Nite Hawk Cafe and Lounge

Nite Hawk Cafe and Lounge
The restaurant's exterior in 2022
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Restaurant information
Food typeAmerican
Street address6423 North Interstate Avenue
CityPortland
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97217
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°34′10.3″N 122°40′57.2″W / 45.569528°N 122.682556°W / 45.569528; -122.682556
Websitethenitehawk.net

The Nite Hawk Cafe and Lounge is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

Description

Nite Hawk serves breakfast all day. The menu includes chicken fried steak, rib eye steak and eggs, club sandwiches, and omelets with country fried potatoes.[1] The diner's exterior has a neon sign.[2]

History

The business began offering oil changes and diner food in 1931, and has operated as a proper diner restaurant since 1980.[1] Bill and Elaine Mildenberger owned the restaurant, as of 2003.[3] Nite Hawk's exterior appeared in the television series Stumptown.[4][5]

Reception

Eater Portland included Nite Hawk in a 2016 list of Portland's 12 "iconic" greasy spoon breakfasts.[6] Pete Cottell included the restaurant in Willamette Week's 2017 list of the city's 10 best "scumbag" breakfasts. He wrote, "Don't be fooled by the stylish sign the city bought the Nite Hawk after it tore up North Interstate Avenue to build the MAX line out front—this NoPo roadhouse feels more like the kind of place Clackistanis decked out in Realtree and Ducks gear would flock to on a Friday night than a hip diner within spitting distance of a New Seasons."[7]

The Portland Mercury's 2017 overview of the city's dive bar brunches said, "Good coffee, an oldies station playing, and a worn-in, vintage feel to the place only add to the charm. It can get busy, but it's the perfect no-hassle, unfussy brunch, whatever the time of day."[8] Michael Russell included Nite Hawk in The Oregonian's 2018 overview of "15 of our favorite remaining diners and diner-ish restaurants in the Portland area".[9] In 2020, Taylor Rock and Dan Myers included Nite Hawk in The Daily Meal's list of "America's Greatest Old-School Restaurants".[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Anderson, Heather Arndt (2017-05-19). "15 Old-School Portland Restaurants That Have Hung On Through the Pandemic". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. ^ Ross, Thomas (2017-03-01). "Same Alibi, Different Drinks". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  3. ^ Bancud, Michaela (2003-05-29). "Hungry? Swoop into Nite Hawk". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  4. ^ Turnquist, Kristi (2019-09-26). "Did ABC's 'Stumptown' capture that Portland feeling? How to stream the show to catch up". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  5. ^ Cohen, Jason (2019-09-20). "Stumptown creator Greg Rucka never imagined his comic on TV". Street Roots. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  6. ^ "Behold Portland's 12 Iconic Greasy Spoon Breakfasts". Eater Portland. 2013-07-15. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  7. ^ Cottell, Pete (2017-05-23). "Portland's 10 Best Scumbag Breakfasts, Ranked". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. ^ "Dive Bar Brunches". Portland Mercury. 2017-07-12. Archived from the original on 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  9. ^ Russell, Michael (2018-01-20). "15 (remaining) diners in Portland and beyond". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  10. ^ Rock, Taylor; Myers, Dan (2020-08-11). "America's greatest old-school restaurants". The Daily Meal. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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