Tour de Crepes has closed, to be replaced by Suzette Creperie by Jehnee Raines.
You may remember Jehnee from Nancy Rommelmann’s interview:
“Before Jehnee Rains became a pastry chef, she was a painter, and to hear the thirtysomething Portland native tell it, the enthusiasms are the same: a fascination with color, with texture; a curiosity as to how elements might work together, and a character that finds inspiration in something as perfectly simple as a peach. After more than a decade in the Bay Area, many of those years as pastry chef at Chez Panisse and Quince, Rains launched her local career last summer at Gotham Building Tavern…”
From Jehnee:
Bonjour Suzette!
Suzette creperie is opening on Alberta St.
Jehnee Rains is taking over the Tour de Crepes space, expanding the menu and the hours to 9 am 9 pm Wednesday through Sunday. In addition to sweet and savory crepes sold morning, noon, and night, we will be making scones and french almond teacakes, ice cream cones, and desserts.
Our dining room is an historic dairy carriage house, with lovely patio. All the cooking is done in our kitchen behind the carriage house, in an airstream trailer. Come to the window to order, then relax and have a glass of Champagne, wine, or beer while we prepare your order.
Friday night is film night, and for Sunday brunch we have an accordian player, carriying us back to the streets of Paris!
Jehnee has been making desserts for 15 years, much of it in the Bay Area at institutions such as Chez Panisse and Quince. Here in Portland she has been pastry chef for Ripe, Bluehour, and Clarklewis, all restaurants that work closely with local farmers.
Suzette sources ingredients locally and organically when possible, recycles, composts, and will grow our own veggies and flowers in our backyard garden starting next spring!
Grand Opening is Thursday, September 24th, last Thursday!, opening at 4 pm.
2921 NE Alberta St. between 29th and 30th
Jehnee is one of my favorite pastry chefs, a genuinely nice person, and I look forward to her restaurant opening late this month.
janeannechovy says
I spotted a “bottle-your-own” dispenser in Food Front this afternoon, but didn’t stop to check it out further. Wouldn’t surprise me if they stopped selling bottled water. Heck, for all I know they already have.
wineguy says
WHAT?? Stanford’s at Riverplace closed???? Oh, wait, I don’t care. Can’t wait to get my crepe on at Suzette. And big ups for the cellarer.com rating. Well deserved. Keep the appetite inducing news coming!
pdxfoodfreak says
anyone know about Cafe Cubano on North Lombard near LBR? No one ever seems to be there, I ate there a while ago and have had zero urge to return. Maybe it could be an option for LBR? Or maybe I am grasping at straws?
Gary says
Sorry to be a nit picker but Salar’s is technically in Portland and not Beaverton so you still need to work on your Beaverton presence.
I’d be happy to make a small donation but you didn’t give any information on how to make one.
djonn says
Bad Gary, no biscuit.
If we’re really going to be technical about it, Salar’s is in unincorporated Washington County. It’s well outside the Portland city limits, and slightly north of Beaverton’s. Beaverton periodically makes noises about annexing various parts of the Cedar Mill area; so far none of them have actually stuck, but it’s likely that some time down the road Beaverton will, in fact, expand to cover parts of the Cedar Hills and Cedar Mill areas that are not presently incorporated.
The confusion arises because the ZIP codes in that part of unincorporated Washington County have been designated as “Portland” ZIP codes, and for many years were serviced out of the Portland post office jurisdiction. Nowadays even that has been changing — when my parents put mail on “vacation hold”, they now pick it up from a postal distribution center that’s technically in Hillsboro (out in the Tanasbourne area) — but the “Portland” mail designation has continued to stick.
Food Dude says
Actually, I thought Gary was correct, but then I did some checking too. It seems that Los Angeles has been quietly buying up small tracts of land all over the northwest, with very long term goal of making Beaverton an area that would give them room for growth. ;)
Gary, there is a Donate box on the right side of the front page. Any and all are appreciated.
Gary says
I’ll give you that Salar’s isn’t in Portland Proper but but the same analysis it isn’t in Beaverton proper either so technically I’m still correct that the review wasn’t Beaverton establishment so give me the damn biscuit. :-)
Thanks for the donate info, I’ll make a donation.
Joisey says
“There are several chefs in Portland who are battling major health issues. I’m not going to say who they are, but send some positive vibes out there. They could really use the good thoughts. Terrific people.”
As someone who faced a life threatening illness in March, I’d like to send out all my love and support to fellow chefs going through medical problems. This business is tough enough without having to deal with health issues. Get well!