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 The restaurant's exterior, 2024 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | August 2010 |
| Food type | Scandinavian |
| City | Portland |
| State | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°31′00″N122°37′07″W / 45.5168°N 122.6185°W |
| Website | vikingsoulfood |
Viking Soul Food is a Scandinavian restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Viking Soul Food (VSF) is a Scandinavian [1] restaurant in southeast Portland's Woodstock neighborhood. Previously, the business operated from an Airstream trailer on Belmont Street, in the Bite On Belmont food cart pod in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood. [2]
In 2020, Christen McCurdy of Willamette Week said the Black-owned restaurant serves "Scandinavian-soul fusion" food, [3] and the Portland Mercury 's Robert Ham described the menu as "Nordic-inspired" comfort food. [4] The menu includes lefse (potato-based Norwegian flatbread) with meatballs with gravy or smoked salmon, dill, greens, and creme fraiche, as well as seafood chowder and lingonberry iced tea. [5]
Megan Walhood and Jeremy Daniels have operated VSF since August 2010. [5] [6] The restaurant appeared on season 32, episode 11 ("From Vikings to Wings") of the Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. [7] In 2014, the duo announced plans to close and sell the Airstream. [8]
Some VSF menu options are also available at the duo's food cart The Wild Hunt, which opened in 2016. [9] [10]
In 2022, owners announced plans to move to a brick and mortar restaurant in Woodstock, occupying the space which previously housed El Gallo Taqueria. [11] The restaurant opened on November 26. [12] In 2024, Walhood and Daniels confirmed plans to sell the 1958 Streamline trailer, and update the menu at the Woodstock restaurant. [13]
Nick Woo and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included VSF in Eater Portland 's 2021 guide to the city's "most outstanding" food carts. [5] Jackson-Glidden also included the smoked steelheadlefse in a 2024 overview of "iconic" Portland dishes. [14]
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