Clarklewis is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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| Street address | 1001 Southeast Water Avenue |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′55″N 122°39′58″W / 45.5152°N 122.6660°W |
| Website | clarklewispdx |
Description
Clarklewis serves Italian-inspired Pacific Northwest cuisine in an industrial space in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood.[2] The menu has included Cortez Bay scallop ceviche, Pacific halibut with pancetta, chicken and Mulino Marino polenta, and orecchiette with gold potatoes, green beans, and pesto, among other pasta dishes.[3] The restaurant has used meat from the bison ranch Rain Shadow El Rancho in Scio, Oregon.[4]
History
Michael and Naomi Hebberoy were co-owners, as of 2005.[5] Morgan Brownlow was a chef.[6][7] Daniel Mattern and Roxana Jullapat were chefs during 2007–2008.[8] Kyo Koo has the sous chef for three years, as of 2011.[9] Dolan Lane was a chef as during 2011–2012,[10][11] and became chef of Bluehour in January 2013.[12] Lane has also been credited as a co-owner of Clarklewis via Bruce Carey's restaurant group,[13] from which he departed in 2014.[14]
In 2018, sous-chef Brandon Stein replaced chef Alex Diestra and Brandi Lansill was hired as the pastry chef.[15]
Clarklewis added the private dining space, called The Kindling Room, in 2010.[16] The restaurant hosts an annual outdoor Independence Day celebration ("Outdoor American Dinner and Fireworks Party").[17] In 2014, a woman filed a lawsuit again the restaurant after tripping over a wooden stump used as a doorstop.[18] Clarklewis installed a nearby rooftop garden for produce production in 2015.[19]
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