ChefStable
Business development service · Hosford-Abernathy ·
Restaurant group offering catering, gift cards, and delivery
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819 SE Grant St, Portland, OR 97214 Get directions
Restaurant group offering catering, gift cards, and delivery
819 SE Grant St, Portland, OR 97214 Get directions
"Kurt Huffman, founder of the expansive Portland restaurant group ChefStable (Ox, Lardo, Bluto’s), is moving back to France with his family in December; he says ChefStable will continue under the guidance of the company’s leadership team and joked on LinkedIn that they are secretly excited to get him far away so he stops coming up with new ideas." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Kurt Huffman, owner of Chefstable, highlighted the dependency of the restaurant industry's future on the dining public's willingness to return. He expressed concern about small spaces struggling to survive long-term with social distancing measures and emphasized the need for public support for a return to pre-pandemic dining conditions." - Eater Staff
"The restaurant group Chefstable is experimenting with delivery-only restaurants as a lower‑risk incubator model — converting its commissary into a ghost kitchen to maintain business amid a decline in catered events — and plans to roll out similar concepts while partnering only with chefs who demonstrate commitment and talent, according to CEO Kurt Huffman." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"CEO Kurt Huffman said the 10 p.m. curfew is unfair because it would force staff to tell customers, after they’ve spent $150 on a meal, that they need to wrap it up and take it to go." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"I am rethinking everything about our business and won't know exactly what things will look like until we get clarity on the exact rules the county enforces; we'll need a week of payroll and enough to pay inventory — anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000 — to reopen, and only a robot or a sociopath would remain unchanged after this." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
