Hapa PDX explained

Hapa PDX
Street-Address:3848 Southeast Gladstone Street
City:Portland
County:Multnomah
State:Oregon
Zip:97202
Country:United States
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Hapa PDX (also known as Hapa PDX Ramen and Whiskey and Hapa Ramen) is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

Description

The restaurant serves Hawaiian-Japanese ramen, including tonkotsu, shoyu, miso, and shaka broth varieties. The G-Special is a pork belly-based ramen broth with pork belly, spinach,[1] sprouts, and shiitake. According to Seiji Nanbu of Eater Portland, "Hapa's ramen is meant to be durable for long car rides home, with a thick and squiggly proprietary noodle recipe."[2] Hapa has also served poke, wakame salad,[3] and other snacks.[4] The drink menu has included Japanese whiskey, bourbon, and rye, as well as Japanese and Oregon sakes.[5]

History

Owners Michael and Sarah Littman launched Hapa as a food cart in 2013. Hapa operated from the Tidbit Food Farm and Garden pod on Division Street in southeast Portland as of 2017.[6] [7] When the pod closed in 2017,[8] the business relocated to Foster Road and 73rd.[9]

In 2019, owners announced plans to open a brick and mortar restaurant on Gladstone Street in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood, in a space which previously housed Shut Up and Eat.[10]

In 2022, the Littmans announced plans to open a second restaurant called Hapa Kauai at the Shops at Kukui‘ula in Kauai, Hawaii. The larger restaurant will have a slightly different menu but will also specialize in ramen. Abigail Cox, general manager of the Portland restaurant, has joined the ownership team.[11] [12]

Reception

Time Out Portland's Jen Woo included Hapa in a 2019 list of "the best food trucks in Portland to get your grub on." Alex Frane of Eater Portland wrote in 2019, " Hapa Ramen might be my new favorite ramen restaurant in town, with a much more limited menu and a smaller space than Afuri, but rich, delicious ramens and an excellent whisky selection."[13] The website's Seiji Nanbu included the business in a 2022 list of "where to find knockout ramen in Portland and beyond". Nathan Williams included Hapa in a 2023 overview of "where to eat and drink" in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood.[14]

In 2021 and 2022, Willamette Week said, "Lots of food carts make the leap to brick-and-mortar, but rarely is the effect quite so sexy as it is at Hapa... [T]his is very much an izakaya, and drinks are as much the attraction as the soup: The ginger ale-sake highball is worth traveling across town for."[15] [16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Woo . Jen . 2019-11-05 . 17 Best Food Trucks in Portland to Try Right Now . 2022-09-02 . Time Out Portland . en-US . 2021-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211016175116/https://www.timeout.com/portland/restaurants/best-food-trucks-in-portland . live .
  2. Web site: Nanbu . Seiji . 2016-04-06 . Where to Find Knockout Ramen in Portland and Beyond . 2022-09-02 . Eater Portland . en . 2022-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220319011746/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-portland-ramen-restaurants-eater-map . live .
  3. Web site: Mesh . Aaron . 2020-02-12 . Two New Portland Ramen Shops Take the Noodle Soup Beyond Japan . 2022-09-02 . Willamette Week . en . 2021-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210922013102/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2020/02/12/two-new-portland-ramen-shops-take-the-noodle-soup-beyond-japan/ . live .
  4. Web site: Jackson-Glidden . Brooke . 2019-08-30 . Inside Southeast Portland's New Hawaiian-Japanese Ramen Shop . 2022-09-02 . Eater Portland . en . 2022-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427193948/https://pdx.eater.com/2019/8/30/20840967/hapa-first-look . live .
  5. Web site: Jackson-Glidden . Brooke . 2019-05-30 . Inventive Ramen Cart Hapa Is Opening Its Own Restaurant in Southeast . 2022-09-02 . Eater Portland . en . 2021-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211028075352/https://pdx.eater.com/2019/5/30/18646061/hawaiian-cart-hapa-restaurant-opening-southeast-portland . live .
  6. Web site: Bamman . Mattie John . 2017-01-03 . Third Portland Food Hall Coming to Downtown . 2022-09-02 . Eater Portland . en . 2018-01-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180101212132/https://pdx.eater.com/2017/1/3/14154296/new-portland-food-hall-downtown-opening . live .
  7. Book: Dresbeck, Rachel . Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon . 2017-03-01 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4930-2822-1 . en . 2022-09-02 . 2022-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220902140947/https://books.google.com/books?id=a72cDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq . live .
  8. Web site: Bamman . Mattie John . 2017-08-15 . Tidbit Food Cart Pod to Shutter on SE Division . 2022-09-02 . Eater Portland . en . 2022-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220727225649/https://pdx.eater.com/2017/8/15/16151302/division-food-cart-pod-closes-tidbit . live .
  9. Web site: Jackson-Glidden . Brooke . 2018-03-20 . A Bunch of Pop-Ups and Carts Are Finding New Homes . 2022-09-02 . Eater Portland . en . 2021-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211005211959/https://pdx.eater.com/2018/3/20/17144508/pop-ups-carts-hapa-sardine-head-pbjs-bhuna-openings-von-ebert . live .
  10. News: Groff . Elizabeth Ussher . August 30, 2019 . Japanese-Hawaiian cuisine follows 'Shut Up and Eat' on Gladstone Street . The Bee . September 2, 2022 . December 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211228043350/https://pamplinmedia.com/sb/75-features/436682-347466-japanese-hawaiian-cuisine-follows-shut-up-and-eat-on-gladstone-street-pwoff . live .
  11. Web site: Jackson-Glidden . Brooke . 2022-09-01 . Portland's Hapa Ramen Is Opening a New Restaurant in Kauai, Hawaiʻi . 2022-09-02 . Eater Portland . en . 2022-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220902140932/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/9/1/23331919/hapa-ramen-kauai-hawaii-restaurant-portland . live .
  12. Web site: Russell . Michael . 2022-10-05 . Hard-to-find Oaxacan dishes, classic French bistro fare and more Portland restaurant news for October 2022 . 2022-10-06 . The Oregonian . en . 2022-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221005233716/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2022/10/hard-to-find-oaxacan-dishes-classic-french-bistro-fare-and-more-portland-restaurant-news-for-october-2022a.html . live .
  13. Web site: 2019-12-26 . Portland's Restaurant Newcomers of 2019, According to the City's Food Writers and Personalities . 2022-09-02 . Eater Portland . en . 2020-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200216134914/https://pdx.eater.com/2019/12/26/21035679/year-in-eater-2019-restaurant-newcomers . live .
  14. Web site: Williams . Nathan . 2023-05-08 . Where to Eat and Drink in Portland’s Creston-Kenilworth Neighborhood . 2023-05-08 . Eater Portland . en.
  15. Web site: Where to Eat Noodles in Portland This Week . 2022-09-02 . Willamette Week . en . 2021-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210928110942/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2021/08/23/where-to-eat-noodles-in-portland-this-week/ . live .
  16. Web site: Where Get Hot Soup in Portland This Week . 2022-09-02 . Willamette Week . en . 2022-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220207073350/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2022/01/12/where-get-hot-soup-in-portland-this-week/ . live .

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