Jake's Grill

{{Short description|Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

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Jake's Grill is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

Description

Jake's Grill is a steakhouse in downtown Portland's Seward Hotel.{{Cite book|last1=Gottberg|first1=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryVPBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT100|title=Best Places: Portland, 8th Edition|last2=Lopeman|first2=Elizabeth|date=2010-06-01|publisher=Sasquatch Books|isbn=978-1-57061-699-0|language=en}} The menu features steak and seafood, including cedar plank salmon.{{Cite web|last=Moore|first=Jenni|date=2018-02-06|title=12 Stellar Portland Seafood Restaurants|url=https://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-seafood-restaurants-portland-fish-oysters|access-date=2021-12-05|website=Eater Portland|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113132109/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-seafood-restaurants-portland-fish-oysters|url-status=live}} Surf and turf and happy hour are also offered.{{Cite web|last=Stevenson|first=Jen|title=Sentinel – Hotel Review|url=https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/portland/portland/sentinel-hotel-formerly-governor|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-05|website=Condé Nast Traveler|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204164036/https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/portland/portland/sentinel-hotel-formerly-governor}} The restaurant's interior features dark woodwork and stuffed animal heads.{{Cite book|last=Cook|first=Sybilla Avery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wvPWSWqzCT0C&pg=PA37|title=Walking Portland, Oregon|date=2013-04-02|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7627-9411-9|language=en}}

Jake's Grill has been described as a "sibling" restaurant to Jake's Famous Crawfish.{{Cite web|last=Garcia|first=Krista|date=2018-01-18|title=Nine Steakhouses to Try in Portland and Beyond|url=https://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-steakhouse-portland|access-date=2021-12-05|website=Eater Portland|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020205029/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-steakhouse-portland|url-status=live}}

History

The restaurant opened in 1994.{{Cite web|title=100 Portland Happy Hours: Downtown|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/100-happy-hours/2019/03/28/26220765/100-portland-happy-hours-downtown|access-date=2021-12-05|website=Portland Mercury|language=en|archive-date=2019-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515163045/https://www.portlandmercury.com/100-happy-hours/2019/03/28/26220765/100-portland-happy-hours-downtown|url-status=live}} In 2014, a man sued the restaurant after being diagnosed with food poisoning.{{Cite web|last=Green|first=Aimee|date=2014-06-10|title=Man claims seafood at Jake's Grill gave him violent case of food poisoning, sues for $10,000|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2014/06/man_claims_seafood_at_jakes_gr.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-05|website=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204164000/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2014/06/man_claims_seafood_at_jakes_gr.html}}

Reception

In 2021, Eater Portland{{'s}} Jenni Moore and Krista Garcia included Jake's Grill in the lists "12 Stellar Portland Seafood Restaurants" and "Nine Steakhouses to Try in Portland and Beyond", respectively.

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