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Everybody Eats PDX

Everybody Eats PDX (sometimes simply Everybody Eats) was a soul food restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business closed in 2022.

Description

Everybody Eats PDX was a Black-owned,[1] soul food restaurant that served Cajun and Creole cuisine in northwest Portland's Pearl District.[2] Portland Monthly Katherine Chew Hamilton described the menu as "Southern-meets-Pacific-Northwest cooking".[3]

The brunch menu included chicken and waffles (including a peach cobbler variety) and shrimp and grits. The dinner menu included lamb chops with Cajun pasta, mashed potatoes, and asparagus as sides. The "ultimate" seafood macaroni and cheese had crab, lobster, and shrimp mixed with Tillamook cheese sauce, topped with lobster tail, king crab meat, prawns, and a Mexican cheese blend.[3][4]

The interior featured a graffiti mural painted by Ray Baxter, also known as Hand of Dogg.[1]

History

Owners Johnny Huff Jr. and Marcell Goss started Everybody Eats as a catering service in 2016. In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the business moved into a brick and mortar in southeast Portland,[5] operating via catering, counter service and takeout.[3] The menu included cheesesteaks, macaroni and cheese, and po'boys.[6]

The restaurant relocated to the Pearl District in May 2021,[1] offering brunch, lunch, dinner, and a full bar.[3] In September 2021, three people were injured after a gunfight broke out amongst a group of diners.[7] The restaurant was vandalized in May 2022, as part of a five-day crime spree targeting Black-owned restaurants as well as mosques and synagogues; the man who broke a window at the restaurant was sentenced to five years in prison for the incidents in 2025.[8]

The restaurant's owners supported community organizations including Black Lives Matter[9] and Don't Shoot PDX.[1][7] Everybody Eats PDX closed in 2022.[10]

Reception

Kara Stokes and Maya MacEvoy included Everybody Eats PDX in Eater Portland 2022 overview of recommended restaurants in the Pearl District.[11] The website's Ron Scott and Nathan Williams included the restaurant in a 2022 list of thirteen "spots for serious soul food" in the Portland metropolitan area.[12]

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References

  1. Jenni Moore. Pandemic Success Story: Everybody Eats PDX Brings Black-Owned Dining Back to the Pearl Portland Mercury, 2021-05-24, retrieved 2021-10-06^
  2. Robert Ham. Help Support Portland's Black-Owned Restaurants Portland Mercury, June 3, 2020, retrieved October 5, 2021^
  3. Katherine Chew Hamilton. Everybody Eats PDX Will Bring Ultimate Seafood Mac and Peach Cobbler Chicken and Waffles to the Pearl Portland Monthly, 2021-02-18, retrieved 2021-10-06^
  4. The Top Five Places to Eat in Portland This Week Willamette Week, 2021-04-26, retrieved 2021-10-06^
  5. Portland's Black-Owned Eateries Are Giving Back Portland Monthly, 12 June 2020, retrieved 2022-08-24^
  6. Brooke Jackson-Glidden. Portland's Most Anticipated Restaurant, Bar, and Pod Openings, Spring 2021 Eater Portland, 2021-03-18, retrieved 2021-10-06^
  7. Alex Frane. A Gunfight Broke Out at Pearl District Restaurant Everybody Eats this Weekend Eater Portland, 2021-09-07, retrieved 2021-10-06^
  8. Murmurs: Former Journalist Charged With Bias Crimes Willamette Week, 11 May 2022, retrieved 2022-08-24^
  9. Brooke Jackson-Glidden. An East Portland Spot for Seafood Mac and Cheese Is Moving to the Pearl Eater Portland, 2021-02-19, retrieved 2021-10-06^
  10. Janey Wong. Portland's Restaurant, Bar, and Food Cart Closures Eater Portland, 2021-01-20, retrieved 2022-08-24^
  11. Kara Stokes. Where to Eat and Drink in Portland's Pearl District Eater Portland, 2019-09-09, retrieved 2022-04-18^
  12. Ron Scott. 13 Spots for Serious Soul Food in Portland and Beyond Eater Portland, 2021-10-05, retrieved 2022-07-06^