Han Oak is a restaurant serving

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's Kerns neighborhood, in the United States. Owned by chef Peter Cho and partner Sun Young Park, Han Oak was ''

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'' Restaurant of the Year in 2017.

History

Cho and Park opened Han Oak in 2016, in the Ocean building on Northeast Glisan. The restaurant was featured in the season two premiere of

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'' in 2022. In 2022, Han Oak re-opened after a nearly two-year closure, with a "reinvented" menu. Han Oak and Shake Shack partnered to host a pop-up in 2023, ahead of the chain's first restaurant in Portland.

Reception

In 2017, Han Oak was named Restaurant of the Year by ''

'' and '' Portland Monthly''. The business was included in ''

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'' magazine's 2021 list of 100 restaurant "America can't afford to lose". In 2023, Cho was one of 18 Portland industry professionals deemed "rising stars" by the restaurant resource and trade publication ''StarChefs''.

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