Clyde's Prime Rib is a
steakhouse
A steakhouse, steak house, or chophouse is a restaurant that specializes in steaks and chops. Modern steakhouses may also carry other cuts of meat including poultry, roast prime rib, and veal, as well as fish and other seafood.
History
Choph ...
in
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
, United States.
Description
Clyde's Prime Rib is a castle-themed
steakhouse
A steakhouse, steak house, or chophouse is a restaurant that specializes in steaks and chops. Modern steakhouses may also carry other cuts of meat including poultry, roast prime rib, and veal, as well as fish and other seafood.
History
Choph ...
with a dark dining room, located on Sandy Boulevard in
northeast Portland
Northeast Portland is one of the six major divisions of Portland, Oregon.
Northeast Portland contains a diverse collection of neighborhoods. For example, while Irvington and the Alameda Ridge feature some of the oldest and most expensive homes i ...
's
Rose City Park neighborhood.
The interior features chandeliers, red banquettes, and wood paneling.
The menu includes prime rib, country-friend steak, steak bites,
Cobb salad
The Cobb salad is an American garden salad typically made with chopped salad greens (authentically romaine lettuce), tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, chives, blue cheese (often Roquefort; some versions use other cheeses ...
,
French onion soup
French onion soup ( ) is a soup of onions, gently fried and then cooked in meat stock or water, usually served gratinéed with croutons or a larger piece of bread covered with cheese floating on top. Onion soups were known in France since med ...
, and prime rib soup. Sides include potato, jus, and seasonal vegetables.
As of 2016, Clyde's offered a half-pound prime rib plate for $15 on Sundays. In 2018, the restaurant's most expensive steak was a 16 oz. ribeye for $36. The restaurant hosts live jazz.
History
Established in 1954,
Clyde's is among Portland's oldest restaurants. The business was
Black-owned, as of 2015. Alex Bond purchased the restaurant from Clyde Jenkins in 2015.
Reception
Erin DeJesus included the restaurant's prime rib in
''Eater Portland'''s 2014 list of "18 of Portland's Iconic Meat Dishes", in which she described Clyde's as "hilariously old-school".
Michael Russell included Clyde's in
The Oregonian
''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the West Coast of the United States, U.S. West Coast, founded as a weekly by Tho ...
's 2017 list of Portland's ten best steakhouses. He also included Clyde's in the newspaper's 2018 list of "Northeast and North Portland's 40 best restaurants". Daniel Barnett and Krista Garcia included the Lounge Burger in ''Eater Portland''
's list of "17 Mind-Blowing Burgers in Portland and Beyond".
See also
*
List of steakhouses
The following is an incomplete list of notable steakhouses.
Chain restaurant steakhouses
North America
* Black Angus
* Bonanza Steakhouse
* Capa, Orlando, Florida
* The Capital Grille
* Charlie Brown's Steakhouse
* Claim Jumper
* D' La ...
References
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{{Rose City Park, Portland, Oregon
1954 establishments in Oregon
Restaurants established in 1954
Restaurants in Rose City Park, Portland, Oregon
Steakhouses in Portland, Oregon