Screen Door (restaurant) explained

See also: Screen door (disambiguation).

Screen Door
Current-Owner:David Mouton (co-owner)
Street-Address:2337 East Burnside Street
City:Portland
County:Multnomah
State:Oregon
Postcode:97214
Country:United States
Coordinates:45.5231°N -122.6417°W
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Screen Door is a popular Southern and soul food restaurant with three locations in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

Description

Screen Door is a popular Southern and soul food restaurant with three locations in Portland, Oregon. The original restaurant is located at 2337 East Burnside Street in the Kerns neighborhood.[1] [2] In 2021, a second location opened in Northwest Portland's Pearl District. The business also operates at Portland International Airport in Northeast Portland.[3]

Screen Door often has a line. According to co-owner David Mouton, the restaurant can host as many as 500 customers per weekend. Wait times are sometimes shared via voicemail.[4] Screen Door warns guests, "Good fried chicken takes time. Please consider this when ordering."[5]

Menu

Screen Door's specialty is crispy buttermilk-battered fried chicken, sometimes accompanied with sweet potato waffles.[6] [7] The menu also includes biscuits, fried green tomatoes, grits, macaroni and cheese, po' boy, pulled pork, and brisket; weekend brunch features Bananas Foster French toast and biscuits and gravy (sausage or vegetarian).[8] The restaurant's hushpuppy recipe has been published by The Washington Post, and subsequently other outlets.[9]

History

In 2013, the restaurant's head chef Rick Widmayer left after serving for six years, citing "creative differences". He said, "We'd had some creative clashes over the years and it finally got to the point where I wanted more freedom to experiment and to grow. Screen Door has such a rigid concept and criteria: over-the-top Southern…there's no room for change."[1]

Screen Door opened a second location in the Pearl District in 2021,[10] and operates at the airport as of 2024.

Reception

Screen Door has been associated with Portland's reputation as a food destination.[11] In 2012, ABC News named Screen Door as one of the "Top Ten Restaurants in the Nation".[12] The Cooking Channel has recommended the restaurant for the "best Southern breakfast on the West Coast".[13] Glamour recommended the fried chicken and sweet potato waffles on their "must-try list for "serious foodies'" (2013).

The Portland Mercury has described the restaurant as "spacious yet cozy", with a varied menu. Tom Sietsema of The Washington Post wrote, "If you have time for only one breakfast, make it this convivial Southern charmer, easy to spot due to the inevitable line out the door".

In 2012, Portland Monthly reviewed and contrasted the restaurant's fried chicken and waffles with Simpatica's recipe in the magazine's search for the city's best chicken and waffles.[14] The magazine also included Screen Door's "Spicy Creole Bloody" recipe in its list of Portland's best Bloody Marys.[15] The restaurant's mashed potatoes and tasso gravy recipe was a contender in Portland Monthly 2016 "Spud Bracket", which recognized the city's best potato "creations".[16] The magazine also included the chicken and sweet potato waffle in a 2022 list of Portland's twelve best breakfasts.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. Tepler. Benjamin. Chef Rick Widmayer Out at Screen Door. Portland Monthly. March 1, 2013. January 30, 2016. 1546-2765. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912105603/http://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2013/3/1/widmayer-out-at-screen-door-march-2013. September 12, 2015. live.
  2. Screen Door. Travel + Leisure. January 30, 2016. 0041-2007. Time Inc..
  3. Web site: Baillargeon . Zoe . 2023-07-27 . Where to Eat and Drink at Portland International Airport . 2024-06-20 . Eater Portland . en.
  4. News: Sietsema . Tom . July 22, 2015 . No city does breakfast quite like Portland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160216105124/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150722/LIVING/150729996 . February 16, 2016 . February 8, 2016 . . Everett, Washington.
  5. Web site: Screen Door . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160312044859/http://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/or/portland/screen-door-restaurant.html . March 12, 2016 . January 30, 2016 . Food Network.
  6. Raymond . Julia . June 14, 2013 . Portland Food in the News . live . Portland Monthly . https://web.archive.org/web/20170214164241/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2013/6/14/portland-food-in-the-news-june-2013 . February 14, 2017 . January 30, 2016.
  7. News: Sietsema . Tom . December 21, 2015 . The 10 best food cities in America, ranked . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129122816/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2015/12/21/the-10-best-food-cities-in-america-ranked/ . January 29, 2016 . January 30, 2016 . . Washington, D.C. . 0190-8286.
  8. News: Screen Door . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151010054459/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/screen-door/Location?oid=48065 . October 10, 2015 . January 30, 2016 . . Index Publishing.
  9. News: July 1, 2015 . Screen Door Breakfast Hush Puppies . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160213075417/https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/recipes/screen-door-breakfast-hush-puppies/14773/ . February 13, 2016 . January 30, 2016 . The Washington Post.
  10. Web site: After a Yearlong Delay, Portland Brunch Destination Screen Door's Pearl Location is Opening Next Week.
  11. The Washington Post Names Portland America's Best Food City. Portland Monthly. December 21, 2015. January 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160203175540/http://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2015/12/21/the-washington-post-names-portland-america-s-best-food-city. February 3, 2016. live.
  12. Web site: The Nation's 10 Best Restaurants . . 2017-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908041730/https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/travelers-pick-10-best-restaurants-us/story?id=16643366#10 . 2017-09-08 . live .
  13. Web site: Screen Door. Cooking Channel. January 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20151105233154/http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/videos/screen-door.html. November 5, 2015. live.
  14. Portland's Battle for the Best Fried Chicken and Waffles. Portland Monthly. February 23, 2012. January 30, 2016. Zach. Dundas. Rachel. Ritchie. Martin. Patail. Karen. Brooks. Karen Brooks (food critic). Dan. Gay. https://web.archive.org/web/20160129071641/http://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2012/2/23/best-fried-chicken-and-waffles-march-2012. January 29, 2016. live.
  15. Portland's Best Bloody Marys. Portland Monthly. February 23, 2012. January 30, 2016. Rachel. Ritchie. Karen. Brooks. Allison. Jones. https://web.archive.org/web/20160131052356/http://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2012/2/23/best-bloody-marys-portland-march-2012. January 31, 2016. live.
  16. Clarke. Kelly. The Spud Bracket. Portland Monthly. January 15, 2016. January 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160117233846/http://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2016/1/15/the-spud-bracket. January 17, 2016. live.
  17. Web site: The 12 Best Breakfasts in Portland . 2022-06-01 . Portland Monthly . en-US.

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