Soho House Portland

Matt Sigler Named Chef of the Members-Only Restaurant at Portland’s Soho House | Eater Portland

"I learned that if you — or a very good friend — have an extra $2,000 a year and can appease the membership committee, you can try Matt Sigler’s restaurant inside the new Soho House Portland, which opens in early March at 1025 SE Pine Street. The members-only club houses a two-story gym, steam room, sauna, and rooftop pool, and the restaurant (open only to members and their guests) will focus on Italian American dishes made with local ingredients: Sigler plans handmade pastas like rigatoni alla vodka, pappardelle with beef Bolognese, cavatelli with kale and basil pesto, and agnolotti with spinach and goat cheese; appetizers such as Pacific Northwestern oysters dressed with pink peppercorn mignonette, fried artichokes, and meatballs; salads with celery root chips or puffed chickpeas; wood-fired pizzas topped with ingredients like black truffle and leeks or artichokes and anchovies; and large-format proteins and whole fish like branzino with black olives or maple-glazed pork chops. Some dishes (for example, brick chicken with garlic confit) will echo other Soho Houses, but much of the menu is Portland-focused and sourced from local farms and producers such as Flying Coyote and Olympia Provisions; beverages skew Oregonian too, with Willamette Valley wines (Beaux Freres, Domaine Roy, Archery Summit), a house roast from Upper Left Roasters, and teas from True Tea, alongside local collaborations for sweets and chocolate." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden