Personal Beast
Pet supply store · Montavilla
8119 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215
Highlights
High-end pet shop with quality food, toys, treats, clothing & accessories.
High-end pet shop with quality food, toys, treats, clothing & accessories.
"Known for Naomi Pomeroy's innovative cooking that helped make her beloved in Portland, Beast was a defining restaurant in her career and is cited as one of the spots that established her reputation; the space later transformed into Ripe Cooperative." - Rebecca Roland
"Debuting in 2007 to near-instant acclaim, Pomeroy’s restaurant Beast embodied her bold, exacting point of view: one prix-fixe menu served in two seatings with communal tables where everyone ate the same five or six courses while Pomeroy and her team cooked and plated from a central kitchen island with nowhere to hide. The dishes ranged from a silky velouté to a meaty lamb chop with a surprising accompaniment and a delicate charcuterie plate that reached icon status; there were famously no substitutions and diners were asked to embrace the pig and trust her vision. Beast earned national recognition (Food & Wine Best New Chef, 2009; James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northwest, 2014) and became emblematic of Portland’s culinary ethos before closing in October 2020." - Erin DeJesus
"I recalled that Naomi Pomeroy rose to acclaim in Portland for her now-closed restaurant Beast." - Rebecca Roland
"I remember Pomeroy’s fine-dining restaurant Beast as the place that helped put Portland on the national map: it opened in 2007 after her Family Suppers pop-ups, earned multiple James Beard Award nominations and a win in 2014, and became one of the city’s most famous restaurants. Beast closed at the start of the pandemic, Pomeroy engaged with the Independent Restaurant Coalition to help develop relief legislation like the CARES Act, and toward the end of 2020 she announced Beast would not reopen." - Janey Wong
"Naomi Pomeroy announced earlier this month that Beast, her trailblazing restaurant that defined Portland dining, would not reopen in the NE 30th Avenue space it’s called home since 2007, thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic." - Erin DeJesus
