Tanuki Editor’s Pick Closed
Cuisine(s)
Japanese
Price Scale
$
Description
Tanuki is a cave of debauchery, with unbeatable izakaya (Japanese bar food) and a knockout drink list. The menu is a dizzying array of pickled plums, kimchi spice, and fermented noodles, but don’t panic—there’s an easy way out. Order omakase: you name the price, and chef-owner Janis Martin will unleash a parade of spicy, salty, and sometimes unidentifiable plates for the whole table, from cinnamon-spiked, tea-stained quail eggs to Netarts oysters under an avalanche of shaved kimchi ice. Just remember the rules from the original Tanuki on NW 21st Avenue: no sushi, no kids.
Meal Times
Dinner
Good to Know
Noisy
Good For
Date Night
Tanuki
8029 SE Stark St, Portland, OR, 97209
Mt. Tabor/Montavilla/82nd
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503-477-6030
Tue-Sat: 5 pm - 9 pm
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