St. Jack

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St. Jack
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St. Jack
Restaurant information
Food type French
Street address1610 Northwest 23rd Avenue
CityPortland
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97210
Coordinates 45°32′3.5″N122°41′55.2″W / 45.534306°N 122.698667°W / 45.534306; -122.698667
Website stjackpdx.com

St. Jack is a "Northwest French" restaurant in Portland, Oregon. [1]

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Description

St. Jack serves French cuisine. [2] The menu includes chicken liver mousse, roasted bone marrow, and steak frites. [3]

History

The original St. Jack restaurant opened on Clinton Street in southeast Portland's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood in 2010. [4] [5] The location on Northwest 23rd Avenue opened in 2014, [6] slightly later than the previously planned December 2013 opening. [7] The restaurant was briefly known as St. Jack NW to avoid confusion with the original location, [8] which closed in early 2014. [4]

St. Jack launched a happy hour menu in April 2014; options included duck confit poutine, the Lyonnaise cheese spread cervelle de canut, and the St. Jack burger. [9] The restaurant launched a late night happy hour in 2015. [10] Chef Aaron Barnett opened the "spinoff" restaurant La Moule in mid 2015. [11] [12] [13]

Jacob Harth became St. Jack's chef de cuisine in 2016. [14] The restaurant stopped using plastic straws in 2018, [15] and launched a brunch menu in 2019. [1]

Plans to open a restaurant in Lake Oswego, Oregon, were confirmed in 2019. [16] The restaurant Lac St. Jack closed in 2022. [17]

Reception

In 2021, Alex Frane and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included St. Jack in Eater Portland 's list of "11 Charming French Restaurants in Portland". [3] Additionally, Frane and Maya MacEvoy included St. Jack in a list of "16 Quintessential Restaurants and Bars in Slabtown", [18] and Jackson-Glidden included St. Jack in a list of "The 38 Essential Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland". [19]

In 2023, chef John Denison was one of 18 Portland industry professionals deemed "rising stars" by the restaurant resource and trade publication StarChefs. [20] [21]

See also

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  2. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2019-04-25). "St. Jack and Five Other Portland Restaurants Will Open in Lake Oswego". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  3. 1 2 Frane, Alex (2018-10-10). "11 Charming French Restaurants in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  4. 1 2 DeJesus, Erin (2014-02-10). "With NW Location Looming, St. Jack Shutters SE Outpost". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  5. ↑ Beck, Byron (2013-12-04). "St. Jack's Joel Gunderson "Gets" the Fish & Chip Shop". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
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  15. ↑ Forster, Tim (2018-02-20). "Some Portland Restaurants and Bars Won't Serve Drinks With Plastic Straws Any Longer". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
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  17. ↑ Buchanan, Corey (October 5, 2022). "Two restaurants in Lake Oswego development set to close". Lake Oswego Review. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
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