Tréla Greek Kitchen
Restaurant · North Tabor ·
Authentic Greek fare with family recipes & PNW ingredients
Authentic Greek fare with family recipes & PNW ingredients
"Napoleon and Anthony Tzakis grew up in their parents’ Greek restaurants and in December, after a long road, finally opened their own restaurant in North Tabor, which they hope will keep Greek cuisine alive and kicking in Portland. The menu is heavy on mezze and familiar, classic dishes like souvlaki — but don’t sleep on the whole sea bass with Greek chimichurri. There’s also a cocktail menu that utilizes Greek spirits like mastika, ouzo, and tsipouro." - Zoe Baillargeon
"Greek culinary traditions meet Pacific Northwest ingredients at this neighborhood taverna gathering spot. Run by siblings Anthony, Napoleon, and Katerina Tzakis, who grew up in a restaurant-owning family within the Portland Greek community, Tréla’s solid menu of crowd-pleasing Greek favorites stems from passed-down family recipes. Start with a trio of dips — choosing from an assortment including creamy hummus and zesty tyrokafteri with roasted red pepper and feta, served with fragrant, fluffy pita — before moving on to mains like seared Pacific sea bass, hefty slabs of layered pastitsio, and crunchy calamari. The street food selection of skewers and wraps makes for a great lunch, and brunch blends classic recipes with Mediterranean influences like feta-and-spinach frittatas and pistachio French toast. For drinks, there’s Greek wine, spirits, and Mythos beer." - Zoe Baillargeon
"A long-anticipated Greek restaurant that opened on December 16 with a stated goal of helping keep Portland’s Greek culture alive through its food and programming." - Harry Cheadle
"The in-progress Greek restaurant, run by Napoleon and Anthony Tzakis along with Emmett Fraser and Jordan Johnson, aims to help keep Portland’s Greek culture alive; despite suffering ice storm damage earlier this year, they plan to welcome diners with dishes like ouzo scampi, spaghetti mizithra, and saganaki flambeed tableside, drawing on the owners’ ties to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral up the street and the desire to carry on a dwindling local tradition." - Janey Wong
"The Portland‑raised Tzakis brothers hope Tréla will help keep Greek culinary traditions alive on Glisan by blending family recipes with Pacific Northwest ingredients—expect a vertical‑spit gyro, plenty of local seafood, and other familial dishes—but an ice storm damaged the space and has delayed the originally planned 2024 opening, leaving no definite date." - Janey Wong