Ox (Portland restaurant)

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Ox (Portland restaurant)
Restaurant information
Established2012 (2012)
Food type Argentine
Street address2225 Northeast Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
City Portland
County Multomah
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97212
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°32′22″N122°39′43″W / 45.5394°N 122.6619°W / 45.5394; -122.6619
Website oxpdx.com

Ox is an Argentine steakhouse in Portland, Oregon's Eliot neighborhood, in the United States. [1] [2] [3]

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History

Greg and Gabrielle Denton opened Ox in 2012. [4] [5] [6] A "spillover space" called Whey Bar opened later in the year. [7]

In 2015, a ventilation malfunction filled Ox with smoke and forced an evacuation. [8] The restaurant released a cookbook in 2016. [9] [10] Ox began taking reservations in 2019. [11] Kurt Huffman owns at least a 20 percent stake in the restaurant, as of 2020. [12]

Reception

Ox was named Restaurant of the Year by The Oregonian in 2013. [13] Ox received honorable mention in the Best Restaurant, Best SteakHouse, and Best Chowder categories in Willamette Week 's annual "Best of Portland Readers' Poll" in 2015. [14] The restaurant ranked third in the Best Steak House category in 2017. [15]

The Dentons were nominated for Portland's Chef of the Year by Eater Portland 's Eater Awards in 2016. [16] The duo won in the Best Chef Northwest category by the James Beard Foundation Awards in 2017. [17] [18] Brooke Jackson-Glidden included the smoked bone marrow clam chowder in Eater Portland's 2024 overview of "iconic" Portland dishes. [19]

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