Tulip Shop Tavern

Tulip Shop Tavern
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Restaurant information
Established2019 (2019)
OwnersDevon and Tyler Treadwell
Food typeEastern European
Location825 North Killingsworth Street, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97217, United States
Coordinates45°33′46″N 122°40′32″W / 45.5628°N 122.6756°W / 45.5628; -122.6756
Websitetulipshoptavern.com

Tulip Shop Tavern is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1][2] Established in 2019, the business operates in the north Portland part of the Humboldt neighborhood. Devon and Tyler Treadwell are co-owners.

Tulip Shop Tavern has garnered a positive reception, especially for its burgers and fish sandwiches. It has been deemed one of the city's best restaurants by various publications, including Bon Appétit, The New York Times, and The Oregonian, and Portland Monthly, and has been selected to represent Oregon in lists of the nation's best burgers and fish sandwiches by Mashed.com and Tasting Table.

Description

The restaurant and bar Tulip Shop Tavern (TST) operates on Killingsworth Street, in the north Portland part of the Humboldt neighborhood, and has a back patio.[3] Portland Monthly has described TST as "ostensibly a rough-and-tumble, dive-y 'tavern,' but really a world built atop thousands of scrupulously attended details".[4] The interior has a blacklight mural.[5] Bon Appétit said of the clientele: "Most everyone here looks like they might play in a metal band or work part-time at a bike shop."[6] The restaurant also has a neon sign[7] and its logo includes a flower.[8]

TST serves "Eastern European-centric tavern fare", according to Fodor's.[9] The menu includes burgers,[10] chicken wings,[11] corn dogs,[12][13] pork schnitzel, pickle-brined fried chicken, and Alaskan cod sandwiches, all using milk buns from Dos Hermanos Bakery. TST also has beer-battered onion rings and French fries served with sauces made in-house including curry ketchup and Alabama white barbecue.[14][15] The Fair Burger has caramelized onions, white American cheese, lettuce, pickles, and garlic aioli.[16] Specials have included cheeses and chicken sandwiches.[17]

Drink options include beer and cocktails such as an Aperol spritz slush and other slushies,[18] banana daiquiris, Blue Hawaiians, margaritas,[19] and vodka lemonades.[20] Beer options include Czech and German lagers,[21] as well as local businesses such as Wayfinder.[22] On the cocktail menu, the Paper Tiger has vodka, Becherovka bitters, grapefruit, lime, and salt.[23][24] The "Party Shots" are served in pairs; among options is a shot with iced coffee and tequila.[25]

History

TST opened in mid 2019,[26][27] in the space that previously housed Duckett's Public House and later Pop Tavern.[28][29] Spouses Devon and Tyler Treadwell are co-owners.[26][30]

In 2025, Meira Gebel of Axios Portland said the restaurant's Instagram account "has become a well-oiled marketing machine".[11] TST sells branded merchandise.[8]

TST was robbed in November 2019.[31][32] TST participated in PDX Savør week, which highlights non-alcoholic drinks, in 2026.[33] The restaurant collaborated with Rangoon Bistro in 2026.[34][35]

Reception

In Bon Appétit's 2024 overview of recommended restaurants in Portland, Jordan Michelman said TST "feels reminiscent of 'Old Portland'".[6] TST was also included in The New York Times's 2024 list of Portland's 25 best restaurants.[36][37] The Manual's Mark Stock included the business in a 2024 overview of the nation's best bars.[38] In 2025, Carlie Hoke selected TST's Double, Double to represent Oregon in Mashed.com's list of the best burgers in each state.[39] Hunter Wren Miele selected the business for Oregon in Tasting Table's similar list in 2025.[40] The website's Emily Hunt also included TST to represent the state in a 2025 list of best fish sandwiches, "according to diners".[41]

In 2024, Andre Meunier of The Oregonian described TST as "a dive bar in disguise home to one of the city’s best (lightly) smashed burgers, fantastic fried chicken and fish sandwiches and a tap list ... that puts many beer bars to shame".[42] Michael Russell included TST in The Oregonian's 2024 list of Portland's best restaurants.[43] He also called the business the city's best burger bar,[44] and ranked TST number 33 in the newspaper's 2025 list of Portland's 40 best restaurants.[45] Russell ranked TST's smash burger fifth in The Oregonian's list of the city's best.[46] TST ranked second in the "best burgers" category of the newspaper's readers' choice awards in 2024. Russell and Mims Copeland said the business "has the look and appeal of a great dive bar, only one where every detail — from the hand-cut onion rings to the beers on tap — has been carefully considered".[47] In 2025, TST placed second in the same poll and Russell offered a similar description of the restaurant in The Oregonian's 2025 list of "15 cheeseburgers every Portlander should know".[48][49]

In 2020, Karen Brooks, Bill Oakley, and other writers for Portland Monthly ranked TST's Tavern Burger eleventh in a list of the city's 20 best cheeseburgers.[27] In 2022, the magazine's Matthew Trueherz opined, "There's nothing fussy about bar food here, but with just enough attention to details, classics like generously battered, doughnut-size onion rings reach their full potential without being ruined by fanciful touches."[50] Katherine Chew Hamilton, Margaret Seiler, and Trueherz included TST in Portland Monthly's 2023 list of the city's ten best bars.[4] Hamilton also included TST in a list of ten Portland bars with "killer food".[12] Brooks and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included TST in the magazine's 2025 list of the city's 50 best restaurants.[51] Writers also included the business in a 2025 list of the city's best "budget-friendly" dishes.[52] In 2021, Jason Cohen of Willamette Week said TST offered an "above-average fried fish sandwich".[53] The newspaper said the restaurant "feels like a neighborhood staple that's been around far longer than not-even-three-years. It's achieved that by hitting the deceptively simple trifecta that many nouveau Portland bars struggle with: good vibes, good food and damn good drinks."[54] Thom Hilton said TST "serves one of Portland's best" burgers in 2024.[55] The business won in the Best Burger category of Willamette Week's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2024,[56] 2025,[57] and 2026.[58]

In 2023, Jordan Michelman of Sprudge said TST had one of the city's best cocktail programs.[59] Thom Hilton included TST in Eater Portland's 2024 list of the city's best establishments for late-night dining.[14] In the website's 2024 list of the fifteen best eateries along Killingsworth, Nathan Williams wrote, "Bartenders serve both unpretentious-yet-inventive cocktails and dealer's choice shots, the beer list has plenty of nerdy picks but also domestic tall boys, and the kitchen churns out classic-but-well executed Americana like tavern burgers and wedge salads."[17] Rebecca Roland and Alex Frane included TST in the website's 2025 overviews of the city's best burgers and best margaritas.[60][61] In 2025, Matthew Korfhage of Wired recommended the restaurant "for a lower-key, punkier experience" and said TST has "terrific" beer and cocktails and "perhaps the city's best" smash burgers.[62]

References

  1. ↑ "Drink Mobile: Tulip Shop Tavern's Best Cocktail Is Inspired by the Worst Strip Club in Denver". Willamette Week. April 5, 2021. OCLC 54813570. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  2. ↑ Gebel, Meira (November 8, 2024). "Portland's Tulip Shop Taverns packs a punch with its sharp food menu". Axios Portland. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Tulip Shop Tavern". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on June 21, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "What Are Portland's Best Bars?". Portland Monthly. Hour Media. ISSN 1546-2765. Archived from the original on August 25, 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Top Five Places to Drink in Portland This Week". Willamette Week. July 3, 2019. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Michelman, Jordan (January 9, 2024). "Where to Eat in Portland, OR". Bon Appétit. Condé Nast. ISSN 0006-6990. Archived from the original on June 15, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  7. ↑ Gebel, Meira (August 6, 2025). "Portland's neon signs face threats from LED fakes and development". Axios Portland. Archived from the original on May 14, 2026. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "From Shirts to Hats to Branded Thongs, Portland Bars and Restaurants Are Turning to Merch to Keep the Money Coming In". Willamette Week. December 9, 2020. Archived from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  9. ↑ Fodor's Inside Portland. Fodor's. April 7, 2020. ISBN 978-1-64097-251-3.
  10. ↑ Roland, Rebecca (May 9, 2017). "The Best, Beefiest Burgers in Portland, Oregon". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  11. 1 2 Gebel, Meira (April 11, 2025). "Portland bar food gets a glow-up". Axios Portland. Archived from the original on March 4, 2026. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Satisfy the Drunchies with These Portland Bar Bites". Portland Monthly. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  13. ↑ Hale, Jamie (August 16, 2024). "Corn dog summer: Where to find the top dogs around Portland We scoured the city to find the best takes on a classic summer treat. Here's what we found". The Oregonian. This bar has the best traditional corn dog in Portland, hands down. On its face, the Nathan's all-beef frank wrapped in crispy house-made cornmeal batter is nothing special. But the execution — a process that requires par-frying the morning of and finishing the fry upon order — is just about perfect. The trendy North Portland bar isn't exactly churning out corn dogs. The kitchen serves them only on Wednesdays, and makes just 50 at a time at that. They typically run out by 9 or 10 at night, chef Nick Seabergh said, but occasionally they'll sell more quickly. Can't make it early enough on a Wednesday? You're out of luck.
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  15. ↑ Russell, Michael (June 24, 2025). "We found Portland's best french fries at this Korean steakhouse". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 4, 2026. Over the past few months, I've sampled house-made fries from Katy Jane's Oyster Bar, Lardo, Laurelhurst Market, Potato Champion, Tulip Shop Tavern and more.
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  17. 1 2 Williams, Nathan (April 20, 2023). "15 Best Restaurants and Bars Along Killingsworth Street in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
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  26. 1 2 Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (March 21, 2019). "Two Rum Club Alums Open Their Killingsworth Americana Bar Tomorrow [Updated]". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on December 1, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
  27. 1 2 "Meet the Portland Burger Cabal of 2020". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on January 6, 2026. Retrieved August 4, 2026.
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