Tasty n Alder

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

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Tasty n Alder was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. The business opened in 2013 and closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

History

The steakhouse opened in 2013.{{cite news |last1=Bass |first1=Penelope |title=Tasty N Alder is a Steakhouse For People Too Fashionable For Steakhouses |url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2016/10/26/tasty-n-alder-is-a-steakhouse-for-people-too-fashionable-for-steakhouses/ |access-date=August 25, 2020 |work=Willamette Week |date=October 26, 2016 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804234612/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2016/10/26/tasty-n-alder-is-a-steakhouse-for-people-too-fashionable-for-steakhouses/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/he-favors-his-father/Content?oid=9717497|title=He Favors His Father|last=Onstad|first=Chris|date=June 19, 2013|website=Portland Mercury|access-date=August 25, 2020|archive-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905205242/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/he-favors-his-father/Content?oid=9717497|url-status=live}}

Tasty n Alder closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic,{{Cite web|last=Gallivan|first=Joseph|date=July 4, 2020|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/472500-382121-gone-for-good-fate-of-tasty-n-alder-toro-bravo-up-in-air|title=Gone for good? Fate of Tasty n Alder, Toro Bravo up in air|access-date=December 16, 2020|archive-date=November 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104142405/https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/472500-382121-gone-for-good-fate-of-tasty-n-alder-toro-bravo-up-in-air|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Bjorke |first=Christopher |date=July 2, 2020 |title=Toro Bravo restaurant group dissolved, report says |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2020/07/02/toro-bravo-restaurant-group-dissolved-reports-say.html |work=Portland Business Journal |access-date=December 16, 2020 |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214205455/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2020/07/02/toro-bravo-restaurant-group-dissolved-reports-say.html |url-status=live }} replaced by the Korean restaurant Toki.{{Cite web|last=Russell|first=Michael|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2020/10/han-oak-takes-over-downtowns-tasty-n-alder-space-with-toki-a-new-restaurant-and-market.html|title=Han Oak takes over downtown's Tasty N Alder space with Toki|date=October 5, 2020|work=The Oregonian|access-date=December 16, 2020|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216035008/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2020/10/han-oak-takes-over-downtowns-tasty-n-alder-space-with-toki-a-new-restaurant-and-market.html|url-status=live}}

Reception

In 2013, The Oregonian{{'s}} David Sarasohn gave the restaurant an 'A−' rating.{{cite news |last1=Sarasohn |first1=David |title=Downtown Portland's Tasty n Alder, a lively third restaurant from chef John Gorham (review) |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2013/06/tasty_n_alder_a_lively_3rd_for.html |access-date=August 25, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=June 20, 2013 |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224051237/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2013/06/tasty_n_alder_a_lively_3rd_for.html |url-status=live }}

See also

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