kann
Haitian restaurant · Buckman
548 SE Ash St, Portland, OR 97214
Highlights
Haitian wood-fired cuisine from Top Chef's Gregory Gourdet
Haitian wood-fired cuisine from Top Chef's Gregory Gourdet
"A Portland Haitian restaurant led by chef Gregory Gourdet, who used his James Beard Awards win for Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific as a platform to publicly honor Haitian history and identity; his memorable stage look—a gray, 1800s-inspired suit with hand-stitched turquoise and blue ombré feathers and a bright red vest evoking the trogon—signaled that his culinary acclaim is accompanied by a deliberate, culturally rooted personal style." - Lisa Shames
"This Southeast Portland Haitian restaurant may be one of the city’s most famous, thanks to the celebrity of its owner, Top Chef regular and James Beard Award winner Gregory Gourdet; the restaurant has racked up accolades since its opening in 2022. All of that being said, Kann earned its place among Portland restaurant royalty: Meals start with lightly cured kampachi with smoked coconut milk and Haitian specialties like griyo, followed by show-stopping wood-fired proteins like herb marinated king salmon with stewed peppers or bone-in ribeyes coated in coffee rub. The whole restaurant is gluten-free — and dairy-free, because why not? Getting a reservation can be a blood sport; set an alarm for the first of the month at 12 p.m. Pacific and start refreshing Resy." - Sararosa Davies
"A Portland restaurant celebrated as one of Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants of 2023 and led by the chef who also appeared on the event’s menu; the restaurant’s recognition signals a strong recent critical reception and a focus on distinctive, regionally rooted flavors." - BySam Stone
"Kann, chef Gregory Gourdet’s acclaimed restaurant, offers a menu of Haitian food made with local produce and ingredients from the Pacific Northwest. The menu features dishes like a local pasture-raised pork chop, crispy okra, and espageti (Haitian spaghetti). But at the end of the meal, it’s all about the Baked Haiti made with coconut sponge cake, bavarian cream, pineapple reduction sauce, charred meringue, and basil. It’s a visual showstopper that somehow tastes even better than it looks — like the rest of the menu, it’s gluten-free, too. Book through Resy." - Rebecca Roland
"A nationally renowned Haitian restaurant whose reservations "sell out of reservations for the following month minutes after they drop, so set your alarm." The restaurant releases reservations on the first of each month at noon Pacific Time — but that’s for the following month (for example, April reservations are released on March 1). The guide advises to "keep an eye on Instagram for cancelations." Reservations are available on Resy." - Dianne de Guzman
