The 60-seat dining room, in shades of turquoise and walnut, is roughly the size of Josep Vidal’s jamón-curing room back home in Barcelona. The walls are plastered in black and white photos of the original restaurant.
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The 60-seat dining room, in shades of turquoise and walnut, is roughly the size of Josep Vidal’s jamón-curing room back home in Barcelona. The walls are plastered in black and white photos of the original restaurant.
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Monkfish with potato, caramelized onion, tomato vinaigrette and micro greens.
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Monkfish with potato, caramelized onion, tomato vinaigrette and micro greens.
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Chef Josep Vidal (second from right) teaches his son Arnau (left of Josep) and two cooks the proper technique for simmering paella.
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Chef Josep Vidal (second from right) teaches his son Arnau (left of Josep) and two cooks the proper technique for simmering paella.
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A small bar area near the entryway serves Can Font’s original cocktails, along with a list of exclusively Spanish wine and beer.
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A small bar area near the entryway serves Can Font’s original cocktails, along with a list of exclusively Spanish wine and beer.
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Traditional paella, flavored with classic sofrito, mussels, clams, cuttlefish, shrimp, and parsley-garlic oil.
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Traditional paella, flavored with classic sofrito, mussels, clams, cuttlefish, shrimp, and parsley-garlic oil.
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Another view of the dining room at Can Font.
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Another view of the dining room at Can Font.
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Jet-black squid ink paella.
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Jet-black squid ink paella.
On Saturday, June 3, longtime Barcelona institution Can Font will open a Portland location at 1015 NW Northrup Street, inside the new Cosmopolitan building. Its chef and co-owner is Josep Vidal, a veteran who worked in Michelin-starred kitchens all over Europe in the ’80s and ’90s before taking over the 60-year-old restaurant destination in 1999. Now he’s chosen Portland for his second outpost, cooking up modern Catalonian preparations with a deep reverence for ingredients and seasonality, and a major focus on seafood. Find the full story in our news break from earlier this month.
Dinner begins June 3, with a brunch program launching the following week (the restaurant is no longer serving lunch as originally reported). Click the slideshow above for a taste of the space and menu.
Can Font 1015 NW Northrup St. 5–10 p.m. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–8 p.m. (brunch till 4 p.m.) Sun
