https://www.pdxcritic.com/reviews daily 1.0 2025-09-08 https://www.pdxcritic.com/reviews/82-acres monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/665a145621c0e5698b6d40a2/182d1d2b-c785-46eb-839a-5daed9c67d80/20250215_184828.jpg Reviews - 82 Acres - SE Portland, Oregon - Lobster tail with citrus glaze, over saffron risotto I generally am more or less ambivalent about lobster. It’s a decent protein, and in the hands of a good chef, it’s good. I don’t think I’ve ever had lobster I considered to be great or outstanding. That’s probably one of my own failings. It is with that in mind that I’ll say the third course was delicious. The citrus glaze on the lobster tail truly elevated the protein, and the risotto was soft, creamy, and—as I’ve said before—didn’t come across as heavy. It had an herbaceous quality, with hints of the saffron and the entire dish was wonderfully prepared. Was it my favorite dish of the night? No. But if you love lobster in a way that I don’t, you’d be hard pressed to find a better version of it anywhere in Portland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/665a145621c0e5698b6d40a2/a2f53e6f-52f4-482d-a19a-83ac79079632/20250215_181804.jpg Reviews - 82 Acres - SE Portland, Oregon - egg, tomato mayonnaise, chicken skin, caviar They came out swinging with this first course. The egg was soft boiled and decadent, the aioli was rich, creamy, and provided a wonderful zest and elevation to the dish. And the caviar, of course, added the right notes of funkiness and salt. Not only did it work, but I really wanted another four or five of them as part of my dinner. The egg slammed me in my mouth hole, and I was excited to see what else they’d be bringing out for dinner this evening. I love being surprised by cuisine, by different ideas, and this dish was not only a surprise—it was light and wasn’t heavy in the least. As I said, I could have had a half dozen of them easily. But the next dish is the one that truly shocked me. In a great way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/665a145621c0e5698b6d40a2/cc228938-0585-4006-b24a-ce6d3326ca20/20250215_191504-EDIT.jpg Reviews - 82 Acres - SE Portland, Oregon - NY Strip, miso hollandaise, sunchokes This might have been the only misstep for me the entire evening. And I preface that saying that it might have only been bad luck. While the cohesiveness of the dish was wonderful—the hollandaise sauce cutting the richness of the beef, the sunchokes being so beautifully carnalized they almost tasted like chocolate—I would say the NY strip itself might have been over seasoned, and I say that as a person that loves a heavily seasoned steak. The chili crunch set on top of the steak, when proportioned appropriately, gave the steak exactly the kind of heat I like in a piece of meat. But in the darkness, and with my old eyes, it was kind of hard for me to discern that that’s what I might have needed to do. So I got a very seriously hot bite when I first tried the steak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/665a145621c0e5698b6d40a2/030a8b68-6bf7-4412-abf3-62544707c2a1/20250215_191504-EDIT.jpg Reviews - 82 Acres - SE Portland, Oregon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/665a145621c0e5698b6d40a2/c71952c1-9af2-4dc4-9dd2-7e2f9d44bde0/20250215_183230.jpg Reviews - 82 Acres - SE Portland, Oregon - Beet salad, with horseradish crema sauce, lardo, dill sauce, pastrami-furikake I fucking hate beets. No, you don’t get it. I hate beets. I hate them the way small children hate broccoli. I hate beets in the way that Wile Coyote hates the Road Runner. I hate beets the way that Freddy Krueger hates insomniacs. I have been to several one, two, and three Michelin star restaurants that have served beets for one dish or another and I absolutely despised them. I hate beets. Sigh. Until now. I loved this dish. I sat in stunned awe for the rest of the night recognizing that some part of my culinary heritage had shifted drastically. These beats did not have the insufferable earthiness and bite to them that I’ve come to hate. Instead—and this is a theme!—they were light, and the dill sauce was herbaceous, the horseradish crema provided a creamy kick. I would have eaten three of these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/665a145621c0e5698b6d40a2/be1f7b73-a267-44b5-9764-32b9bf7b7fad/20250215_194206.jpg Reviews - 82 Acres - SE Portland, Oregon - French toast, with chocolate and espresso sauce, and white chocolate crumble Not to belabor the point or anything, but I would also eat about seventy-five of these, too. The French toast itself still had its form, while also being absolutely soft and buttery and sumptuous when cut open for a bite. The chocolate provided a wonderful bit of richness that melded well with the sweetness of the white chocolate. 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