The Best Restaurants to Eat and Drink Around the Buckman Neighborhood in Portland, Oregon | Eater Portland
"Food media sang praises for chef Gregory Gourdet’s Haiti-meets-Pacific Northwest restaurant early into its opening, scoring awards left and right for best new restaurant and best chef. Just a few years since its opening, Kann is still a highly sought-after celebratory meal. Inside the airy, brightly lit dining hall, large groups dress to impress while enjoying family-style plates of crispy okra with sugarcane chile glaze and jerk-seasoned cauliflower. The open kitchen and its wood-burning oven make the tantalizing smells of flame-cooked pork chops and whole snapper more prevalent. All dishes are typically seasoned with or highlight ingredients familiar to Haitian cuisine but with seasonal flair; a whole tai snapper can be flavored with a pineapple-tamarind pepper sauce, while smoked beef rib is rubbed with Haitian coffee grounds and ti malice (Haitian-Creole hot sauce). Meat-free guests will be happy to find an entirely separate vegan menu, while cocktail enthusiasts can head downstairs to its counterpart Sousol, a loungey basement bar boasting an extensive menu of Caribbean-inspired alcoholic and spirit-free drinks." - Katrina Yentch
