Lúc Lắc Vietnamese Kitchen | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | November 2011 |
Owner(s) |
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Food type | Vietnamese |
Street address | 835 SW 2nd Avenue |
City | Portland |
County | Multnomah |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97204 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°31′01″N 122°40′31″W / 45.5169°N 122.6754°W |
Website |
luclackitchen |
Lúc Lắc Vietnamese Kitchen, or simply Lúc Lắc, is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Leon Chung Company Building, in the United States. [1]
Lúc Lắc is a counter service style Vietnamese restaurant co-owned by Adam and Alan Ho. [2] [3] The restaurant opened in November 2011, [4] following Pho PDX's rebranding and relocation. [5] [6] Menu options include crispy rolls, [7] mussels, pho, [2] steak rolls, and sugarcane shrimp. [8] The "Sassy Sour" is the restaurant's best selling drink. [9] Ca Phe Cola is also on the drink menu. [10] Lúc Lắc has been described as a "cozy Vietnamese sandwich shop/cocktail bar". [11]
In 2012, Willamette Week's Kelly Clarke said of the Vietnamese restaurant's interior: "The decor ... is as delightfully baroque as its drink ingredients. A horseshoe of tall-backed, red-leather banquettes surround a huge oval-shaped wood bar painted bright teal. One entire wall is devoted to a stunning, graffiti-ish mural of capering Chinese dragon heads while a flock of pink parasols hang from the high ceiling. It's a fun, fabulous place to eat and drink, like a long lost Asian set piece from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." [12] According to Michael Russell of The Oregonian, "Happy hour is more relaxed, with inexpensive Vietnamese appetizers and inventive cocktails served under the pink parasols hanging from the ceiling." [13] Lúc Lắc began participating in Amazon's Prime Now service in 2015. [14]
The restaurant won in the "Best Pho" category in Willamette Week's annual "Best of Portland Readers' Poll" in 2015; Lúc Lắc also received "honorable mention" in the "Best Baguette" category. [15] The Oregonian's Michael Russell ranked Lúc Lắc number 26 on his 2016 list of "Portland's best late-night eats". [16] In 2017, readers ranked Lúc Lắc number five in The Oregonian's list of the city's "best inexpensive restaurants". [17]
In 2018, Eater Portland's Nick Woo has described Lúc Lắc as "hip and loud", and included the restaurant in his list of "14 Soul-Soothing Noodle Soups in Portland". [2] Thrillist called the restaurant a "late-night pho oasis". [18] In 2019, Willamette Week included the restaurant in its list of "Five Places to Eat Cheap After Hours", saying: "Luc Lac is one of the very few spots where you can stuff your drunken craw with delightful, heaping takes on Vietnamese classics in the wee hours of the morn." [19] The business was included in Eater Portland's 2022 overview of "Where to Eat and Drink in Downtown Portland". [20]
Lúc Lắc Vietnamese Kitchen | |
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![]() | |
![]() The restaurant's exterior in August 2020 | |
| |
Restaurant information | |
Established | November 2011 |
Owner(s) |
|
Food type | Vietnamese |
Street address | 835 SW 2nd Avenue |
City | Portland |
County | Multnomah |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97204 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°31′01″N 122°40′31″W / 45.5169°N 122.6754°W |
Website |
luclackitchen |
Lúc Lắc Vietnamese Kitchen, or simply Lúc Lắc, is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Leon Chung Company Building, in the United States. [1]
Lúc Lắc is a counter service style Vietnamese restaurant co-owned by Adam and Alan Ho. [2] [3] The restaurant opened in November 2011, [4] following Pho PDX's rebranding and relocation. [5] [6] Menu options include crispy rolls, [7] mussels, pho, [2] steak rolls, and sugarcane shrimp. [8] The "Sassy Sour" is the restaurant's best selling drink. [9] Ca Phe Cola is also on the drink menu. [10] Lúc Lắc has been described as a "cozy Vietnamese sandwich shop/cocktail bar". [11]
In 2012, Willamette Week's Kelly Clarke said of the Vietnamese restaurant's interior: "The decor ... is as delightfully baroque as its drink ingredients. A horseshoe of tall-backed, red-leather banquettes surround a huge oval-shaped wood bar painted bright teal. One entire wall is devoted to a stunning, graffiti-ish mural of capering Chinese dragon heads while a flock of pink parasols hang from the high ceiling. It's a fun, fabulous place to eat and drink, like a long lost Asian set piece from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." [12] According to Michael Russell of The Oregonian, "Happy hour is more relaxed, with inexpensive Vietnamese appetizers and inventive cocktails served under the pink parasols hanging from the ceiling." [13] Lúc Lắc began participating in Amazon's Prime Now service in 2015. [14]
The restaurant won in the "Best Pho" category in Willamette Week's annual "Best of Portland Readers' Poll" in 2015; Lúc Lắc also received "honorable mention" in the "Best Baguette" category. [15] The Oregonian's Michael Russell ranked Lúc Lắc number 26 on his 2016 list of "Portland's best late-night eats". [16] In 2017, readers ranked Lúc Lắc number five in The Oregonian's list of the city's "best inexpensive restaurants". [17]
In 2018, Eater Portland's Nick Woo has described Lúc Lắc as "hip and loud", and included the restaurant in his list of "14 Soul-Soothing Noodle Soups in Portland". [2] Thrillist called the restaurant a "late-night pho oasis". [18] In 2019, Willamette Week included the restaurant in its list of "Five Places to Eat Cheap After Hours", saying: "Luc Lac is one of the very few spots where you can stuff your drunken craw with delightful, heaping takes on Vietnamese classics in the wee hours of the morn." [19] The business was included in Eater Portland's 2022 overview of "Where to Eat and Drink in Downtown Portland". [20]