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 Exterior of the original restaurant inSouthwest Portland, Oregon, in 2022 | |
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| Food type | Southern |
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| Coordinates | 45°31′20″N122°40′22″W / 45.5222°N 122.6729°W /45.5222; -122.6729 |
| Website | baeschicken |
Baes Fried Chicken, orBaes Chicken,[1] is afried chicken restaurant with three locations inPortland, Oregon, United States. The original restaurant opened inOld Town Chinatown in November 2019. Outposts opened insoutheast Portland'sSellwood-Moreland neighborhood in July 2020, and on Alberta Street innortheast Portland'sConcordia neighborhood in January 2023. Baes has also been a vendor at theModa Center.
Baes Fried Chicken is afried chicken restaurant with three locations in Portland; the business operates inOld Town Chinatown, insoutheast Portland'sSellwood-Moreland neighborhood, and on Alberta Street innortheast Portland'sConcordia neighborhood. Baes is also a vendor at theModa Center, anarena in theLloyd District.
The menu includesfried and grilledchicken as tenders, bone-in, or in sandwiches, as well asSouthern-inspired[2] sides such ascoleslaw,kale,macaroni and cheese,mashed potatoes, andwaffle fries.[3] According toBrooke Jackson-Glidden ofEater Portland, "The restaurant was designed to be very friendly to takeout and delivery, focusing on speed and its ability to hold up when it travels."[4]Willamette Week has said the chicken is made "with ruthless efficiency and alarming consistency".[5]
The Alberta Street location serves "brunch dishes like chicken fried steak waffles, maple-bacon biscuits, and deviled eggs with smoked trout caviar".[6]
Restaurateur Micah Camden (Blue Star Donuts,Boxer Ramen,SuperDeluxe) andNational Football League playerNdamukong Suh opened the original restaurant in Old Town Chinatown in November 2019,[4][7] in the space that previously housed Ash Street Saloon.[1] A thousand free chicken sandwiches were distributed on opening day.[8]
In mid 2020, the co-owners confirmed plans to open a second location on Bybee Boulevard in theWestmoreland district of Sellwood-Moreland, replacing a Boxer Ramen restaurant.[4] The restaurant opened in July.[9]
For theSuper Bowl in 2021, Baes donated all proceeds from both locations to the Suh Family Foundation.[10] The restaurant was a vendor at theModa Center, as of 2021.[11]
A third location opened on Alberta Street on January 14,[12] 2023.[13] It had closed by February 2025.[14]
The Oregonian's Michael Russell included Baes in a 2020 list of the city's 40 best inexpensive restaurants.[15] He has described the restaurant as "surprisingly tasty".[16] Nick Woo included Baes inEater Portland's 2021 list of fourteen "outstanding" fried chicken sandwiches in the city and said the restaurant "does not disappoint".[7] Katherine Chew Hamilton included Baes inPortland Monthly's 2021 overview of the city's best fried chicken.[17]
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