Fenouil
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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. The business operated from 2005 to 2011.
Description
Grant Butler of The Oregonian described Fenouil as an "enormous", two-story French restaurant next to Jamison Square in northwest Portland's Pearl District.[2] Willamette Week said the restaurant had "coveted see-and-be-seen" patio seating and three "cozy" fireplaces.[3] Eater Portland's Erin DeJesus described the restaurant as a "French-meets-contemporary-Northwest spot".[4] Fenouil has also been described as an "upscale dining concept".[5] The menu included escargots, frog legs, and wild boar.[6] The restaurant served Pacific Northwest cuisine, as of 2010.[7]
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."[8]
History
Fenouil operated from 2005 to 2011.[4][9][10] The restaurant was owned by Chris and Tyanne Dussin (Dussin Group).[5][11] Pascal Chureau was the opening chef.[12] He left in 2010.[13] Jake Martin became executive chef effective February 15.[14][15] Kristen D. Murray, described by Michael Russell of The Oregonian as one of city's "top" pastry chefs, worked at the restaurant.[16] Ken Forkish developed a raisin-pecan bread to accompany the restaurant's cheese plate.[17]
Reception
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 restauran".[3] Moon Oregon (2007) said Fenouil was "simultaneously flamboyant and studied", and "visually one of the most impressive" restaurants in the city.[18] 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".[19]
The restaurant was rated three and a half out of four stars in the eighth edition of Best Places: Portland (2010),[20] and three out of three stars in the seventeenth edition of Best Places Northwest (2010).[21] 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."[22] Grant Butler included Fenouil in The Oregonian's 2016 list of "97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around".[2] In 2016, Michael C. Zusman of Willamette Week said the "fancy, Francophonic Fenouil flopped".[23] Allecia Vermillion of the Seattle Metropolitan called the restaurant "late" and "lovely" in 2018.[24]
See also
References
- ^ Dresbeck, Rachel (2011-03-01). Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon, 7th. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7627-7477-7.
- ^ 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. 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.
- ^ "Teaching Taste". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Restaurant review: Revitalized Fenouil a feast for the eyes and the palate". The Oregonian. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ "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. 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. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Two high-profile restaurants refire: Lucier and Fenouil on the rise". The Oregonian. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Russell, Michael (2015-01-23). "The Fireside restaurant in NW Portland is missing a spark (review)". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Russell, Michael (2014-07-24). "Maurice, a pleasing pastry oasis in downtown Portland (review)". The Oregonian. 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.
- ^ Morris, Elizabeth; Morris, Mark; Jewell, Judy; McRae, W. C. (2007-02-26). Moon Oregon. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56691-930-2.
- ^ "Small Wonders". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Gottberg, John; Lopeman, Elizabeth (2010-06-01). Best Places: Portland, 8th Edition. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-699-0.
- ^ Ostgarden, Jo (2010-08-03). Best Places Northwest, 17th Edition. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-735-5.
- ^ Moker, Molly (2011). Fodor's Oregon. Fodor's Travel Publications. ISBN 978-1-4000-0511-6.
- ^ "The Pearl's Hairy Lobster Is a Mess of Gold Leaf Dessert and Lobster Cubano". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Petite Galerie Revives the Dining of Bygone Days". Seattle Metropolitan. Retrieved 2022-12-18.