Coquine
{{Short description|Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}
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| established = {{Start date|2015|07|16}}
| current-owner = Katy Millard and Ksandek Podbielski
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| food-type = French,{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Suzette |date=February 2, 2021 |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2021/02/02/31562549/takeout-club-find-cookies-for-your-lover-at-courier-coffee-and-coquine|title = Takeout Club: Find Cookies for Your Lover at Courier Coffee and Coquine |website=Portland Mercury}} with Japanese and Southern influences
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| street-address = 6839 Southeast Belmont Street
| city = Portland
| county = Multnomah
| state = Oregon
| zip = 97215
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Coquine is a restaurant located in the Mount Tabor neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. The restaurant serves French-inspired food made from ingredients purchased from local farms as well as Stumptown Coffee.{{cite news |last1=Danko |first1=Pete |title=A new, more entrepreneurial farmer is taking root in Oregon |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2018/10/11/a-new-more-entrepreneurial-farmer-is-taking-root.html |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Portland Business Journal |date=October 11, 2018 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511222349/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2018/10/11/a-new-more-entrepreneurial-farmer-is-taking-root.html |url-status=live }}
History
Co-owner Katy Millard was born in Rhodesia to an American father and Portuguese mother, but the family left during the uprising when the country became Zimbabwe, settling in Mobile, Alabama. As a child, she would make six-hour pasta dishes with her father. Later, Millard worked in restaurants in Mobile and in East Lansing, Michigan. After finishing college, Millard decided to spend two months backpacking Europe. On the trip, her father took her to the Guy Savoy restaurant, where she had a meal that "changed her life." Millard returned to the restaurant the next day where she met Guy Savoy and gave him her resume. Savoy hired Millard to work at one of his satellite bistros, where she worked for five years. Later, she worked for Daniel Patterson at Coi in San Francisco and helped him open Plum, his restaurant in Oakland, California. Millard's husband and co-owner, Ksandek Podbielski was also born in a small town in West Germany where his mother was a school teacher and his father was serving in the United States Army. He later returned to the United States, eventually moving to Oregon and working at a vineyard, where he managed the winery's hospitality department. Podbielski soon began working in restaurants as well.
In 2012, Millard and Podbielski started a pop-up restaurant series called the Coquine Supper Club at Dancing Roots Farm in Troutdale, Oregon, wineries, and special events.{{cite news |title=Inspired French Coquine Readies July Debut |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2015/6/26/8852971/coquine-new-restaurant-open-July-portland |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=June 26, 2015 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603131955/https://pdx.eater.com/2015/6/26/8852971/coquine-new-restaurant-open-July-portland |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Centoni |first1=Danielle |title=Coquine Supper Club Finds Permanent Home on SE Belmont |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2015/3/10/8187021/coquine-supper-club-finds-permanent-home-on-se-belmont |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=March 10, 2015 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603104545/https://pdx.eater.com/2015/3/10/8187021/coquine-supper-club-finds-permanent-home-on-se-belmont |url-status=live }} Millard and Podbielski opened Coquine in July 2015 serving only dinner and expecting to operate primarily as a coffee shop.{{cite news |last1=Bamman |first1=Mattie John |title=One Year In: Coquine Shares Its Wild Ride to Success |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2016/7/21/12248800/one-year-in-coquine-shares-its-wild-success-story |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=July 21, 2016 |archive-date=13 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113022825/https://pdx.eater.com/2016/7/21/12248800/one-year-in-coquine-shares-its-wild-success-story |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Chad |title=Look Inside Coquine, Now Open In Mt. Tabor |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2015/7/17/8992315/coquine-now-open-mt-tabor#0 |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=July 17, 2015 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603190809/https://pdx.eater.com/2015/7/17/8992315/coquine-now-open-mt-tabor |url-status=live }} On August 7, 2015, Coquine began serving counter service lunch and breakfast.{{cite news |last1=Bamman |first1=Mattie John |title=Coquine Now Rocking Breakfast And Lunch |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2015/8/6/9114181/coquine-new-hours-breakfast-and-lunch-portland |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=August 6, 2015 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603115356/https://pdx.eater.com/2015/8/6/9114181/coquine-new-hours-breakfast-and-lunch-portland |url-status=live }}
In July 2017, Coquine began serving full service lunch.{{cite news |last1=Bamman |first1=Mattie John |title=Coquine Inaugurates Full-Service Lunch |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2017/7/25/16025682/coquine-restaurant-new-lunch-portland |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=July 25, 2017 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603130152/https://pdx.eater.com/2017/7/25/16025682/coquine-restaurant-new-lunch-portland |url-status=live }}
Reception
In 2015, its opening year, Coquine was named Restaurant of the Year by Eater Portland and Katy Millard was nominated for Chef of the Year.{{cite news |last1=Bamman |first1=Mattie John |title=Eater Awards 2015: Announcing the Portland Winners |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2015/11/16/9677810/portland-winners-2015-eater-awards |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=November 16, 2015 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603114027/https://pdx.eater.com/2015/11/16/9677810/portland-winners-2015-eater-awards |url-status=live }} Coquine was also a finalist in the 2016 James Beard Foundation Awards and was named one of Bon Appétit's top fifty "best new restaurants".{{cite news |last1=Krystal |first1=Becky |title=D.C. has three nominees on Bon Appetit's best new restaurants list |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/going-out-guide/wp/2016/08/02/d-c-has-three-nominees-on-bon-appetits-best-new-restaurants-list/ |access-date=11 May 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=August 2, 2016 |archive-date=30 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730093215/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/going-out-guide/wp/2016/08/02/d-c-has-three-nominees-on-bon-appetits-best-new-restaurants-list/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Bon Appétit Announces Its 2016 Best New Restaurant Nominees |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bon-appetit-announces-its-2016-best-new-restaurant-nominees-300307621.html |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Cision |date=August 2, 2016 |archive-date=18 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818052555/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bon-appetit-announces-its-2016-best-new-restaurant-nominees-300307621.html |url-status=live }} The Oregonian named Coquine the 2016 Restaurant of the Year.{{cite news |last1=Bamman |first1=Mattie John |title=The Oregonian Plays It Safe, Announcing Coquine as 2016 Restaurant of the Year |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2016/6/7/11876724/coquine-oregonian-2016-restaurant-of-the-year-roy |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=June 7, 2016 |archive-date=2 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602225151/https://pdx.eater.com/2016/6/7/11876724/coquine-oregonian-2016-restaurant-of-the-year-roy |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Michael |title=Portland's 2016 Restaurant of the Year: Coquine |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland-best-restaurants/2016/06/portlands_2016_restaurant_of_t.html |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=The Oregonian |date=June 7, 2016 |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031232048/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland-best-restaurants/2016/06/portlands_2016_restaurant_of_t.html |url-status=live }} The newspaper's Michael Russell later included the business in a 2025 list of the 21 best restaurants in southeast Portland.{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2024-09-18 |title=These are Southeast Portland’s 21 best restaurants right now |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/restaurants/southeast-portlands-best-restaurants/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}
In 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, Katy Millard was nominated by the James Beard Foundation for Best Chef: Northwest.{{cite news |last1=Kane |first1=Peter-Astrid |title=James Beard Foundation Announces 2018 Chef and Restaurant Semifinalists |url=https://www.sfweekly.com/dining/james-beard-foundation-announces-2018-chef-and-restaurant-semifinalists/ |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=SF Weekly |date=February 15, 2018 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119151237/https://www.sfweekly.com/dining/james-beard-foundation-announces-2018-chef-and-restaurant-semifinalists/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Bamman |first1=Mattie John |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2017/3/15/14935918/2017-james-beard-awards-portland-oregon-finalists |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=March 15, 2017 |title=James Beard Foundation Announces 2017 Portland Awards Finalists |archive-date=29 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629200210/https://pdx.eater.com/2017/3/15/14935918/2017-james-beard-awards-portland-oregon-finalists |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Jackson-Glidden |first1=Brooke |title=Here Are Portland's 2020 James Beard Awards Finalists |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2020/5/4/21246991/james-beard-awards-finalists-2020-portland-oregon |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=May 4, 2020 |archive-date=13 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513083511/https://pdx.eater.com/2020/5/4/21246991/james-beard-awards-finalists-2020-portland-oregon |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Perkins |first1=Erin |title=James Beard Awards 2018 Restaurant & Chef Semifinalists for Portland |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2018/2/15/17017232/james-beard-awards-2018-portland |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=February 15, 2018 |archive-date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904094004/https://pdx.eater.com/2018/2/15/17017232/james-beard-awards-2018-portland |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Frane |first1=Alex |title=Here Are Portland's 2019 James Beard Awards Semifinalists |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2019/2/27/18243064/james-beard-awards-semifinalists-portland-2019 |access-date=11 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=February 27, 2019 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012200/https://pdx.eater.com/2019/2/27/18243064/james-beard-awards-semifinalists-portland-2019 |url-status=live }} In October 2021, Coquine was listed in the New York Times' 2021 Restaurant List as one of "50 places in America we're most excited about right now."{{cite news |title=2021 Restaurant List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/dining/favorite-restaurant-list-america.html |access-date=22 November 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 22, 2021}} Coquine Market was included in Time Out Portland{{'s}} 2025 list of the city's eighteen best restaurants.{{Cite news |last=Wolfe |first=Alice |date=April 2, 2025 |title=The 18 best restaurants in Portland, Oregon |url=https://www.timeout.com/portland/restaurants/best-restaurants-in-portland |work=Time Out Portland}}
See also
{{Portal|Food|Oregon}}
References
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External links
- {{TripAdvisor|8746495}}
{{Mount Tabor, Portland, Oregon}}
{{Restaurants in Portland, Oregon}}
Category:2015 establishments in Oregon
Category:French restaurants in Portland, Oregon