| Brasserie Montmartre | |
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| Street-Address: | 626 SW Park Avenue |
| City: | Portland |
| County: | Multnomah |
| State: | Oregon |
| Zip: | 97205 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 45.5198°N -122.6803°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
Brasserie Montmartre was a French, and later Mediterranean, restaurant and jazz club in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.
Brasserie Montmartre was a restaurant and jazz club that operated three different times in Portland, Oregon.[1] The original restaurant, which featured French cuisine, opened in 1978 and was described by The Oregonian as having "customer-drawn crayon art on the walls, black-and-white checkered floors, nightly jazz and a solid food menu".[2] It closed in 2006.[1] [2]
New owners Matt and Sara Maletis, who were longtime Portland residents,[1] re-opened the French restaurant in 2009. The couple signed a twenty-year lease and spent nearly $1 million renovating its interior. However, Brasserie was closed a year and a half later, in 2011.[1] [2]
Carl Coffman, the building owner, and chefs Pascal Chureau and Michael Hanaghan re-opened the restaurant for a third time in May 2012. Coffman and Chureau had purchased the restaurant in the spring of 2011.[1] According to The Oregonian, the most recent iteration of Brasserie served "accessible French food with a relaxed vibe".[2] In 2012, Chureau sold his share of the business and the restaurant's menu began offering more Mediterranean cuisine options.[1] [2] It closed for the third time on April 30, 2015.[1] [2]
Brasserie was known for featuring roving musicians.[1] [2] According to Eaters Danielle Centoni, Chureau's iteration of Brasserie received "good marks for solid, classic, French brasserie fare, including flights of frites fried in a range of fats".[1] The third and final iteration of the restaurant received mostly positive reviews.[2]