Hoda's

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Hoda's
Restaurant information
Food type
Street address3401 Southeast Belmont Street
City Portland
County Multnomah
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97214
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°30′59″N122°37′46″W / 45.5165°N 122.6294°W / 45.5165; -122.6294

Hoda's (sometimes Hoda's Lebanese Restaurant, [1] Hoda's Middle Eastern Cuisine, [2] or Hoda's Middle Eastern Restaurant) [3] is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

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Description

Hoda's is a family-owned Lebanese restaurant and catering service on Belmont Street in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood. [4] [5] The menu includes shawarma, pizzas, spinach pies, breads, baba ghanoush, and hummus. [6]

History

Interior of the original restaurant Hoda's Lebanese Restaurant, SE Portland, Oregon (2021) - 4.jpg
Interior of the original restaurant

The business is owned by spouses Hani and Hoda Khouri, [1] who opened the original restaurant in 1999. [7] The Khouris, who are Catholic, received "several menacing anti-Muslim/Arab" phone calls at the restaurant following the September 11 attacks (2001). [1]

In 2010, Hoda's filed a liquor license application and secured a location for a second restaurant in northeast Portland. [8] The second restaurant, called Hoda's Middle Eastern Cuisine, opened in early 2011 and closed in 2014. [4] [9]

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hoda's served family meals via takeout and delivery while the dining room was closed; the menu included Kabob dinners, sandwiches, and lamb legs. [5] Hoda Khouri also supported closing Belmont to allow more outdoor seating during the pandemic. [3]

Reception

In 2015, Eater Portland 's Danielle Centoni called Hoda's one of the city's best Lebanese restaurants. [10]

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