Davis Street Tavern, Portland
Thursday | 15 April 2010
Good news for COWHORN lovers in Portland, if you hit them on the right night, you’re likely to find us on the wine list the Davis Street Tavern. This writer will definitely be dropping by for dinner on a future trip to Ptown. Here’s what their local press have penned about them.
"Diners and drinkers have flocked to this window-wrapped Old Town bistro since it opened last year, and both menu and space are split between formal fine dining and top-tier pub offerings. Particularly on Friday and Saturday nights, when the restaurant’s “Tavern” front half stays open until 1 am, a convivial atmosphere fairly spills out the door; one gets the sense everyone is laughing and leaning in to clink glasses or swipe a bite from someone else’s plate."
—Willamette Week
"In the end, Davis Street Tavern proves you don't need to know from which farm's dirt your escarole has been plucked, or who fed the cows that provided the hangar steak—though surely the attentive, thoughtful, appropriately humble staff would be happy to tell you. Instead, why not turn off the conscience (and the critic), eat like you mean it, and walk to the car convinced you've had a good meal. After all, earnest, ethical perfection can be such tedious business."
—Portland Mercury
"A chef with true fine dining skills, Kapustka downplays his drool-inducing creation—“It’s pretty much just a hopped up bacon cheeseburger,” he says—but when all is said and done the Strip Loin Burger can easily take its place among the tastiest meat treats in town. And for a great meal on the cheap, the happy hour version can be had for just $6 (Mon–Sat, 4–6:30pm)."
—PDX Mag
"It handsomely preserves a piece of Portland's past, with sandblasted beams and pillars, original brick interior walls and acres of polished wood for a splendidly burnished effect."
—Oregonian
"But the real draw for budget-driven Portlanders has to be the delicious price paradox that Chef Gabriel Kapustka has created with his menus. Sure, he offers an upscale dinner menu with entrees that range from $14–$27."
—PDX Mag
"The good news is that the recently opened Davis Street Tavern, at NW Fifth Avenue, qualifies as a place that serves up the requisite locally grown produce in a roomy pub setting."
—Portland Monthly
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