| Jojo | |
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 Exterior of the Pearl District location, 2022 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Owner(s) | Justin Hintze |
| City | Portland |
| State | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°29′47″N122°37′36″W / 45.4965°N 122.6268°W |
| Website | jojopdx |
Jojo (also known as Jojo Food Truck and Jojo PDX) is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon. [1] [2] Established by Justin Hintze in 2018, the business operates in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood and northwest Portland's Pearl District.
Jojo operates from a food cart in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood and a brick and mortar space in northwest Portland's Pearl District. [3] The business specializes in fried chicken sandwiches. [4] The menu has also included biscuits and gravy and milkshakes. [5]
Justin Hintze, a former real estate agent, [4] opened Jojo in Sellwood in October 2018. [6] The food cart relocated to a pod on Southwest Powell in 2019. [6] Jojo became known for its social media posts in 2019. [7] In late 2019, Jojo and Vietnamese cart Matta collaborated to launch Chơi Luôn, a restaurant within the cocktail bar Lulu. [8]
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jojo offered free meals to children, restaurant workers, [9] [10] and hospital workers. [11] In April, when Jojo reopened after a temporary closure, the business offered free sandwiches to all who asked. [12]
In 2021, Hintze confirmed plans to open a sibling brick and mortar restaurant in the Pearl District. [13] [14] The restaurant opened on September 15, 2022. [15] [16] [17]
In 2019, Jojo was a Food Cart of the Year finalist in Eater Portland 's Eater Awards. The website's Brooke Jackson-Glidden wrote, "Jojo stands out as a Portland icon for its social media alone, but luckily this Creston-Kenilworth cart’s hulking fried chicken sandwiches are similarly obsession-inducing. Owner Justin Hintze doesn’t hold back with spice, sauce, or smoke, topping chicken with potato salad and sambal mayo on a crisped bun, with a side of crispy-crackly jojos for gut-busting good measure." [18]
In 2020, Nick Woo and Alex Frane included Jojo in the website's lists of "14 Outstanding Fried Chicken Sandwiches in Portland" and "14 Excellent Sandwich Shops to Try in Portland", respectively. [19] Jojo was included in several additional Eater Portland lists in 2021, including Woo and Nick Townsend's "14 Real-Deal Fried Chicken Spots in Portland", [20] Krista Garcia's "10 Chicken-and-Jojo Champs in Portland", [21] Woo and Jackson-Glidden's "15 Outstanding Portland Food Carts", [22] Daniel Barnett and Garcia's "17 Mind-Blowing Burgers in Portland and Beyond", [23] and Jackson-Glidden's "The 38 Essential Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland". [24] In 2023, Nathan Williams included Jojo in an overview of "where to eat and drink" in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood, [25] and Waz Wu included the business in an overview of "Where to Find Top-Notch Vegan Burgers in Portland". [26]
Portland Monthly included Jojo in a 2021 overview of "The Best Fried Chicken in Portland". [27] Michael Russell included the restaurant in The Oregonian 's 2023 list of Portland's ten best new brunches. [28]
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