Shizuku by Chef Naoko | |
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Restaurant information | |
Closed | June 23, 2023 |
Owner(s) | Naoko Tamura |
Chef | Naoko Tamura |
Food type | Japanese |
Street address | 1235 Southwest Jefferson Street |
City | Portland |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97201 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°31′00″N122°41′13″W / 45.5168°N 122.6869°W |
Website | shizukupdx |
Shizuku by Chef Naoko was a Japanese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Chef and owner Naoko Tamura opened Chef Naoko in 2007 and rebranded the business to Shizuku by Chef Naoko in 2017. The rebrand accompanied a redesign by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The restaurant earned Tamura a James Beard Foundation Award nomination in the Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific category in 2020. Tamura announced the restaurant's permanent closure in 2023.
Shizuku by Chef Naoko was a Japanese restaurant on Southwest Jefferson Street in Portland. [1] [2] Alex Frane of Eater Portland described the restaurant as a "beautiful space that hovers between traditional and contemporary Japanese design, and that honors the food served at Shizuku". [3] Willamette Week's Matthew Korfhage called the space "an ethereal world of sunlight and undulating bamboo screens". [4]
An umami lunch was launched in 2018; udon options included a tonkatsu pork loin hot sandwich. [5] The restaurant also served bentos, onigiri, and tamagoyaki. [6]
Chef and owner Naoko Tamura opened Chef Naoko in 2007. [7] The restaurant was rebranded to Shizuku by Chef Naoko and redesigned by Kengo Kuma in 2017. [8] [9] [10] [11] In February 2018, Shizuku closed temporarily to convert to a omakase format. [12]
Shizuku closed temporarily during the summer of 2022 to "reorganize ... operations around the many post-pandemic challenges" and set up a "new format". The restaurant re-opened for takeout service in January 2023. [6] In June 2023, Tamura announced plans to close Shizuku permanently on June 23. [13]
The restaurant won the Design of the Year category at Eater Portland's annual Eater Awards in 2017. [8] In 2020, the business earned Naoko a James Beard Foundation Award nomination in the Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific category. [14] [15]
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