RingSide Steakhouse

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The RingSide has been one of the city's most famous steakhouses for more than 60 years and, in addition to the original location on West Burnside Street, it has opened a second restaurant on the East side of the Willamette River. The name refers to the establishment's boxing decor theme.{{cite book|last=Samson|first=Karl|title=Frommer's Portable Portland|year=2010|isbn= 978-0-470-53770-1|publisher=Frommer's|page=55}} In 2010, the restaurant temporarily moved the original location to the Fox Tower while the Burnside location was remodeled.{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Michael|title=RingSide Fish House opens Monday in downtown Portland, joining other new restaurants in theater-area fray|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2011/07/ringside_fish_house_opens_mond.html|access-date=16 July 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=July 13, 2016}} A year later, they opened RingSide Fish House at the Fox Tower location. The east side location at the Glendoveer Golf Course was set to close for a remodel in January 2015.{{cite news |last1=Bakall |first1=Samantha |date=October 29, 2014 |title=RingSide East is closing for a revamp, temporarily laying off 57 employees |work=The Oregonian |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2014/10/ringside_east_closing_for_reva.html |access-date=31 October 2014}}

The Glendoveer location reopened as the Ringside Grill. The Ringside Grill's last day of business was August 30, 2017.{{Cite web|last=Bamman|first=Mattie John|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2017/8/24/16197326/ringside-grill-closes-portland-pdx|title=Ringside Grill is Closing This Month|date=24 August 2017|website=Eater Portland}}

In late April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, RingSide sold frozen boxes of steak directly to the general public for the first time in 75 years. The move caused a mile-long traffic jam along West Burnside Street, and products sold out in less than 2.5 hours.{{Cite web|last=Green|first=Aimee|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/portland-police-respond-to-mile-long-traffic-jam-of-cars-lining-up-to-buy-ringside-steakhouse-meats.html|title = RingSide Steakhouse meat sale creates mile-long traffic jam on Burnside|date = 25 April 2020|website=The Oregonian}}

Later in 2020, RingSide filed a lawsuit against their insurer, Cincinnati Financial, for $236,000 for the loss of business and expenses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |date=2020-09-03 |title=Ringside, Revolution Hall and others sue over pandemic insurance claims |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/09/ringside-revolution-hall-and-others-sue-insurance-company-over-unpaid-pandemic-claims.html |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}

In 2021, Cincinnati Financial sued RingSide seeking a judgement declaring RingSide's revenue losses from lower customer traffic as a result of wildfire smoke were not covered by their policy.{{Cite web |last=Bjorke |first=Christopher |date=30 April 2021 |title=Portland restaurant sued by insurer over wildfire claim |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2021/04/30/ringside-fire-lawsuit.html |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}

In April 2025, a kitchen fire forced the restaurant to close temporarily.{{Cite web |last=Cheadle |first=Harry |date=2025-04-07 |title=RingSide, Portland’s Oldest Steakhouse, Is Closed After a Kitchen Fire |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2025/4/7/24403146/ringside-steakhouse-closure-kitchen-fire-portland |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}

RingSide has garnered more than 40 regional and national awards throughout its history.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SZyPA2siV8C&pg=PA72|title=Insiders' Guide to Portland, Oregon: Including the Metro Area and Vancouver, Washington|last=Dresbeck|first=Rachel|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-0-7627-4189-2|pages=72–73|edition=5|year=2007}} Willamette Week readers ranked RingSide first place in the following categories: "Best Meat-Eater's Palace" (2004),{{cite web|url=http://wweek.com/story.php?story=5394|title=Readers Poll 2004|work=Willamette Week|date=August 4, 2004|access-date=August 8, 2010|first=Josh|last=Parish|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409112820/http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5394|archive-date=April 9, 2010}} "Best Steakhouse" (2005),{{cite web|url=http://wweek.com/story.php?story=6620|title=Reader's Poll – You Voted. We Tallied.|first=Laura|last=Shinn|date=August 10, 2005|access-date=August 8, 2010|work=Willamette Week}} and "Best Steak" (2006).{{cite web|url=http://wweek.com/editorial/3240/7863/|title=Best of Portland: Reader's Poll|first=Ben|last=Waterhouse|work=Willamette Week|date=August 9, 2006|access-date=August 8, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830190725/http://wweek.com/editorial/3240/7863|archive-date=August 30, 2010}} RingSide was a runner-up in the "Best Happy Hour" category of Willamette Week{{'s}} "Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020".{{cite news |date=July 21, 2020 |title=Bars + Nightlife: Congratulations to the winners + finalists of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020 |work=Willamette Week |url=https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2020/07/21/bars-nightlife/ |access-date=September 4, 2020}} Brooke Jackson-Glidden included the onion rings in Eater Portland{{'s}} 2024 overview of "iconic" Portland dishes.{{Cite web |last=Jackson-Glidden |first=Brooke |date=2015-01-29 |title=Iconic Portland Dishes That Are Actually Worth Eating |url=https://pdx.eater.com/maps/portland-iconic-dishes |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}} The business 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}}

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