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Vegan restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dirty Lettuce is a Black-owned vegan restaurant serving Southern, Cajun, and Creole cuisine in Portland, Oregon.[1] Alkebulan Moroski began operating as a food cart in 2020 and opened a brick and mortar restaurant in 2021.
Dirty Lettuce | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 2020 |
Owner(s) | Alkebulan Moroski |
Food type | |
Street address | 4727 Northeast Fremont Street |
City | Portland |
County | Multnomah |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97213 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45.5484°N 122.6144°W |
Website | dirtylettuce |
Dirty Lettuce serves vegan Southern,[2] Cajun,[3] and Creole cuisine,[4] including plant-based "meats" such as seitan barbecue ribs and Ota tofu fried "chicken".[5] Sides include fried okra,[6] jambalaya, macaroni and cheese,[7] sour cream and onion mashed potatoes, Southern-style leaf vegetables, a Nachitoches meat pie, bowls similar to KFC's Famous Bowl,[8][9] shrimp-and-grit fritters, candied yams, and corn muffins.[3]
With assistance from his mother Kim,[10] Alkebulan Moroski began operating Dirty Lettuce as a food cart in northeast Portland's Shady Pines pod (5240 Northeast 42nd Avenue)[8][11] in early 2020.[12] He opened a brick and mortar restaurant on Northeast Fremont in the Cully neighborhood (at the Rose City Park border) in May 2021,[12] and planned to continue operating the food cart as of March.[13] However, Shady Pines closed in late 2021.[14]
According to The Oregonian's Michael Russell, Dirty Lettuce was among the "new generation" of vegan restaurants which saw a "pandemic-era explosion".[15][16] He called the restaurant a "rising star" of Shady Pines.[17] Similarly, Willamette Week's Shannon Gormley called Dirty Lettuce the "biggest breakout success" of Shady Pines, Portland's only vegan food pod until closing.[14][18] She also described restaurant as one of several local "breakout" vegan establishments opened in 2020.[19]
Waz Wu included Dirty Lettuce in Eater Portland's 2021 lists of the city's 15 "essential" vegan and vegetarian restaurants and "13 Vegan Food Carts to Visit in Portland and Beyond".[6][20] The website's Ron Scott and Nathan Williams included the restaurant in a 2022 list of "13 Spots for Serious Soul Food in Portland and Beyond".[21]
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