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The Paper Bridge is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Spouses Quynh Nguyen and Carlo Reinardy, who are co-owners and co-chefs, opened the restaurant in southeast Portland in 2023.
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Description
[edit]The Paper Bridge is a Vietnamese restaurant in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood.[1] The business is named after a district in Hanoi.[2] The restaurant's dining room has two areas, one of which is referred to as "the garden" and has hanging plants and paper lanterns.[3]
The Northern Vietnamese[4] menu includes phở chiên phồng (fried rice noodles with a light gravy) as well as Vân Đình-style grilled duck with glass noodles, chive flowers, daylilies, and bamboo consomme. The restaurant also serves the noodle dish bún chả.[3] Among pho varieties is one with roast duck leg.[5] The Lang Son-style pho has barbecue pork, pork tenderloin, pork belly, fried sweet potato, and chile sauce.[6] The charcuterie platter has pork hock, Vietnamese and lap xoung sausages, pate, floss made of shiitake, pickled morning glory, and cheche (a type of cheese).[7]
Drink options include cà phê trung (egg coffee), iced coconut coffee, and rượu, or distilled rice wines infused with ingredients such as apple, mulberry, or rose myrtle.[3] Cocktails include a gin fizz with calamansi juice and egg whites, and a mocktail callled the lime snow has been described as "a sweet and citrusy confection with lots of ice".[5] The Paper Bridge also serves smoothies with boba and jellies.[1]
History
[edit]The restaurant is co-owned by spouses Quynh Nguyen and Carlo Reinardy, who are also both chefs.[8] It opened on November 9, 2023,[9] in the space that previously housed Simpatica / La Luna cafe.[10] The Paper Bridge operates in a building that also houses Bar Casa Vale and Scotch Lodge.[3] For Lunar New Year in 2024, The Paper Bridge offered a special five-course dinner menu.[11] The business had specials for the holiday again in 2025.[12]
Reception
[edit]Nick Woo and Krista Garcia included The Paper Bridge in Eater Portland's 2024 list of the city's seventeen "finest" Vietnamese restaurants.[8] Michael Russell included the clams in The Oregonian's list of Portland's ten best dishes of 2024.[13] The Paper Bridge was included in The New York Times's 2025 list of the fifty best restaurants in the U.S.[14][15][16]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "New Asian Restaurants for the Whole Family". PDX Parent. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Dinh, Elizabeth (October 16, 2024). "The Paper Bridge brings Hanoi flavors to Portland". KOIN.
- ^ a b c d Wong, Janey (November 7, 2023). "Incoming Vietnamese Restaurant the Paper Bridge Takes a Culinary Tour Through Northern Vietnam". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 18, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Russell, Michael (September 9, 2024). "Portland snags two spots on Bon Appetit's list of America's best new restaurants". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ a b "The Paper Bridge Brings Northern Vietnamese Dishes to Light". Willamette Week. March 12, 2024. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "The Best Things the Eater Portland Team Ate This Week". Eater Portland. May 17, 2024. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "Best Dishes the Eater Portland Team Ate This Week". Eater Portland. May 17, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ a b Woo, Nick (April 13, 2018). "The 17 Finest Vietnamese Restaurants in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "A Guide to Portland's Latest Restaurant Openings". Eater Portland. January 27, 2021. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Russell, Michael (November 22, 2023). "Look inside 8 new Portland-area restaurants that opened this fall". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on December 25, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Dinh, Elizabeth (February 7, 2024). "Here's where, how to celebrate Lunar New Year around Portland". KOIN. Archived from the original on February 11, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "Where to find Lunar New Year treats, specials in the Portland area". KOIN.com. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
- ^ Russell, Michael (December 19, 2024). "Michael Russell picks Portland's 10 best dishes of 2024". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
- ^ "The Restaurant List 2025". The New York Times. September 9, 2025. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
- ^ Russell, Michael (September 9, 2025). "Two Oregon restaurants land on New York Times list of America's 50 best". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
- ^ Seibold, Hannah (September 9, 2025). "The New York Times names Portland Vietnamese restaurant among best places to eat in the U.S." The Portland Tribune. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
