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'''Fenouil''' is a defunct [[French cuisine|French]] restaurant in [[Portland, Oregon]]. The business operated from 2005 to 2011. |
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'''Fenouil''' was a [[French cuisine|French]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dresbeck |first=Rachel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfLNLhNfQioC&dq=Fenouil+portland&pg=PA65 |title=Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon, 7th |date=2011-03-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-7627-7477-7 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218223245/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfLNLhNfQioC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA65&dq=Fenouil+portland&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Pacific Northwest cuisine|Pacific Northwest]] restaurant in [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-06-24 |title=Fenouil |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/diner-2010/2010/06/fenouil.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218230159/https://www.oregonlive.com/diner-2010/2010/06/fenouil.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The business operated from 2005 to 2011. |
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== Description == |
== Description == |
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Grant Butler of ''[[The Oregonian]]'' described Fenouil as an "enormous", two-story [[French cuisine|French]] restaurant next to [[Jamison Square]] in [[Northwest Portland, Oregon|northwest Portland]]'s [[Pearl District, Portland, Oregon|Pearl District]].<ref name="Butler">{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Grant |date=2017-01-01 |title=Tasty memories: 97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2016/12/tasty_memories_97_long-gone_po.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |language=en |archive-date=2020-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228051534/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2016/12/tasty_memories_97_long-gone_po.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Eater (website)|Eater Portland]]''{{'s}} Erin DeJesus described the restaurant as a "French-meets-contemporary-[[Pacific Northwest cuisine|Northwest]] spot".<ref name="Quits">{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=2011-04-01 |title=Pearl District's Fenouil Calls it Quits, to Shutter this Sunday |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2011/4/1/6689105/pearl-districts-fenouil-calls-it-quits-to-shutter-this-sunday |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2017-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508232801/https://pdx.eater.com/2011/4/1/6689105/pearl-districts-fenouil-calls-it-quits-to-shutter-this-sunday |url-status=live }}</ref> |
Grant Butler of ''[[The Oregonian]]'' described Fenouil as an "enormous", two-story [[French cuisine|French]] restaurant next to [[Jamison Square]] in [[Northwest Portland, Oregon|northwest Portland]]'s [[Pearl District, Portland, Oregon|Pearl District]].<ref name="Butler">{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Grant |date=2017-01-01 |title=Tasty memories: 97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2016/12/tasty_memories_97_long-gone_po.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |language=en |archive-date=2020-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228051534/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2016/12/tasty_memories_97_long-gone_po.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Willamette Week]]'' said the restaurant had "coveted see-and-be-seen" patio seating and three "cozy" fireplaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Our 100-plus Favorite Restaurants (A-G) |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-6162-our-100-plus-favorite-restaurants-a-g.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Willamette Week |date=18 October 2006 |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218042347/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-6162-our-100-plus-favorite-restaurants-a-g.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Eater (website)|Eater Portland]]''{{'s}} Erin DeJesus described the restaurant as a "French-meets-contemporary-[[Pacific Northwest cuisine|Northwest]] spot".<ref name="Quits">{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=2011-04-01 |title=Pearl District's Fenouil Calls it Quits, to Shutter this Sunday |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2011/4/1/6689105/pearl-districts-fenouil-calls-it-quits-to-shutter-this-sunday |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2017-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508232801/https://pdx.eater.com/2011/4/1/6689105/pearl-districts-fenouil-calls-it-quits-to-shutter-this-sunday |url-status=live }}</ref> Fenouil has also been described as an "upscale dining concept".<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Hinton |first=Marc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Ot2CQAAQBAJ&dq=fenouil+portland&pg=PT233 |title=A History of Pacific Northwest Cuisine: Mastodons to Molecular Gastronomy |date=2019-10-28 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-62584-658-7 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218223726/https://books.google.com/books?id=3Ot2CQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT233&dq=fenouil+portland&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The menu included [[Snails as food|escargots]], [[frog legs]], and wild boar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teaching Taste |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2009/05/teaching-taste |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218040645/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2009/05/teaching-taste |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', the "sleek" Fenouil served "brasserie classics" like roast duck with Armagnac prunes and steak frites, pumpkin and mushroom gnocchi, and lobster beignets.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Laskin |first=David |date=2007-04-15 |title=36 Hours in Portland, Ore. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/travel/15hours.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218230159/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/travel/15hours.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The 220-seat<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2012-03-02 |title=Davis Street Tavern group takes over former Fenouil space |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2012/03/davis_street_tavern_group_take.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218230602/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2012/03/davis_street_tavern_group_take.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=2012-03-02 |title=Davis St. Tavern Team Opening jamison in Fenouil Space |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2012/3/2/6608853/davis-st-tavern-team-opening-jamison-in-fenouil-space |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218230602/https://pdx.eater.com/2012/3/2/6608853/davis-st-tavern-team-opening-jamison-in-fenouil-space |url-status=live }}</ref> restaurant served [[Pacific Northwest cuisine]], as of 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-05-07 |title=Restaurant review: Revitalized Fenouil a feast for the eyes and the palate |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2010/05/restaurant_review_revitalized.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415152647/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2010/05/restaurant_review_revitalized.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy Hour of the Week: Fenouil |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2011/01/january-12-fenouil |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217232158/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2011/01/january-12-fenouil |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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[[Fodor's]] said, "The large stone fireplace, expansive bar, bistro menu, and widely revered spring-onion soup are a few of the reasons patrons keep coming back to this warm and elegant two-story restaurant. Notable entrée choices vary by season, but two reliable crowd pleasers are the grilled Kobe sirloin and the wood-fired duck breast with Armagnac-soaked prunes. There's live music on Friday nights. At the end of each month the chef creates an all-inclusive "regional dinner" that explores foods from a unique culinary region."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fenouil Review - Portland Oregon - Restaurant {{!}} Fodor's Travel |url=https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/oregon/portland/restaurants/reviews/fenouil-433625 |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=[[Fodor's]] |archive-date=2022-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415153539/https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/oregon/portland/restaurants/reviews/fenouil-433625 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Fenouil operated from 2005 to 2011.<ref name="Quits" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tepler |first=Benjamin |date=2011-04-05 |title=Au Revoir, Fenouil |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2011/04/au-revoir-fenouil-april-2011 |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925124703/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2011/04/au-revoir-fenouil-april-2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Culverwell |first=Wendy |date=April 1, 2011 |title=Dussins pull plug on Fenouil |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2011/04/dussins-pull-plug-on-fenouil.html |journal=Portland Business Journal |access-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-date=April 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404130341/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2011/04/dussins-pull-plug-on-fenouil.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The restaurant was owned by Chris and Tyanne Dussin (Dussin Group).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2008-12-10 |title=Restaurant review: Lucier |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2008/12/restaurant_review_lucier.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2021-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118224659/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2008/12/restaurant_review_lucier.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Pascal Chureau]] was the opening chef.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2011-04-02 |title=Fenouil restaurant in Pearl District to close Sunday, the Dussin Group announces |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2011/04/fenouil_restaurant_in_pearl_di.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415152928/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2011/04/fenouil_restaurant_in_pearl_di.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He left in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beck |first=Byron |date=2010-01-15 |title=Fenouil's Chef Pascal Chureau Moving On to New Project |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2010/1/15/6746861/fenouils-chef-pascal-chureau-moving-on-to-new-project |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |authorlink=Byron Beck (blogger) |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218040645/https://pdx.eater.com/2010/1/15/6746861/fenouils-chef-pascal-chureau-moving-on-to-new-project |url-status=live }}</ref> Jake Martin became executive chef effective February 15.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-01-21 |title=Two high-profile restaurants refire: Lucier and Fenouil on the rise |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2010/01/high-profile_restaurants_refir.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218040639/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2010/01/high-profile_restaurants_refir.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2015-01-23 |title=The Fireside restaurant in NW Portland is missing a spark (review) |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/01/the_fireside_restaurant_in_nw.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218222551/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/01/the_fireside_restaurant_in_nw.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Kristen D. Murray, described by Michael Russell of ''[[The Oregonian]]'' as one of city's "top" [[pastry chef]]s, worked at the restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2014-07-24 |title=Maurice, a pleasing pastry oasis in downtown Portland (review) |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2014/07/maurice_portland_review_desser.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2020-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309213946/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2014/07/maurice_portland_review_desser.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ken Forkish]] developed a raisin-pecan bread to accompany the restaurant's cheese plate.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Forkish |first=Ken |authorlink=Ken Forkish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5TyEEAAAQBAJ&dq=fenouil+portland&pg=PA125 |title=Evolutions in Bread: Artisan Pan Breads and Dutch-Oven Loaves at Home [A baking book] |date=2022-09-20 |publisher=Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed |isbn=978-1-9848-6037-8 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218223725/https://books.google.com/books?id=5TyEEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA125&dq=fenouil%20portland&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Molly Hottle of ''[[The Oregonian]]'' attributed the restaurant's closure to the economy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hottle |first=Molly |date=2011-04-04 |title=Northwest Portland roundup: Fenouil shuttered, filmmaker tracks pelican, First Thursday event for earthquake relief |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2011/04/northwest_portland_roundup_fen.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218230547/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2011/04/northwest_portland_roundup_fen.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
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In 2006, writers for ''Willamette Week'' appreciated the menu but said the restaurant "feels more like a shiny-new Bridgeport Village suburban eatery than an authentic French restaurant".<ref name=":0" /> ''Moon Oregon'' (2007) said Fenouil was "simultaneously flamboyant and studied", and "visually one of the most impressive" restaurants in the city.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Elizabeth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xEA_1nkxcAC&dq=fenouil+portland&pg=PA89 |title=Moon Oregon |last2=Morris |first2=Mark |last3=Jewell |first3=Judy |last4=McRae |first4=W. C. |date=2007-02-26 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-1-56691-930-2 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218224205/https://books.google.com/books?id=-xEA_1nkxcAC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA89&dq=fenouil%20portland&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, the newspaper's Deeda Schroeder said "the kitchen has no problem consistently turning out beautiful food. Whether it's a Saturday dinner or a late workday lunch, there's no question the cooks have what it takes to create tiny, work-of-art eats".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Small Wonders |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-12394-small-wonders.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Willamette Week |last=Schroeder |first=Deeda |date=2010-08-31 |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218042346/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-12394-small-wonders.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Grant Butler included Fenouil in ''The Oregonian''{{'s}} 2016 list of "97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around".<ref name="Butler" /> |
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The restaurant was rated three and a half out of four stars in the eighth edition of ''Best Places: Portland'' (2010),<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gottberg |first1=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryVPBAAAQBAJ&dq=Fenouil+portland&pg=PT141 |title=Best Places: Portland, 8th Edition |last2=Lopeman |first2=Elizabeth |date=2010-06-01 |publisher=Sasquatch Books |isbn=978-1-57061-699-0 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218222915/https://books.google.com/books?id=ryVPBAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT141&dq=Fenouil+portland&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> and three out of three stars in the seventeenth edition of ''Best Places Northwest'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ostgarden |first=Jo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lilPBAAAQBAJ&dq=fenouil+portland&pg=PT38 |title=Best Places Northwest, 17th Edition |date=2010-08-03 |publisher=Sasquatch Books |isbn=978-1-57061-735-5 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218223938/https://books.google.com/books?id=lilPBAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT38&dq=fenouil+portland&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Fodor's Oregon'' (2011) says "Popular destinations like [[Bluehour]], Fenouil, and [[Andina (restaurant)|Andina]] have cemented the reputation of Northwest Portland's Pearl District as a restaurant hot spot."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moker |first=Molly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0EbOfjOH0BoC&dq=Fenouil+portland&pg=PA30 |title=Fodor's Oregon |date=2011 |publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications |isbn=978-1-4000-0511-6 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218223244/https://books.google.com/books?id=0EbOfjOH0BoC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA30&dq=Fenouil+portland&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> Grant Butler included Fenouil in ''The Oregonian''{{'s}} 2016 list of "97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around".<ref name="Butler" /> In 2016, Michael C. Zusman of ''[[Willamette Week]]'' said the "fancy, Francophonic Fenouil flopped".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pearl's Hairy Lobster Is a Mess of Gold Leaf Dessert and Lobster Cubano |url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2016/05/24/the-pearls-hairy-lobster-is-a-mess-of-gold-leaf-dessert-and-lobster-cubano/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Willamette Week |last=Zusman |first=Michael C. |date=24 May 2016 |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218222552/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2016/05/24/the-pearls-hairy-lobster-is-a-mess-of-gold-leaf-dessert-and-lobster-cubano/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Allecia Vermillion of the ''[[Seattle Metropolitan]]'' called the restaurant "late" and "lovely" in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vermillion |first=Allecia |date=2018-07-17 |title=Petite Galerie Revives the Dining of Bygone Days |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2018/07/petite-galerie-revives-the-dining-of-bygone-days |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=[[Seattle Metropolitan]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218222552/https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2018/07/petite-galerie-revives-the-dining-of-bygone-days |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Fenouil | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 2005 |
Closed | 2011 |
Food type | |
Street address | 900 Northwest 11th Avenue |
City | Portland |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97209 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°31′46″N 122°40′56″W / 45.52944°N 122.68222°W |
Fenouil was a French[1] and Pacific Northwest restaurant in Portland, Oregon.[2] The business operated from 2005 to 2011.
Description
[edit]Grant Butler of The Oregonian described Fenouil as an "enormous", two-story French restaurant next to Jamison Square in northwest Portland's Pearl District.[3] Willamette Week said the restaurant had "coveted see-and-be-seen" patio seating and three "cozy" fireplaces.[4] Eater Portland's Erin DeJesus described the restaurant as a "French-meets-contemporary-Northwest spot".[5] Fenouil has also been described as an "upscale dining concept".[6]
The menu included escargots, frog legs, and wild boar.[7] According to The New York Times, the "sleek" Fenouil served "brasserie classics" like roast duck with Armagnac prunes and steak frites, pumpkin and mushroom gnocchi, and lobster beignets.[8] The 220-seat[9][10] restaurant served Pacific Northwest cuisine, as of 2010.[11][12]
Fodor's said, "The large stone fireplace, expansive bar, bistro menu, and widely revered spring-onion soup are a few of the reasons patrons keep coming back to this warm and elegant two-story restaurant. Notable entrée choices vary by season, but two reliable crowd pleasers are the grilled Kobe sirloin and the wood-fired duck breast with Armagnac-soaked prunes. There's live music on Friday nights. At the end of each month the chef creates an all-inclusive "regional dinner" that explores foods from a unique culinary region."[13]
History
[edit]Fenouil operated from 2005 to 2011.[5][14][15] The restaurant was owned by Chris and Tyanne Dussin (Dussin Group).[6][16] Pascal Chureau was the opening chef.[17] He left in 2010.[18] Jake Martin became executive chef effective February 15.[19][20] Kristen D. Murray, described by Michael Russell of The Oregonian as one of city's "top" pastry chefs, worked at the restaurant.[21] Ken Forkish developed a raisin-pecan bread to accompany the restaurant's cheese plate.[22]
Molly Hottle of The Oregonian attributed the restaurant's closure to the economy.[23]
Reception
[edit]In 2006, writers for Willamette Week appreciated the menu but said the restaurant "feels more like a shiny-new Bridgeport Village suburban eatery than an authentic French restaurant".[4] Moon Oregon (2007) said Fenouil was "simultaneously flamboyant and studied", and "visually one of the most impressive" restaurants in the city.[24] In 2010, the newspaper's Deeda Schroeder said "the kitchen has no problem consistently turning out beautiful food. Whether it's a Saturday dinner or a late workday lunch, there's no question the cooks have what it takes to create tiny, work-of-art eats".[25]
The restaurant was rated three and a half out of four stars in the eighth edition of Best Places: Portland (2010),[26] and three out of three stars in the seventeenth edition of Best Places Northwest (2010).[27] Fodor's Oregon (2011) says "Popular destinations like Bluehour, Fenouil, and Andina have cemented the reputation of Northwest Portland's Pearl District as a restaurant hot spot."[28] Grant Butler included Fenouil in The Oregonian's 2016 list of "97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around".[3] In 2016, Michael C. Zusman of Willamette Week said the "fancy, Francophonic Fenouil flopped".[29] Allecia Vermillion of the Seattle Metropolitan called the restaurant "late" and "lovely" in 2018.[30]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dresbeck, Rachel (2011-03-01). Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon, 7th. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7627-7477-7. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Fenouil". The Oregonian. 2010-06-24. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ a b Butler, Grant (2017-01-01). "Tasty memories: 97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ a b "Our 100-plus Favorite Restaurants (A-G)". Willamette Week. 18 October 2006. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ a b DeJesus, Erin (2011-04-01). "Pearl District's Fenouil Calls it Quits, to Shutter this Sunday". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ a b Hinton, Marc (2019-10-28). A History of Pacific Northwest Cuisine: Mastodons to Molecular Gastronomy. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62584-658-7. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Teaching Taste". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Laskin, David (2007-04-15). "36 Hours in Portland, Ore". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Russell, Michael (2012-03-02). "Davis Street Tavern group takes over former Fenouil space". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ DeJesus, Erin (2012-03-02). "Davis St. Tavern Team Opening jamison in Fenouil Space". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Restaurant review: Revitalized Fenouil a feast for the eyes and the palate". The Oregonian. 2010-05-07. Archived from the original on 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ "Happy Hour of the Week: Fenouil". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Fenouil Review - Portland Oregon - Restaurant | Fodor's Travel". Fodor's. Archived from the original on 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ Tepler, Benjamin (2011-04-05). "Au Revoir, Fenouil". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ Culverwell, Wendy (April 1, 2011). "Dussins pull plug on Fenouil". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
- ^ "Restaurant review: Lucier". The Oregonian. 2008-12-10. Archived from the original on 2021-11-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Russell, Michael (2011-04-02). "Fenouil restaurant in Pearl District to close Sunday, the Dussin Group announces". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ Beck, Byron (2010-01-15). "Fenouil's Chef Pascal Chureau Moving On to New Project". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Two high-profile restaurants refire: Lucier and Fenouil on the rise". The Oregonian. 2010-01-21. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Russell, Michael (2015-01-23). "The Fireside restaurant in NW Portland is missing a spark (review)". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Russell, Michael (2014-07-24). "Maurice, a pleasing pastry oasis in downtown Portland (review)". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Forkish, Ken (2022-09-20). Evolutions in Bread: Artisan Pan Breads and Dutch-Oven Loaves at Home [A baking book]. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN 978-1-9848-6037-8. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Hottle, Molly (2011-04-04). "Northwest Portland roundup: Fenouil shuttered, filmmaker tracks pelican, First Thursday event for earthquake relief". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Morris, Elizabeth; Morris, Mark; Jewell, Judy; McRae, W. C. (2007-02-26). Moon Oregon. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56691-930-2. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Schroeder, Deeda (2010-08-31). "Small Wonders". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Gottberg, John; Lopeman, Elizabeth (2010-06-01). Best Places: Portland, 8th Edition. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-699-0. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Ostgarden, Jo (2010-08-03). Best Places Northwest, 17th Edition. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-735-5. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Moker, Molly (2011). Fodor's Oregon. Fodor's Travel Publications. ISBN 978-1-4000-0511-6. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Zusman, Michael C. (24 May 2016). "The Pearl's Hairy Lobster Is a Mess of Gold Leaf Dessert and Lobster Cubano". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2018-07-17). "Petite Galerie Revives the Dining of Bygone Days". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
External links
[edit]- 2005 establishments in Oregon
- 2011 disestablishments in Oregon
- Defunct French restaurants in Portland, Oregon
- Defunct Pacific Northwest restaurants in Oregon
- Defunct restaurants in Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
- Restaurants disestablished in 2011
- Restaurants established in 2005
- Pacific Northwest restaurants in Portland, Oregon