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Fish Sauce
Fish Sauce
	The restaurant's exterior, 2022
Restaurant information
Established	August 2012
Owner(s)	Ben Bui
Food type	Vietnamese
Street address	407 Northwest 17th Avenue
City	Portland
County	Multnomah
State	Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code	97209
Country	United States
Coordinates	45°31′33″N 122°41′19″W / 45.5258°N 122.6885°W
Seating capacity	45
Website	fishsaucepdx.com

Fish Sauce is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Description

Named after the condiment of the same name, Fish Sauce is a Vietnamese restaurant at the intersection of 17th and Flanders in northwest Portland's Northwest District. The space seats approximately 45 people, and the interior features lights in Mason jars hanging from the ceiling.^[1] The menu includes bánh mì, fish sauce wings, Hainese chicken, grilled Korean short ribs, Bo Bia (fried rolls of jicama, basil, egg, and Chinese sausage in peanut sauce), pho, and vermicelli-stuffed rice paper rolls. Drinks include the Elephant Parade (Pueblo Viejo tequila, Lustau East India sherry, strawberry vinegar), the Renegade (Teachers Whiskey, tamarind, ginger syrup), the Two Birds (Sobieski vodka, orange liqueur, lemon), and the Wicked Games (pear brandy, pineapple, honey).

History

Owner Ben Bui opened the restaurant in August 2012.^[1]^[2] A fire forced Fish Sauce to close for a month in 2017.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Fish Sauce's drink menu was designed by Tommy Klus, and KJ DeBoer was the bar manager, as of 2016–2017.^[6]^[7]

Reception

In 2013, Portland Monthly's Benjamin Tepler wrote, "Fish Sauce's most attractive angles are its impressive, thoughtful cocktail list and its role as an under-the-radar neighborhood bargain, offering affordable happy hour bites."^[1] He opined, "You can find better versions of these Southeast Asian staples elsewhere around town. The fish sauce wings lack a potent, fermented punch, the Hainese chicken is dry and the sauce too sweet ... and the pho has more personality down 82nd street." Tepler described the happy hour menu as "dirt-cheap" and said the cocktails "are the main event here".^[1] Michael C. Zusman of Willamette Week said of the restaurant: "It's not remote, dingy or flawless, but there are enough attractive offerings to make Fish Sauce a worthwhile stop, especially for those hankering for chao tom on the West Side."^[8] Krista Garcia included Fish Sauce in Eater Portland's 2020 overview of "Where to Find Steamy Bowls of Pho in Portland".^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tepler, Benjamin (March 13, 2013). "Fish Sauce". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ Russell, Michael (August 2, 2012). "Fish Sauce restaurant debuts in Northwest Portland". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ Bamman, Mattie John (July 31, 2017). "Fire Shutters Fish Sauce Restaurant". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ Bamman, Mattie John (August 24, 2017). "Fire-Damaged Fish Sauce Restaurant Reopens in the Alphabet District". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ Ross, Thomas (October 11, 2017). "Short Round Proves Its Mettle". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ Walsh, Chad (September 26, 2016). "Short Round To Bring Vietnamese Drinking Snacks To Hawthorne This Winter". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ Walsh, Chad (July 11, 2017). "Peer Inside Short Round, Opening on July 17". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ Zusman, Michael C. (October 15, 2013). "Restaurant Guide 2013: Fish Sauce". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ Garcia, Krista (December 10, 2020). "Where to Find Steamy Bowls of Pho in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2022.