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Home / Places / Nightlife / Tanuki

Tanuki

413 NW 21st Ave.
Portland, OR, 97209
241-7667 | Website
Neighborhood: Northwest 21st & 23rd

4 pm-close (always 10 pm or later) Tuesday-Saturday.

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Cuisine type: Japanese
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Drink 2011: Tanuki


Drink
Janis Martin’s endearingly odd bar has a lot in common with inexpensive restaurants all over Japan, in that it is tiny, cramped and not quite level with the sidewalk, pays little attention to decor, and serves food so strange and delicious it might make you cry.   More
 
Monday, January 24, 2011 BEN WATERHOUSE

Drink 2010


Food Reviews & Stories
In Japanese lore, Tanuki is the trickster raccoon-dog known to appear in shifting forms, though usually with sake in one hand and a promissory note for more sake in the other. Channel devious Tanuki at this Nob Hill izakaya (Japanese gastro-bar) and order a brimming beaker of sake from the substanti   More
 
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Restaurant Guide 2008


Food Reviews & Stories
Tanuki stays true to the izakaya pub-grub tradition with a fine selection of sake and sake-based cocktails in a laid-back, casual atmosphere—but don’t think for a second they’ve forgotten about the food. Izakya staples such as kushiyaki—literally stuff on sticks—are a f   More
 
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 BRIAN PANGANIBAN

Drink 2009


Food Reviews & Stories
Unlike most places in Portland offering food inspired by the izakaya—a Japanese bar that serves small plates of raw fish, grilled meat and pickles—Janice Martin’s Nob Hill establishment actually aspires to be one. Yes, she makes extraordinarily good food, but the ambience and servi   More
 
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 BEN WATERHOUSE

Dish Review


Food Reviews & Stories
Maybe you haven’t heard of Japan’s infamous scoundrel of a raccoon dog, Tanuki. He’s the portly, friendly-looking, big-balled statue greeting Japanese salarymen as they stream into an izakaya after work for drink, snacks and a good time. But it won’t be long before you hear a   More
 
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 Deeda Schroeder
 
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