Tusk’s ever-changing daily menus take shape around the vegetables, fruit, grains and proteins grown and raised for the restaurant by local farms. The restaurant takes this ethos to the glass in a collaboration dinner with Wolves & People Farmhouse Brewery on Wednesday, July 11th. Wolves & People brews farmhouse ale and a variety of fresh…
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Tusk Toasts PDX Beer Week with pFriem Family Brewers Dinner on June 11th
Inspired by a recent trip to the Hood River brewery, Executive Chef Sam Smith and his culinary team are cooking up a beer dinner at Tusk with pFriem Family Brewers on June 11th during PDX Beer Week. The menu will be a special version of The Deluxe Edition, the restaurant’s family-style dining experience, a feast…
Submarine May Newsletter
April showers bring, um, more May showers. But also some flowers, a little sun, and lots more vegetables. Oh, and May also brings Mother’s Day. If you haven’t made plans yet, we have some ideas below. And if you haven’t found a gift yet, may we suggest the recent James Beard Award-winning cookbook, Six Seasons: A…
Sam Smith and Naomi Pomeroy Collaborate for a Curated Mother’s Day Brunch at Tusk…
Submarine Hospitality celebrates mothers on May 13th with flowers and a prix fixe menu at Tusk, and an Italian-inspired à la carte brunch feast at Ava Gene’s PORTLAND, Ore. (April 9, 2018) –This Mother’s Day at Tusk, Chef/Partner Sam Smith welcomes James Beard Award-winning chef Naomi Pomeroy of Beast to collaborate on a multi-course brunch…
Submarine Hospitality Hosts East Coast Cookbook Authors This Fall for Special Dinners at Tusk and Ava Gene’s
Boston’s chef Matthew Jennings and NYC’s Alison Roman are headed to Portland to collaborate on menus for dinners on Nov. 2nd and Nov. 13th Four-time James Beard nominated chef Matthew Jennings of The Townsman restaurant will be stopping in Portland on Thursday, November 2nd for a dinner at Ava Gene’s to celebrate his debut…
Tusk and Kachka Team Up for a Summer Party on August 10th
CHEFS SAM SMITH (TUSK) AND BONNIE MORALES (KACHKA) TEAM UP FOR A SUMMER PARTY ON AUGUST 10TH The two chefs will serve their collaborative menu straight from the grill outside Tusk while the party continues inside the restaurant with cocktails, dessert and surprises. PORTLAND, Ore. (July 19, 2017) – On August 10th, Bonnie Morales from Kachka…
TUSK THROWS A ROSÉ SOIRÉE ON JUNE 7th
The restaurant will celebrate the start of summer and the recent release of Katherine Cole’s new book, Rosé All Day PORTLAND, Ore. (May 26, 2017) – On Wednesday, June 7th, Tusk will host Portland author Katherine Cole to celebrate the release of her new book, Rosé All Day: The Essential Guide to Your New…
Tusk Presents a Bloody Mary Brunch with Brian Bartels
The author of The Bloody Mary, will guest bartend for the day, featuring a menu of five Bloody Mary cocktails from his new book PORTLAND, Ore. (May 9, 2017) –On Saturday, May 20th, Tusk will host friend, author and lifelong barman Brian Bartels to mix up a special menu of five Bloody Marys from…
Tusk Opens Reservations for Mother’s Day Brunch
The new restaurant on East Burnside will offer brunch reservations for the holiday on May 14th PORTLAND, Ore. (April 19, 2017) – Tusk’s increasingly popular brunch service is offered every Saturday and Sunday on a walk-in basis, but on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 14th, the Middle Eastern-inspired restaurant will open reservations between 10am-2pm to parties…
Tusk and Ava Gene’s Raise Funds for Nonprofits with “Generous Pour” Cocktails
Tusk and Ava Gene’s Raise Funds for Non-Profits with “Generous Pour” Cocktails Each Month Beginning this month, Submarine Hospitality’s restaurants, Tusk and Ava Gene’s, will each feature one special cocktail dubbed the “Generous Pour.” For each Generous Pour cocktail served, $1 will go to a specific non-profit for the month. February starts off with The…
Joshua McFadden’s Submarine Hospitality to Open Tusk Restaurant This Monday
TUSK ANNOUNCES OPENING DATE Submarine Hospitality’s Vegetable-Driven Middle Eastern Restaurant Opens Monday, August 22nd in Southeast Portland PORTLAND, Ore. (August 16, 2016) – Tusk, the ambitious seasonal Middle Eastern restaurant from the hospitality group behind Portland’s Ava Gene’s, will open to the public this Monday on East Burnside. The restaurant will serve dinner nightly, a late night…