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| Established | August 24, 2024 (2024-08-24) |
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| Food type | Vietnamese American |
| Location | 1495 Northeast Alberta Street,Portland,Multnomah,Oregon, 97211, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°33′33″N122°39′00″W / 45.5592°N 122.6499°W /45.5592; -122.6499 |
Mémoire Cà Phê is a Vietnamese American restaurant inPortland, Oregon, United States.[1] Established in 2024, the business is owned by chef Richard Le ofMatta, coffee roaster Kimberly Dam ofPortland Cà Phê, andpastry chef Lisa Nguyen of thedoughnut shopHeyDay. Mémoire Cà Phê was included inEater's list of the nation's fourteen best new restaurants in 2024.
The counter service restaurant Mémoire Cà Phê operates at the intersection of Alberta Street and 15th Avenue innortheast Portland'sVernon neighborhood.[2] It serves Vietnamese American cuisine, inspired by the owners' shared heritage. The menu includes a version of McDonald's Big Breakfast with a pandan waffle instead of a biscuit.[3] Onebreakfast sandwich has milk bread, pork,fried egg,American cheese, andnước chấm. The cafe also hasbreakfast burritos withpork bellycaramelized withfish sauce,chicken and waffles, a shrimpomelette with garlic and shallots,[4][5] desserts andpastries such asaffogato and acinnamon roll with black sesame andmarionberry jam,[6] and coffee drinks.[3][7]
Mémoire Cà Phê is owned by chef Richard Le of the Vietnamese restaurantMatta, coffee roaster Kimberly Dam ofPortland Cà Phê, andpastry chef Lisa Nguyen of thedoughnut shopHeyDay. In January 2024,Brooke Jackson-Glidden ofEater Portland described the trio's plans to open Mémoire Cà Phê in the spring.[3] In March, she and Janey Wong said the restaurant was slated to open in June.[7] Mémoire Cà Phê opened on August 24, 2024.[2][8]
Mémoire Cà Phê was included inEater's list of the fourteen best new restaurants in the U.S. in 2024.[9][10] Additionally, Jackson-Glidden and Rebecca Roland included the business inEater Portland's 2024 overview of the city's "best next-level"brunch restaurants.[5] The website also included Mémoire Cà Phê in a list of the "hottest" new eateries in Portland for November 2024,[6] and the owners won in the Restaurant Team of the Year category of the website's annual Eater Awards.[11] Writing forPortland Monthly in 2024, Jackson-Glidden said, "dishes at Mémoire feel original and imaginative while remaining firmly attached to their tender roots".[12] The business was included inEater Portland's 2025 list of Portland's best brunch restaurants.[13]The Oregonian included Mémoire Cà Phê in an overview of Portland's best new brunches of 2025.[14]
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