Coquine

Coquine
Coquine
Restaurant information
Established	July 16, 2015
Owner(s)	Katy Millard and Ksandek Podbielski
Head chef	Katy Millard
Food type	French, with Japanese and Southern United States influences
Dress code	Casual
Street address	6839 Southeast Belmont Street
City	Portland
County	Multnomah
State	Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code	97215
Country	United States
Coordinates	45°31′1.5″N 122°35′32.8″W / 45.517083°N 122.592444°W
Seating capacity	~30 people
Reservations	Required
Website	www.coquinepdx.com/welcome

Coquine is a restaurant located in the Mount Tabor neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The restaurant serves French-inspired food made from ingredients purchased from local farms as well as Stumptown Coffee.^[4]^[5]

History

Co-owner Katy Millard was born in Rhodesia to an American father and Portuguese mother, but the family left during the uprising when the country became Zimbabwe, settling in Mobile, Alabama.^[6] As a child, she would make six-hour pasta dishes with her father.^[6] Later, Millard worked in restaurants in Mobile and in East Lansing, Michigan. After finishing college, Millard decided to spend two months backpacking Europe. On the trip, her father took her to the Guy Savoy restaurant, where she had a meal that "changed her life."^[6] Millard returned to the restaurant the next day where she met Guy Savoy and gave him her resume.^[6] Savoy hired Millard to work at one of his satellite bistros, where she worked for five years.^[6]^[7] Later, she worked for Daniel Patterson at Coi in San Francisco and helped him open Plum, his restaurant in Oakland, California.^[7] Millard's husband and co-owner, Ksandek Podbielski was also born in a small town in West Germany where his mother was a school teacher and his father was serving in the United States Army.^[6] He later returned to the United States, eventually moving to Oregon and working at a vineyard, where he managed the winery's hospitality department.^[6] Podbielski soon began working in restaurants as well.^[6]

In 2012, Millard and Podbielski started a pop-up restaurant series called the Coquine Supper Club at Dancing Roots Farm in Troutdale, Oregon, wineries, and special events.^[8]^[6]^[7] Millard and Podbielski opened Coquine in July 2015 serving only dinner and expecting to operate primarily as a coffee shop.^[9]^[2]^[10] On August 7, 2015, Coquine began serving counter service lunch and breakfast.^[4]

In July 2017, Coquine began serving full service lunch.^[10]

Reception

In 2015, its opening year, Coquine was named Restaurant of the Year by Eater Portland and Katy Millard was nominated for Chef of the Year.^[9]^[11] Coquine was also a finalist in the 2016 James Beard Foundation Awards and was named one of Bon Appétit's top fifty "best new restaurants".^[9]^[12]^[13] The Oregonian named Coquine the 2016 Restaurant of the Year.^[9]^[14]^[6] In 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, Katy Millard was nominated by the James Beard Foundation for Best Chef: Northwest.^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19] In October 2021, Coquine was listed in the New York Times' 2021 Restaurant List as one of "50 places in America we're most excited about right now."^[20]

References

^ Smith, Suzette (February 2, 2021). "Takeout Club: Find Cookies for Your Lover at Courier Coffee and Coquine". Portland Mercury.
^ ^a ^b Walsh, Chad (July 17, 2015). "Look Inside Coquine, Now Open In Mt. Tabor". Eater. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Russell, Michael (November 6, 2015). "Coquine brings worldly technique, local focus to Mount Tabor (restaurant review)". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b Bamman, Mattie John (August 6, 2015). "Coquine Now Rocking Breakfast And Lunch". Eater. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Danko, Pete (October 11, 2018). "A new, more entrepreneurial farmer is taking root in Oregon". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Russell, Michael (June 7, 2016). "Portland's 2016 Restaurant of the Year: Coquine". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Centoni, Danielle (March 10, 2015). "Coquine Supper Club Finds Permanent Home on SE Belmont". Eater. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ "Inspired French Coquine Readies July Debut". Eater. June 26, 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bamman, Mattie John (July 21, 2016). "One Year In: Coquine Shares Its Wild Ride to Success". Eater. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b Bamman, Mattie John (July 25, 2017). "Coquine Inaugurates Full-Service Lunch". Eater. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Bamman, Mattie John (November 16, 2015). "Eater Awards 2015: Announcing the Portland Winners". Eater. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Krystal, Becky (August 2, 2016). "D.C. has three nominees on Bon Appetit's best new restaurants list". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ "Bon Appétit Announces Its 2016 Best New Restaurant Nominees". Cision. August 2, 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Bamman, Mattie John (June 7, 2016). "The Oregonian Plays It Safe, Announcing Coquine as 2016 Restaurant of the Year". Eater. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Kane, Peter-Astrid (February 15, 2018). "James Beard Foundation Announces 2018 Chef and Restaurant Semifinalists". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Bamman, Mattie John (March 15, 2017). "James Beard Foundation Announces 2017 Portland Awards Finalists". Eater. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (May 4, 2020). "Here Are Portland's 2020 James Beard Awards Finalists". Eater. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Perkins, Erin (February 15, 2018). "James Beard Awards 2018 Restaurant & Chef Semifinalists for Portland". Eater. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ Frane, Alex (February 27, 2019). "Here Are Portland's 2019 James Beard Awards Semifinalists". Eater. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ "2021 Restaurant List". The New York Times. October 22, 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.