The Paper Bridge
| The Paper Bridge | |
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| Established | November 9, 2023 |
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| Food type | Vietnamese |
| Location | 828 Southeast Ash Street, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97214, United States |
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| Website | thepaperbridgepdx |
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.
Description
[edit | edit source]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 called 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 | edit source]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 | edit source]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 newspaper's Michael Russell included the business in a 2025 list of Portland's ten best new restaurants.[14] The Paper Bridge was included in The New York Times's 2025 list of the fifty best restaurants in the U.S.[15][16][17]
See also
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