Tanuki (restaurant)

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Tanuki
Tanuki (restaurant)
Restaurant information
Established2008 (2008)
Closed2019 (2019)
Owner(s)Janis Martin
ChefJanis Martin
Food type Japanese
Street address8029 Southeast Stark Street
City Portland
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97215
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′09″N122°34′51″W / 45.5192°N 122.5808°W / 45.5192; -122.5808

Tanuki was a Japanese restaurant and bar in Portland, Oregon. [1] [2] [3] [4] The business operated from 2008 to 2019.

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Description

The Japanese restaurant Tanuki initially operated on 21st Avenue at Flanders Street in northwest Portland's Northwest District, [5] [6] before relocating to the Montavilla neighborhood in 2011. [7] Erin DeJesus described the original space as a "hole-in-the-wall". [8] Signs at the Montavilla space said "No sushi, no kids" and "This is not a Japanese restaurant". [9]

The menu included gyoza, sashimi, [5] kimchi, and oshinko. [10] Tanuki also served fermented noodles, [11] trout in a seaweed butter sauce, kimchi macaroni and cheese, duck heart, various seafood dishes, [12] and buns with kimchi, blue cheese, and sake-cured bacon. [13] The bar stocked Asian beers, [9] sake, shōchū, and Japanese whisky. Among cocktails was the Dejima, which had Damrak gin, St. Germain, and rhubarb bitters. [14]

History

The restaurant opened on 21st Avenue in 2008. [5] [15] Janis Martin was the chef and owner. [5] [16] In 2011, the restaurant relocated to Stark Street in the southeast Portland part of the Montavilla neighborhood. [7] Tanuki began restricting seating in 2013. [17] Suffering from a seafood allergy, [18] Martin closed Tanuki permanently in 2019 and began working at East Glisan Pizza Lounge. [19]

Reception

In 2012, Karen Brooks and Rachel Ritchie included Tanuki in Portland Monthly 's "Best of the Rest", a list of 35 local eateries "that should remain in any food lover's regular rotation". [20] Brooks later called the restaurant the city's "notorious cult izakaya". [21] In 2016, Time Out included Tanuki in a list of the eighteen best Japanese restaurants in the United States. [22]

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