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Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi Are Expanding to Portland

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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Yang and Chirchi at Revel.

I admit, this news is way more exciting for people who live in Portland. But Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, the chefs behind Revel, Joule, and Trove, will open their fourth restaurant in the City of Roses. (Oh, and as of this morning, they’re once again James Beard nominees.)

The new spot doesn’t have a name yet, but an email from Yang confirms it will be Korean inspired. She has said in the past that the Portland project will be spiritually similar to Revel, though definitely not Revel II. Yang and Chirchi are partnering with Eric and Karen Bowler, the couple behind Portland projects like Fortune and Tube.

What the restaurant does have is a location, in Portland’s historic Salvation Army Building near the Burnside Bridge in SE Portland. It’s sharing a space with a Portland outpost of Evo, which also happens to be a fellow occupant in Joule’s building on Stone Way.

I guess this story about how hardly any Seattle restaurants expand to Portland (or vice versa) is officially obsolete. And that’s a good thing. Though I imagine it will be a little trippy to experience these chefs’ food and very specific type of atmosphere  in another city.




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Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.