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“Remarkably Straightforward for Portland!”
The Grain and Gristle is a neighborhood pub started by three friends who love local beer, fresh food, and wood. The space itself is centered by a live-edged maple bar built by Brendan Alvistur, around which you can quaff craft beers, spirits, and wines while enjoying a thoughtfully prepared meal or snack. Alex Ganum, the pub’s beer curator, really believes that the best brews in the world come from right here around Portland. He’s devoted to his own small production facility, Upright Brewing, focusing on an evolving and unique style that blends French and Belgian elements with his own methodology. Upright also brews a well hopped north German-style lager year round, the Engelberg Pilsener, featured as the pub's house draft, and Alex produces a sweet vermouth from local wine and mineral water using Portland's excellent Bull Run Watershed, both exclusive to the Grain and Gristle. Ben Meyer grew up in Indiana and was influenced by the food of his great-grandmother Georgia and his mother. After landing in Portland, he helped run Genie’s Café, worked the opening line at Toro Bravo and worked as a butcher at New Seasons. Ben toured the country by bike for a year and the spent another year living in a goat barn and working on an organic family farm on Vashon Island. He owned a small café in Southeast Portland for a number of years and then gained notoriety when he opened Ned Ludd with Jason French. Most recently he left Ned Ludd to make room for the Grain & Gristle.
We were looking for a place that took brunch reservations, and there isn't a lot of places to choose from in Portland. However, we stumbled upon Grit and Gristle while searching for open... Read more
I've been here before and it was wonderful, but it seems like they're just coming up with bazaar menu items just to be trendy. Today I met a friend for brunch and because last time it was so... Read more
I came here for Sunday brunch and it wasn't too busy. My friend and I were able to sit at the bar and didn't have to wait. This place is a farm to table concept using in season ingredients so... Read more
Grain & Gristle
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- Sun, Mon, Sat: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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