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Acadia: A New Orleans Bistro

Acadia: A New Orleans Bistro, or simply Acadia,[1] was a Cajun-, Louisiana Creole-, and Southern-style restaurant in northeast Portland, Oregon, in the United States.[2]

Description

Acadia was a Cajun-, Louisiana Creole- and Southern-style[3] restaurant located at 1303 Northeast Fremont Street in Portland's Sabin neighborhood. Its specialities included grilled pork chops and barbecue shrimp; the menu also included catfish, filet mignon,[4] gumbo, jambalaya,[5] and homemade ice cream.[6][7]

History

Adam Higgs became owner in 2004.[8] The restaurant closed in 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10][11][12]

Reception

The eighth edition of Best Places: Portland (2010) rates the restaurant two and a half out of three stars.[13] In Food Lover's Guide to Portland (2014), Liz Crain included Acadia in her list of "go to" seafood restaurants.[14] Willamette Week included the business in a 2016 list of Portland's best seafood establishments.[15]

After recommending the Louisiana barbecue shrimp, andouille, and sanguinaccio in 2016,[16] Michael Russell included Acadia in The Oregonian 2017 overview of the 40 best restaurants in northeast Portland and wrote, "Portland might not be the first place I'd go looking for Cajun/Creole cuisine, but this charming Sabin neighborhood restaurant does have a few arguments in its favor, none more compelling than these beautiful Nola-style barbecue shrimp. Having tried both in the past year, I can definitively say that Acadia's rendition, with its plump shrimp in a decadent white wine, butter and lemon sauce, blows the original at New Orleans' Pascal Manale's completely out of the Gulf waters."[17] He also included Acadia in the newspaper's 2018 list of Portland's 10 best Southern restaurants.[18] Russell ranked the business number 32 and number 34 on 2018 and 2019 lists of the city's best restaurants, respectively.[19][20]

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References

  1. Best Restaurants: Northeast Portland The Oregonian, Advance Publications, retrieved February 20, 2016^
  2. Adrienne So. Acadia Makes Cajun Fare Rich as New Orleans and Refined as Anything from the French Willamette Week, 2017-11-10, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  3. Rachel Dresbeck. Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon, 7th Rowman & Littlefield, 2011-03-01, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  4. Elizabeth Morris, Mark Morris, Judy Jewell, W. C. McRae. Moon Oregon Avalon Publishing, 2007-02-26, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  5. Fodor's Inside Portland Fodor's Travel, 2020-04-07, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  6. Acadia: A New Orleans Bistro Portland Mercury, Index Publishing, retrieved February 20, 2016^
  7. Michael C. Zusman. Go Fish: A meat eater dives deep into Davy Jones' Locker. Willamette Week, City of Roses Newspapers, December 2, 2014, retrieved February 20, 2016^
  8. Danielle Centoni. Chef Adam Higgs Selling Acadia Bistro Eater Portland, 2015-05-06, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  9. Michael Russell. Portland's best Cajun-Creole restaurant has closed for good The Oregonian, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2022-01-19^
  10. Andi Prewitt. Longtime Cajun-Creole Favorite Acadia Has Permanently Closed Its Doors Willamette Week, 2022-01-18, retrieved 2022-01-19^
  11. Alex Frane. Acadia, One of Portland's Only Cajun-Creole Restaurants, Closes This Weekend Eater Portland, 2022-01-14, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  12. Christopher Bjorke. Portland Cajun-Creole restaurant shuts down Portland Business Journal, January 19, 2022, retrieved December 17, 2022^
  13. John Gottberg, Elizabeth Lopeman. Best Places: Portland, 8th Edition Sasquatch Books, 2010-06-01, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  14. Liz Crain. Food Lover's Guide to Portland Hawthorne Books, 2014-09-02, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  15. These Are The Best Seafood Spots in Portland Willamette Week, 28 October 2016, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  16. Michael Russell. Acadia review: 2016 best Portland restaurants The Oregonian, 2016-05-31, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  17. Michael Russell. Northeast Portland's 40 best restaurants The Oregonian, 2017-11-06, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  18. Michael Russell. Portland's 10 best Southern* restaurants The Oregonian, 2018-02-17, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  19. Michael Russell. Portland's 40 best restaurants The Oregonian, 2018-07-13, retrieved 2022-12-17^
  20. Michael Russell. Portland's 40 best restaurants, ranked The Oregonian, 2019-07-31, retrieved 2022-12-17^