Coquine, Portland, OR 5/5
If you don’t like Coquine you are objectively wrong or you arrived after 2pm and forgot it was closed. This restaurant is tucked away in a residential neighborhood and you would never know its quality from the unassuming exterior.
Everything was exceptionally good, especially the food. Even the bathroom - a stellar little modern quiet affair that only served to reinforce this was a carefully curated small restaurant with a cute little grocery store attached (very little mind you). Relentlessly sustainable, this was some of the best food I ever had. This isn’t a burger joint and yet the fries were the best I’ve had in my life. This isn’t a pancake house and yet they were perfect. It does everything that it tries very well.
I would recommend this to anyone even remotely in the area. No reservations though so just show up and bear the wait list if you must! At 1pm it was no wait, so that’s a hot tip for you, future reader of this post.
Every item was meticulously flavored, exactly be right temperature, the glassware was high quality, the décor was minimal but authentic and warm.
Such a treat to dine here. Will return many times. Wish I had taken more photos.