Akadi is a
Black-owned,
West African
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restaurant in
Portland, Oregon
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. Fatou Ouattara is the chef and owner.
Description
The menu specializes in cuisine from
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
and the
Ivory Coast, and has seafood and vegetarian options.
Options include
fried plantains, plantain
fufu
Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou ) is a dough-like food found in West African cuisine. In addition to Ghana, it is also found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, t ...
, and
stews.
History
Akadi originally operated at 3601 Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the
Boise
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neighborhood. During the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, business had declined by 50 percent, as of July 2020.
In December 2020, Ouattara confirmed plans to close temporarily on December 31.
Akadi reopened in
southeast Portland's
Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood in May 2022, along with its sister business, House of Flavor.
Reception
In 2018, Akadi was named one of Portland’s Best New Restaurants by ''
Portland Monthly
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''.
In 2019, Michael Russell included Akadi in ''
The Oregonian
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'' list of the city's 10 best new restaurants.
In 2020, ''
Eater Portland
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'' Brooke Jackson-Glidden said the Attieke Poisson Braisé was "one of the top dishes in Northeast Portland" and also recommended the goat pepper soup and mafe.
See also
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List of African restaurants
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List of Black-owned restaurants
References
External links
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Akadi PDXat
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