( a tasting menu — nine tables, one seating )

Cooking led by fire and the morning market.

( find us )The Old Grain Exchange, 4 Ropewalk Lane, Portland
( today )Tue — Sat · one seating from 18:00 · closed Sun & Mon

( the menu — july )

The tastings

The Coastal — 9 courses185

day-boat fish, shore herbs, first stone fruit

The Harvest — 16 courses265

the full kitchen: fire, ferment, hearth breads

Chef's counter — 6 seats at the pass320

served by the chefs, one pour included

Snacks & amuse-boucheincl.

open every tasting, changes daily

Pairings & cellar

Wine pairing, classic95

six pours, old world leaning

Wine pairing, reserve165

library bottles, small growers

Non-alcoholic pairing55

ferments, infusions, pressed fruit

Grower champagne, glass24

changes with the cellar

Corkage45

one bottle per table, nothing on our list

— the menu is confirmed the morning of service —

( the chef — nº 01 )

portrait of chef Amara Voss at the pass
Amara Vossexecutive chef & owner

The menu changes every day. When does it actually get written?

Between seven and nine, at the loading door. The farms and the day-boat arrive, we taste, and whatever is honest that morning goes on the board. The menu is a record of the delivery, not a plan we impose on it.

Sixteen courses sounds like theatre. Is it?

It is sixteen small, quiet arguments for one season. No dry ice, no tweezers for their own sake. If a course cannot survive being described in one plain sentence, it does not go out.

“The menu is a record of the delivery, not a plan we impose on it.”

Why only nine tables?

Because the fire has one pace and I refuse to add a second pass. Nine tables means every plate is finished by the same four hands and I can stand behind every one of them — literally, most nights.

What should a first-time guest know?

Come hungry, give us three hours, and tell us everything about your allergies and nothing about your expectations. The best table is the one facing the kitchen — you will see every plate you eat being made.

( how a plate happens )

01 / 03

( origin )

It starts six miles from the door

Eleven partner farms, one day-boat fisherman and a forager who walks the same stretch of coast every dawn. What shows up before seven dictates the menu — never the other way around.

the coastline

( craft )

Time does half the cooking

Vegetables go straight into the ferment room, whole animals are broken down within the hour, and the hearth breads prove while the city sleeps. Nothing in this kitchen arrives ready-made.

the ferment room

( plate )

One seating, paced by the fire

Sixteen courses over three hours, every plate finished four metres from your table. When a course runs out, it runs out — tomorrow the coast will send something else.

the pass

( from the pass, this week )

Charred leek
Charred leek01ash oil — cultured cream
Scallop crudo
Scallop crudo02brown butter — yuzu kosho
Heirloom tomato
Heirloom tomato03koji — basil oil
Smoked venison
Smoked venison04juniper — roast plum
Hearth sourdough
Hearth sourdough05cultured butter — smoked salt
Brown sugar tart
Brown sugar tart06bay leaf ice cream

( the room )

Small on purpose

tables

one seating a night, Tue – Sat

courses

on the full Harvest tasting

farms

named partners within forty miles

hours

give the evening the time it needs

( guest notes, verbatim )

The kind of meal you plan a trip around. Every course had a point of view, and watching the pass while you eat is theatre without the pretension.
Naomi Ridley
We booked for our anniversary and stayed until they stacked the chairs. The Harvest tasting with the reserve pairing is worth every cent of the $430 for two — and I say that as someone who flinched at the price first.
David Okafor
Chef Voss came to the table twice to explain the ferments. Nine tables means you are never rushed and never forgotten.
Priya Chandrasekaran
Hard to get a Saturday seat — book the day the calendar opens. The bread course alone justifies the effort.
Marcus Feld

( before you come )

Yes — tell us when you book, not when you sit down. The menu is written daily, so with 48 hours’ notice the kitchen can rebuild almost any course around allergies, and a full vegetable tasting is always available.

Anything else? Call us between 10:00 and 16:00 — a human picks up.

( reservations )

One seating a night, Tuesday through Saturday. Three hours, sixteen courses, nine tables.

( parties of 7+ — ask about the chef's counter buyout · +1 503 555 0184 )

( find us )

Service
  • Tue — Thuone seating · 18:00
  • Fri — Satone seating · 18:00
  • Sun — MonClosed
Find us
The Old Grain Exchange4 Ropewalk Lane, Portland+1 503 555 0184