Le Pigeon Restaurant Review
738 E. Burnside St. (SE Eighth Ave.) 
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Portland, OR 97214
503-546-8796 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Le Pigeon Restaurant is one of our 2012
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightlyFeatures
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Casual
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 Chef Gabriel Rucker’s tiny storefront bistro takes reservations for the majority of its seating, but the ten bar stools wrapping around the lively open kitchen are always first-come, first-served. It’s not uncommon to see Rucker in conversation with diners as he wields his skillets and saucepans. The menu, which features local, organic and free-range ingredients, changes often, but the rich, tender beef cheek bourguignon is a standard. Menu descriptions are deceptively simple given the results---for example, “sweetbreads, prawns, grits, lobster mushrooms,” or “duck, crêpe, chard, peaches and foie.” There’s also a notable burger and a vegetarian dish available, such as rice pilaf-stuffed pepper with goat cheese, chanterelles and walnuts. Desserts range from foie gras profiteroles to honey-bacon-apricot cornbread. The wine list is appropriately varied to match the innovative fare.
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