Shut Up and Eat

Shut Up and Eat was a "Philly-inspired" food cart at the A La Carts pod on Division Street,{{cite news |last1=Culverwell |first1=Wendy |date=July 12, 2012 |title=Shut up and Eat Sandwich cart to open in SE Portland |work=Portland Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2012/07/12/sandwich-cart-to-open-in-se-portland.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 27, 2021}}{{Cite web |last=Gunderson |first=Laura |date=2012-03-30 |title=Fast-food chains rev up their food trucks |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/window-shop/2012/03/fast-food_chains_rev_up_their.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117163841/https://www.oregonlive.com/window-shop/2012/03/fast-food_chains_rev_up_their.html |archive-date=2021-01-17 |access-date=2021-12-28 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}} and later a brick and mortar sandwich shop at the intersection of Cesar Chavez Boulevard and Gladstone Street in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood.{{Cite web|last=Singer|first=Matthew|date=March 4, 2019|title=Southeast Portland Sandwich Shop Shut Up and Eat Has Closed|url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2019/03/04/southeast-portland-sandwich-shop-shut-up-and-eat-has-closed/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Willamette Week|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810052307/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2019/03/04/southeast-portland-sandwich-shop-shut-up-and-eat-has-closed/}}{{Cite web|last=Lannamann|first=Ned|date=March 4, 2019|title=Sandwich Shop Shut Up and Eat Has Shut for Good|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2019/03/04/26102053/sandwich-shop-shut-up-and-eat-has-shut-for-good|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Portland Mercury|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228043406/https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2019/03/04/26102053/sandwich-shop-shut-up-and-eat-has-shut-for-good}} Portland Mercury's Ned Lannamann described the interior as containing indoor and outdoor seating, additionally noting the large kitchen.{{Cite web |last=Lannamann |first=Ned |date=March 4, 2019 |title=Sandwich Shop Shut Up and Eat Has Shut for Good |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/food-and-drink/2019/03/04/26102053/sandwich-shop-shut-up-and-eat-has-shut-for-good |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207222440/https://www.portlandmercury.com/food-and-drink/2019/03/04/26102053/sandwich-shop-shut-up-and-eat-has-shut-for-good |archive-date=2022-12-07 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Portland Mercury |language=en}} Willamette Week's Martin Cizmar wrote that the restaurant's design looked similar to "a classic lunch counter", stating that the restaurant had no patio.{{Cite web |last=Cizmar |first=Martin |date=October 30, 2012 |title=Shut Up, Lardo |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19838-shut-up-lardo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228041450/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19838-shut-up-lardo.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}} Shut Up and Eat had a seating capacity of approximately 30 people.{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=July 10, 2012 |title=John Fimmano on Shut Up & Eat's Upcoming B&M |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2012/7/10/6566501/john-fimmano-on-shut-up-eats-upcoming-b-m |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127102252/https://pdx.eater.com/2012/7/10/6566501/john-fimmano-on-shut-up-eats-upcoming-b-m |archive-date=2023-01-27 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}

The casual counter-service restaurant's menu included breakfast, meatball, and submarine sandwiches, as well as cheesesteaks, such as the "Broad Street Bomber".{{Cite web |last=Onstad |first=Chris |date=January 30, 2013 |title=Shut Up and Eat |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/articles/2013/01/30/8339932/shut-up-and-eat |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424194244/https://www.portlandmercury.com/articles/2013/01/30/8339932/shut-up-and-eat |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Portland Mercury |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Frane|first=Alex|date=2019-03-04|title=A Popular Sandwich Shop Just Shuttered in Southeast|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2019/3/4/18250357/shut-up-and-eat-closed|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Eater Portland|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023134/https://pdx.eater.com/2019/3/4/18250357/shut-up-and-eat-closed|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=2013-02-05 |title=Onstad Says Shut Up and Eat; User's Guide to Ava Gene's |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2013/2/5/6485321/onstad-says-shut-up-and-eat-users-guide-to-ava-genes |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519010910/https://pdx.eater.com/2013/2/5/6485321/onstad-says-shut-up-and-eat-users-guide-to-ava-genes |url-status=live }} The "Butternut Squash" sandwich had roasted butternut squash, egg, and arugula on an English muffin.{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2016 |title=5 Breakfast Sandwiches In Portland |url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2016/03/22/5-breakfast-sandwiches/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808113312/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2016/03/22/5-breakfast-sandwiches/ |archive-date=2021-08-08 |access-date=2021-12-28 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}} The mortadella sandwich had mortadella, provolone, fried egg, and caramelized onions.{{Cite web|last=Russell|first=Michael|date=2015-11-03|title=National Sandwich Day: Where to find Portland's best sandwiches|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/11/national_sandwich_day_where_to.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-28|website=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228043354/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/11/national_sandwich_day_where_to.html}}{{Cite news |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=November 7, 2014 |title=Your best bets between two slices |pages=26 |work=The Oregonian |quote=Mortadella at Shut Up and Eat: Charred mortadella, melted provolone, fried egg and caramelized onion from this Creston-Kenilworth sandwich spot. Best when you sub the house-made English muffin for the biscuit.}} Pearl Bakery supplied the bread.{{Cite book |last=Katz |first=Anna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0CJDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Shut+Up+and+Eat%22+portland&pg=PT192 |title=Easy Weekend Getaways from Seattle: Short Breaks in the Pacific Northwest (1st Edition) (Easy Weekend Getaways) |date=June 11, 2019 |publisher=The Countryman Press |isbn=978-1-68268-391-0 |language=en |access-date=2023-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421151816/https://books.google.com/books?id=t0CJDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT192&dq=%22Shut+Up+and+Eat%22+portland&hl=en |archive-date=2023-04-21 |url-status=live}} Shut Up and Eat also offered happy hour.{{Cite web |last=Frane |first=Alex |date=2016-08-10 |title=Try These 19 New Happy Hours in Portland, Mapped |url=https://pdx.eater.com/maps/portland-best-new-happy-hour-deals |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127185349/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/portland-best-new-happy-hour-deals |url-status=live }}

Former Philadelphia resident John Fimmano and Glenn Hollenbeck started Shut Up and Eat as a food cart in the A La Carts pod on Southeast Division Street in 2010.{{Cite web|last=Russell|first=Michael|date=2019-03-04|title=Shut Up and Eat serves its last sandwich|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2019/03/shut-up-and-eat-serves-its-last-sandwich.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-28|website=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2019-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305072633/https://www.oregonlive.com//dining/2019/03/shut-up-and-eat-serves-its-last-sandwich.html}}{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=2012-06-07 |title=Another Cart Going Brick-and-Mortar: Shut Up and Eat |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2012/6/7/6579563/another-cart-going-brick-and-mortar-shut-up-and-eat |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201195826/https://pdx.eater.com/2012/6/7/6579563/another-cart-going-brick-and-mortar-shut-up-and-eat |url-status=live }} According to Willamette Week, the duo met working for a commercial painting company.{{Cite web |title=Eat Mobile Judges |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19106-eat-mobile-judges.html |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Willamette Week |date=April 19, 2012 |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421154508/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19106-eat-mobile-judges.html |url-status=live }} The business transitioned to a brick and mortar operation in 2012.{{Cite news |last=Blum |first=Alex |date=August 30, 2012 |title=Food carts swap wheels for a roof |work=Portland Tribune |publisher=Pamplin Media Group}}{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=August 21, 2012 |title=A Look Around Shut Up & Eat, Now (Softly) Open |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2012/8/21/6553321/a-look-around-shut-up-eat-now-softly-open |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625084401/https://pdx.eater.com/2012/8/21/6553321/a-look-around-shut-up-eat-now-softly-open |archive-date=2022-06-25 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}

In 2011, Shut Up and Eat was a vendor at the Indulge at Jupiter festival's Food Cart Land expansion. The event was held at Jupiter Hotel and highlighted local eateries.{{Cite web |last=Beck |first=Byron |author-link=Byron Beck (blogger) |date=July 27, 2011 |title=Indulge Adds "Food CartLand" to Annual LoBu Food Fest |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2011/7/27/6666831/indulge-adds-food-cartland-to-annual-lobu-food-fest |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004225223/https://pdx.eater.com/2011/7/27/6666831/indulge-adds-food-cartland-to-annual-lobu-food-fest |archive-date=2022-10-04 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}} In January 2014, Eater Portland's Erin DeJesus said Shut Up and Eat was planning to "open a next-door deli" with Fimmano's side dishes available by the pound. The deli opened on January 31.{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=January 22, 2014 |title=Cheese & Crack Shop; Growlers Hawthorne Forthcoming |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2014/1/22/6293469/cheese-crack-shop-growlers-hawthorne-forthcoming |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628213850/https://pdx.eater.com/2014/1/22/6293469/cheese-crack-shop-growlers-hawthorne-forthcoming |archive-date=2022-06-28 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=January 31, 2014 |title=Opening Report |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2014/1/31/6287727/opening-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628211959/https://pdx.eater.com/2014/1/31/6287727/opening-report |archive-date=2022-06-28 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=March 30, 2014 |title=The expanding marketplace is all around Portland |pages=11 |work=The Oregonian |quote=Shut Up and Eat, the Southeast Portland sandwich shop known for its cheesesteak, recently expanded with a market and deli next door. The move was designed to increase the restaurant’s prep space, but co-owner John Fimmano said he also wanted to offer Portland a taste of his Philadelphia-area childhood. 'When we were growing up, we used to go down to the store and get 10 pounds of roast beef, a quart of au jus, some rolls and provolone and go home and make our own sandwiches and watch some football,' Fimmano says. 'We wanted to create that option here.'}}

For Pizza Week in 2014, a collaboration between Shut Up and Eat and Gladstone Street Pizza resulted in a special pizza with toppings from the roast-pork sandwich.{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=2014-03-18 |title=Introducing Gladstone Street's Shut Up & Eat Pizza |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2014/3/18/6260499/introducing-gladstone-streets-shut-up-eat-pizza |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2021-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228042910/https://pdx.eater.com/2014/3/18/6260499/introducing-gladstone-streets-shut-up-eat-pizza |url-status=live }} In June 2017, there was a break-in.{{Cite web |last=Bamman |first=Mattie John |date=June 23, 2017 |title=8 More Restaurants Confirm June Break-Ins |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2017/6/23/15841628/more-restaurant-break-ins-june-portland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128223150/https://pdx.eater.com/2017/6/23/15841628/more-restaurant-break-ins-june-portland |archive-date=2023-01-28 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}

The restaurant closed unexpectedly in March 2019. A note posted on social media and the restaurant's windows said: {{Quote|Regretfully, after nearly ten wonderful years, Shut Up and Eat has served its last sandwich. As of 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 3rd, we have closed our doors for the final time. We are very grateful to everyone who has supported us over the past decade.}} The Japanese-Hawaiian restaurant Hapa PDX began operating in the space, opening in August 2019.{{cite news |last1=Groff |first1=Elizabeth Ussher |title=Japanese-Hawaiian cuisine follows 'Shut Up and Eat' on Gladstone Street |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/sb/75-features/436682-347466-japanese-hawaiian-cuisine-follows-shut-up-and-eat-on-gladstone-street-pwoff |access-date=December 27, 2021 |work=The Bee |publisher=Pamplin Media Group |date=August 30, 2019 |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228043350/https://pamplinmedia.com/sb/75-features/436682-347466-japanese-hawaiian-cuisine-follows-shut-up-and-eat-on-gladstone-street-pwoff |url-status=live }}

In her 2014 book Food Lovers' Guide to Portland, Oregon, Laurie Wolf said Shut Up and Eat "makes great sandwiches" with "terrific and well-matched toppings". She called the meatball sub "excellent" and said the restaurant, "despite the possibly disquieting name, is inviting and worth a trip. Or two."{{Cite book |last=Wolf |first=Laurie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BrOsAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Shut+Up+and+Eat%22+portland&pg=PA62 |title=Food Lovers' Guide to® Portland, Oregon: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings |date=January 14, 2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-0670-0 |language=en |author-link=Laurie Wolf |access-date=2023-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421151822/https://books.google.com/books?id=BrOsAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA62&dq=%22Shut+Up+and+Eat%22+portland&hl=en |archive-date=2023-04-21 |url-status=live}} Anna Katz recommended the chicken or eggplant parmesan, seasonal salad, and shoestring fries in her 2019 book Easy Weekend Getaways from Seattle: Short Breaks in the Pacific Northwest.

Bradley Foster and Andy Kryza included Shut Up and Eat in Thrillist's 2013 list of bars and restaurants.{{Cite web|last1=Foster|first1=Bradley|last2=Kryza|first2=Andy|date=2013-11-12|title=The coolest bars and restaurants in town|url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-portland|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Thrillist|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228043349/https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-portland}} Shut Up and Eat ranked first in the Portland Mercury's 2014 search for Portland's best Italian hoagie. The newspaper's Chris Onstad wrote, "The overly deep channel of tender peppers, the olive tapenade, and the hidden vein of hammered bitter greens aren't traditional, but the volume and variety make this a sandwich you tangle with to find big new flavors in every bite."{{Cite web |last=Onstad |first=Chris |date=January 29, 2014 |title=Who Loses an Italian Standoff? |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/articles/2014/01/29/11615755/who-loses-an-italian-standoff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925103204/https://www.portlandmercury.com/articles/2014/01/29/11615755/who-loses-an-italian-standoff |archive-date=2022-09-25 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Portland Mercury |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=January 30, 2014 |title=Hoagies, Heroes |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2014/1/30/6288609/hoagies-heroes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628005954/https://pdx.eater.com/2014/1/30/6288609/hoagies-heroes |archive-date=2022-06-28 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}

In 2014, Michael Russell of The Oregonian gave the restaurant a satisfactory rating.{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Michael |title=At Shut Up and Eat, consider the cheesesteak, then grab the mortadella (review) |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2014/02/at_shut_up_and_eat_consider_th.html |access-date=December 27, 2021 |work=The Oregonian |date=February 26, 2014 |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228043350/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2014/02/at_shut_up_and_eat_consider_th.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=March 3, 2014 |title=Onstad on Ava Gene's; One Star for Shut Up & Eat |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2014/3/3/6270813/onstad-on-ava-genes-one-star-for-shut-up-eat |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128191514/https://pdx.eater.com/2014/3/3/6270813/onstad-on-ava-genes-one-star-for-shut-up-eat |archive-date=2023-01-28 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}} He wrote, "Shut Up and Eat might seem to be at a disadvantage compared with the flavor bombs at Portland sandwich hot spots Bunk and Lardo, with their remixed Cubanos, banh mis and tuna melts. But customers can't seem to get enough of these traditional subs, especially the super-burrito-sized cheesesteak."{{Cite news |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=February 28, 2014 |title=You'll want to obey at Shut Up and Eat |pages=14 |work=The Oregonian}} Russell included the mortadella sandwich in a 2015 overview of the city's best sandwiches, and ranked Shut Up and Eat number 9 in the newspaper's 2017 list of the city's 17 best sandwich shops.{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=April 11, 2017 |title=Portland's 17 best sandwich shops, ranked |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2017/04/portlands_best_sandwich_shop.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111233733/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2017/04/portlands_best_sandwich_shop.html |archive-date=2020-11-11 |access-date=2021-12-28 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}

Martin Cizmar of Willamette Week recommended Shut Up and Eat over Lardo, the restaurant's rival, in 2012. Thrillist called Shut Up and Eat "a sandwich shop favorite in Southeast Portland" and praised its expansive menu.{{Cite web |title=Shut Up and Eat |url=https://www.thrillist.com/venue/eat/portland/restaurants/shut-up-and-eat |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Thrillist |date=October 5, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=2021-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228042003/https://www.thrillist.com/venue/eat/portland/restaurants/shut-up-and-eat |url-status=live }} The website's Drew Tyson included the Bomber in a 2015 overview of Portland's 11 best cheesesteaks.{{cite web |last1=Tyson |first1=Drew |title=Where to Get the 11 Best Cheesesteaks in Portland |url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/best-cheesesteaks-in-portland |website=Thrillist |access-date=December 27, 2021 |date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107175930/https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/best-cheesesteaks-in-portland |url-status=live }} Alex Frane included Shut Up and Eat in The Daily Meal's 2015 list of five "amazing" sandwich shops in Portland and said the bacon cheddar fried egg is "probably the best bacon sandwich" in the city.{{Cite web |last=Frane |first=Alex |date=December 20, 2015 |title=5 Amazing Sandwich Shops in Portland, Oregon |url=https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/5-amazing-sandwich-shops-portland-oregon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403045423/https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/5-amazing-sandwich-shops-portland-oregon |archive-date=2021-04-03 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=The Daily Meal |language=en-US}}

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