Thơm Portland, or simply Thơm, is a
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restaurant in
Portland, Oregon
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Description
Thơm (which means "smells good") is a
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restaurant in
northeast Portland
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Concordia neighborhood, specializing in
pho
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has described the restaurant, which has a seating capacity of 10, as "tiny" and "casual". She wrote, "The feel is of stepping into a hidden studio in a mid-century home—blonde wood everywhere, painterly shades of green, a trio of hanging Isamu Noguchi Akari light sculptures, and customized wood speakers, four of them, strategically placed around the room."
The menu has included Phở Bo (beef noodle), Phở Chay (vegan phở), Bún Thịt Nướng (barbecue pork noodles), and Cơm Gà (chicken and rice), vermicelli, and rice plates.
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History
Brothers Jimmy and Johnny Le opened Thơm in August 2021, in a space which previously housed The Big Egg and Sugar Cube.[
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Reception
In 2021, Michael Russell of ''The Oregonian
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'' called Thơm the "second-wave Vietnamese restaurant Portland has been waiting for".Brooke Jackson-Glidden
Brooke Jackson-Glidden is a food writer and the editor of '' Eater Portland''. In 2023, she received the Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award from the James Beard Foundation in part for her essay about Either/Or.
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included the restaurant in ''Eater Portland
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'''s 2022 overview of recommended eateries on Alberta.
See also
* List of Vietnamese restaurants
Following is a list of Vietnamese restaurants:
* An Xuyên Bakery, Portland, Oregon, U.S.
* Anh and Chi, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
* Annam VL, Portland, Oregon
* Ba Bar, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
* Bambū
* Berlu, Portland, Oregon
* ...
References
External links
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{{Restaurants in Portland, Oregon
2021 establishments in Oregon
Restaurants established in 2021
Restaurants in Concordia, Portland, Oregon
Vietnamese restaurants in Portland, Oregon