The Paper Bridge

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The Paper Bridge
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The Paper Bridge
Restaurant information
EstablishedNovember 9, 2023 (2023-11-09)
Owner(s)
  • Quynh Nguyen
  • Carlo Reinardy
Chef
  • Quynh Nguyen
  • Carlo Reinardy
Food typeVietnamese
Street address828 Southeast Ash Street
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97214
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′17″N122°39′26″W / 45.5214°N 122.6571°W / 45.5214; -122.6571
Website thepaperbridgepdx.com

The Paper Bridge is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Spouses Quynh Nguyen and Carlo Reinardy, who are co-owners and co-chefs, opened the restaurant in southeast Portland in 2023.

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Description

The Paper Bridge is a Vietnamese restaurant in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. [1] The business is named after a district in Hanoi. [2] The restaurant's dining room has two areas, one of which is referred to as "the garden" and has hanging plants and paper lanterns. [3]

The Northern Vietnamese [4] menu includes phở chiên phồng (fried rice noodles with a light gravy) as well as Vân Đình-style grilled duck with glass noodles, chive flowers, daylilies, and bamboo consomme. The restaurant also serves the noodle dish bún chả. [3] Among pho varieties is one with roast duck leg. [5] The Lang Son-style pho has barbecue pork, pork tenderloin, pork belly, fried sweet potato, and chile sauce. [6] The charcuterie platter has pork hock, Vietnamese and lap xoung sausages, pate, floss made of shiitake, pickled morning glory, and cheche (a type of cheese). [7]

Drink options include cà phê trung (egg coffee), iced coconut coffee, and rượu, or distilled rice wines infused with ingredients such as apple, mulberry, or rose myrtle. [3] Cocktails include a gin fizz with calamansi juice and egg whites, and a mocktail callled the lime snow has been described as "a sweet and citrusy confection with lots of ice". [5] The Paper Bridge also serves smoothies with boba and jellies. [1]

History

The restaurant is co-owned by spouses Quynh Nguyen and Carlo Reinardy, who are also both chefs. [8] It opened on November 9, 2023, [9] in the space that previously housed Simpatica / La Luna cafe. [10] The Paper Bridge operates in a building that also houses Bar Casa Vale and Scotch Lodge. [3] For Lunar New Year in 2024, The Paper Bridge offered a special five-course dinner menu. [11] The business had specials for the holiday again in 2025. [12]

Reception

Nick Woo and Krista Garcia included The Paper Bridge in Eater Portland 's 2024 list of the city's seventeen "finest" Vietnamese restaurants. [8] Michael Russell included the clams in The Oregonian 's list of Portland's ten best dishes of 2024. [13]

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  2. ↑ Dinh, Elizabeth (October 16, 2024). "The Paper Bridge brings Hanoi flavors to Portland". KOIN.
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  5. 1 2 "The Paper Bridge Brings Northern Vietnamese Dishes to Light". Willamette Week. 2024-03-12. Archived from the original on 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
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  7. ↑ "Best Dishes the Eater Portland Team Ate This Week". Eater Portland. 2024-05-17. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
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