TarBoush (restaurant)

TarBoush Lebanese Bistro and Bar, or simply TarBoush, is a Lebanese restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

TarBoush Lebanese Bistro and Bar
The restaurant's exterior, 2022
Restaurant information
Food type
Street address3257 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard
CityPortland
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97214
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°30′44.2″N 122°37′53.3″W

Description

TarBoush is a Mediterranean restaurant on Hawthorne Boulevard in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood.[1] Alex Frane of Willamette Week wrote, "Housed in a vintage Victorian home, the Lebanese restaurant TarBoush caters to diners of all diets, with a broad menu of vegan, vegetarian and omnivore Middle Eastern dishes."[2] The menu includes shawarma (chicken, beef), lentil soup, rice pudding, kawaj (green peppers, eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, and onions on basmati rice), moussaka batinjan (eggplant, garlic, chickpeas), kibbeh, hummus, tabbouli, baba ghannoush, pita, and grape leaves.[3][4] The exterior has neon signs.[5]

History

TarBoush opened in 2010.[6] The restaurant announced plans to open a second location in the North Tabor neighborhood in 2014.[7] The second restaurant closed in 2015, replaced by Big-Ass Sandwiches in June.[8][9]

Reception
Exterior sign, 2022

Martin Cizmar of Willamette Week said in 2014, "Southeast Hawthorne's TarBoush does pita, and pretty much everything else, right. You'll get a lot more food at a lower price at Nicholas, sure, but if you're eye is on high quality, this is where you want to be."[10] In 2015, Michael Russell of The Oregonian said, "if you're after ambiance, head to Nicholas, Ya Hala, Hoda's or another of Portland's many, many Lebanese restaurants. If all you care about is the food, head to Tarboush."[1]

Willamette Week's AP Kryza wrote in 2015, "Part of the charm of TarBoush—arguably the best Lebanese restaurant in Portland—is how personal it feels. That explains why the short-lived North Tabor spin-off is now Big Ass Sandwiches: Half the joy of TarBoush is walking into the Victorian house-cum-restaurant and being blasted with a whoosh of Lebanese spices."[4] The newspaper's Matthew Korfhage included TarBoush in a 2017 list of "The Best Restaurants on Hawthorne and Belmont in Southeast Portland", in which he wrote, "If you want soundly solid Middle Eastern fare, you want to be inside this old house on Hawthorne. Tarboush stands out in a crowded field by doing almost everything right—puffy pitas fresh out of the oven, smooth hummus, crisp and salady tabouli, juicy kufta. The only thing to avoid is the dry chicken."[11] Brian Panganiban of Willamette Week said in 2018, "Tarboush may be a touch pricier than your average Lebanese restaurant, but it's oh so worth it for some of the best bamyeh okra stew in town."[12] The newspaper also included the restaurant in a 2019 list of "The Top Five Restaurants for a Last-Minute Valentine's Day Dinner".[13]

See also

References
  1. Russell, Michael (2015-04-01). "Tarboush restaurant review -- Cheap Eats 2015". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  2. "Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern". Willamette Week. 2019-11-05. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  3. "TarBoush Lebanese Bistro & Bar". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  4. Kryza, AP (2015-10-27). "TarBoush Lebanese Bistro". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  5. "The best neighborhoods in Portland". Lonely Planet. 2021-04-06. Archived from the original on 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  6. DeJesus, Erin (2010-07-06). "Pinot Commits, Tarboush Debuts, Irving Street Brunches". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  7. DeJesus, Erin (2014-02-28). "La Provence Plans New Location; So Does Tarboush". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  8. Centoni, Danielle (2015-05-29). "Big Ass Sandwiches Opening Brick and Mortar on NE Glisan This June". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  9. Bakall, Samantha (2016-05-31). "Northeast Portland's Big-Ass Sandwiches closes permanently". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  10. "Cheap Eats 2014: Middle Eastern/Mediterranean Food". Willamette Week. 2014-02-18. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  11. Korfhage, Matthew (2017-11-21). "The Best Restaurants on Hawthorne and Belmont in Southeast Portland". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  12. Panganiban, Brian (2018-12-04). "Tarboush". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  13. "The Top Five Restaurants for a Last-Minute Valentine's Day Dinner". Willamette Week. 2019-02-13. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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