan
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Website norahpdx.com

Norah is a restaurant with two locations in Portland, Oregon, United States. The business serves vegan Asian cuisine in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood and northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood. It has garnered a positive reception and was included in VegOut magazine's 2024 list of the nation's ten best vegan restaurants.

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Description

The restaurant Norah has two locations in Portland, Oregon, operating on Belmont Street in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood and Alberta Street in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood. [1] The business name references "manora", a traditional dance in southern Thailand. [2]

Norah serves vegan Asian (or pan-Asian) [3] cuisine. [4] [5] The menu includes mushroom linguine with coconut-galangal sauce as well as pad thai and roasted cauliflower with curry. [1] [6] The restaurant has also served noodle soups, [7] samosas, [8] and pad thai nachos. [9]

History

Ketsuda Nan Chaison and Prae Nobnorb are co-owners. [6]

The Alberta Street location opened on November 5, 2024. [10]

Reception

In 2024, Norah was included in VegOut magazine's list of the ten best vegan restaurants in the U.S., [3] and Kay Kingsman included the business in a Fodor's list of Portland's fifteen best restaurants. [11] Norah was a runner-up in the Best Vegetarian / Vegan Restaurant category of Willamette Week 's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2024. [12] It was a finalist in the same category in 2025. [13] The business was included in a Yelp list of Portland's ten best vegan eateries in 2025. [14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Where to Find the Best Vegan Food in Portland". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2025-02-13. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  2. ↑ Nocera, Veronica (2025-01-28). "Vote for the best vegan restaurant in the Portland area: Readers Choice Awards". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  3. 1 2 "The 10 Best Vegan Restaurants Across the US". VegOut. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  4. ↑ "Nan Chaison Is the Most Prolific Restaurateur You Don't Know". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2025-02-14. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  5. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2022-10-24). "The Mind Behind Mestizo Is Opening a New Vegan Pan-Asian Restaurant on Belmont". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2025-02-10. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  6. 1 2 Houck, Brenna (2015-09-15). "The 18 Outstanding Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in Portland". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  7. ↑ Wu, Waz (2020-02-19). "Where to Find Portland's Most Comforting Vegan Noodle Soups". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  8. ↑ Yentch, Katrina (2023-02-27). "Where to Eat and Drink on Portland's Restaurant-Packed Belmont Street". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  9. ↑ "Do You Have Your Vegan World Food Month Passport Yet?". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  10. ↑ Wong, Janey (2024-11-14). "Portland Restaurant Openings You May Have Missed". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2025-02-01. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  11. ↑ Kingsman, Kay (2024-08-09). "The 15 Best Restaurants in Portland, Oregon". Fodors Travel Guide. Archived from the original on 2024-09-08. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  12. ↑ "2024 Best of Portland Readers' Poll: Food". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  13. ↑ "2025 Best of Portland Readers' Poll: Food". Willamette Week. 2025-07-23. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  14. ↑ Bourgeois, Michaela. "These are the top 10 vegan spots in Portland, according to Yelp". KOIN.
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