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SuperBite
Restaurant information
Food type New American
City Portland
CountyMultnomah
State Oregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′17″N122°41′03″W / 45.5214°N 122.6842°W / 45.5214; -122.6842

SuperBite (sometimes Superbite) [1] was a New American restaurant in Portland, Oregon. [2] It operated from April 2016 to December 31, 2017.

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Description

The New American [3] restaurant SuperBite operated in downtown Portland, serving small plates (or "super bites"). [4] The menu included a burger, [5] Dungeness crab, egg noodles, onion rings, salmon ceviche, and fried trout over potato purée with a black bean sauce. [6] Michael Russell of The Oregonian called the restaurant "experimental". [1]

History

SuperBite opened in April 2016, in the space that previously housed Grüner. [7] SuperBite launched happy hour in 2017. [8] That same year, sous-chef Nikko Marquez replaced Cory Rom as chef de cuisine. [9] In November, the owners announced plans to close SuperBite after service on New Year's Eve (December 31) in order to open Bistro Agnes in the same space. [10] [11]

Reception

In 2016, SuperBite was named reader's choice in the Best Restaurant category of Eater Portland 's annual Eater Awards. Chef-owners Greg Denton and Gabi Quiñónez Denton were also nominated in the Chef of the Year category, and SuperBite was also named editor's choice in the Restaurant Spin-off of the Year category. [12]

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