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Acadia: A New Orleans Bistro
Acadia: A New Orleans Bistro
	The restaurant's exterior, 2016
Restaurant information
Closed	January 2022
Food type	Cajun; Louisiana Creole; seafood; Southern;
Street address	1303 NE Fremont Street
City	Portland
County	Multnomah
State	Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code	97212
Land	Vereinigte Staaten
Coordinates	45°32′54″N 122°39′09″W / 45.54841°N 122.65262°W
Website	acadiapdx.com

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Acadia: A New Orleans Bistro, or simply Acadia,^[1] was a Cajun-, Louisiana Creole-, and Southern-style restaurant in northeast Portland, Oregon, in the United States.^[2]

Description

Acadia was a Cajun-, Louisiana Creole- and Southern-style^[3] restaurant located at 1303 Northeast Fremont Street in Portland's Sabin neighborhood.

History

Adam Higgs became owner in 2004.^[4] The restaurant closed in 2022.^[5]^[6]

Reception

The eighth edition of Best Places: Portland (2010) rates the restaurant two and a half out of three stars.^[7] In Food Lover's Guide to Portland (2014), Liz Crain included Acadia in her list of "go to" seafood restaurants.^[8] Willamette Week included the business in a 2016 list of Portland's best seafood establishments.^[9]

References

^ "Best Restaurants: Northeast Portland". The Oregonian. Advance Publications. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
^ So, Adrienne (2017-11-10). "Acadia Makes Cajun Fare Rich as New Orleans and Refined as Anything from the French". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
^ Dresbeck, Rachel (2011-03-01). Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon, 7th. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7627-7477-7. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
^ Centoni, Danielle (2015-05-06). "Chef Adam Higgs Selling Acadia Bistro". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
^ Frane, Alex (2022-01-14). "Acadia, One of Portland's Only Cajun-Creole Restaurants, Closes This Weekend". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
^ Bjorke, Christopher (January 19, 2022). "Portland Cajun-Creole restaurant shuts down". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
^ Gottberg, John; Lopeman, Elizabeth (2010-06-01). Best Places: Portland, 8th Edition. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-699-0. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
^ Crain, Liz (2014-09-02). Food Lover's Guide to Portland. Hawthorne Books. ISBN 978-0-9904370-1-7. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
^ "These Are The Best Seafood Spots in Portland". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

External links

[Best-1] "Best Restaurants: Northeast Portland". The Oregonian. Advance Publications. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved February 20, 2016.

[2] So, Adrienne (2017-11-10). "Acadia Makes Cajun Fare Rich as New Orleans and Refined as Anything from the French". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

[3] Dresbeck, Rachel (2011-03-01). Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon, 7th. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7627-7477-7. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

[4] Centoni, Danielle (2015-05-06). "Chef Adam Higgs Selling Acadia Bistro". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

[5] Frane, Alex (2022-01-14). "Acadia, One of Portland's Only Cajun-Creole Restaurants, Closes This Weekend". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

[6] Bjorke, Christopher (January 19, 2022). "Portland Cajun-Creole restaurant shuts down". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.

[7] Gottberg, John; Lopeman, Elizabeth (2010-06-01). Best Places: Portland, 8th Edition. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-699-0. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

[8] Crain, Liz (2014-09-02). Food Lover's Guide to Portland. Hawthorne Books. ISBN 978-0-9904370-1-7. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

[9] "These Are The Best Seafood Spots in Portland". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

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 ==Description==
-Acadia was a [[Cajun cuisine|Cajun]]-, [[Louisiana Creole cuisine|Louisiana Creole]]- and [[Cuisine of the Southern United States|Southern]]-style<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dresbeck |first=Rachel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfLNLhNfQioC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA82&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |title=Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon, 7th |date=2011-03-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-7627-7477-7 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-17 |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217180253/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfLNLhNfQioC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA82&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> restaurant located at 1303 Northeast Fremont Street in Portland's [[Sabin, Portland, Oregon|Sabin]] neighborhood. Its specialities included grilled [[Pork chop|pork chops]] and barbecue shrimp; the menu also included [[catfish]], [[filet mignon]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morris |first=Elizabeth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xEA_1nkxcAC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA93&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |title=Moon Oregon |last2=Morris |first2=Mark |last3=Jewell |first3=Judy |last4=McRae |first4=W. C. |date=2007-02-26 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-1-56691-930-2 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-17 |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217180349/https://books.google.com/books?id=-xEA_1nkxcAC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA93&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> [[gumbo]], [[jambalaya]],<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iz_ZDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT198&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |title=Fodor's Inside Portland |date=2020-04-07 |publisher=Fodor's Travel |isbn=978-1-64097-251-3 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-17 |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217180256/https://books.google.com/books?id=Iz_ZDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT198&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> and homemade ice cream.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/acadia-a-new-orleans-bistro/Location?oid=42102|title=Acadia: A New Orleans Bistro|accessdate=February 20, 2016|work=[[Portland Mercury]]|publisher=Index Publishing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831064335/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/acadia-a-new-orleans-bistro/Location?oid=42102|archive-date=August 31, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zusman|first1=Michael C.|title=Go Fish: A meat eater dives deep into Davy Jones' Locker.|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23613-go_fish.html|accessdate=February 20, 2016|work=[[Willamette Week]]|date=December 2, 2014|publisher=City of Roses Newspapers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405160645/http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23613-go_fish.html|archive-date=April 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Acadia was a [[Cajun cuisine|Cajun]]-, [[Louisiana Creole cuisine|Louisiana Creole]]- and [[Cuisine of the Southern United States|Southern]]-style<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dresbeck |first=Rachel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfLNLhNfQioC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA82&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |title=Insiders' Guide® to Portland, Oregon, 7th |date=2011-03-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-7627-7477-7 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-17 |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217180253/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfLNLhNfQioC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA82&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> restaurant located at 1303 Northeast Fremont Street in Portland's [[Sabin, Portland, Oregon|Sabin]] neighborhood.
 == History ==
-Adam Higgs became owner in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centoni |first=Danielle |date=2015-05-06 |title=Chef Adam Higgs Selling Acadia Bistro |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2015/5/6/8561779/adam-higgs-sells-acadia-bistro-seamus-foran |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217174600/https://pdx.eater.com/2015/5/6/8561779/adam-higgs-sells-acadia-bistro-seamus-foran |url-status=live }}</ref> The restaurant closed in 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2022-01-19 |title=Portland’s best Cajun-Creole restaurant has closed for good |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2022/01/acadia-portlands-best-cajun-creole-restaurant-has-closed-for-good.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119040312/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2022/01/acadia-portlands-best-cajun-creole-restaurant-has-closed-for-good.html |archive-date=2022-01-19 |access-date=2022-01-19 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prewitt |first=Andi |date=2022-01-18 |title=Longtime Cajun-Creole Favorite Acadia Has Permanently Closed Its Doors |url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2022/01/18/longtime-cajun-creole-favorite-acadia-has-permanently-closed-its-doors/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119040612/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2022/01/18/longtime-cajun-creole-favorite-acadia-has-permanently-closed-its-doors/ |archive-date=2022-01-19 |access-date=2022-01-19 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Frane |first=Alex |date=2022-01-14 |title=Acadia, One of Portland’s Only Cajun-Creole Restaurants, Closes This Weekend |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2022/1/14/22884243/acadia-closing |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217174600/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/1/14/22884243/acadia-closing |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2022/01/19/portland-cajun-creole-restaurant-shuts-down.html|title=Portland Cajun-Creole restaurant shuts down|work=Portland Business Journal|first=Christopher|last=Bjorke|date=January 19, 2022|accessdate=December 17, 2022|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124013836/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2022/01/19/portland-cajun-creole-restaurant-shuts-down.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Adam Higgs became owner in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centoni |first=Danielle |date=2015-05-06 |title=Chef Adam Higgs Selling Acadia Bistro |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2015/5/6/8561779/adam-higgs-sells-acadia-bistro-seamus-foran |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217174600/https://pdx.eater.com/2015/5/6/8561779/adam-higgs-sells-acadia-bistro-seamus-foran |url-status=live }}</ref> The restaurant closed in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frane |first=Alex |date=2022-01-14 |title=Acadia, One of Portland’s Only Cajun-Creole Restaurants, Closes This Weekend |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2022/1/14/22884243/acadia-closing |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217174600/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/1/14/22884243/acadia-closing |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2022/01/19/portland-cajun-creole-restaurant-shuts-down.html|title=Portland Cajun-Creole restaurant shuts down|work=Portland Business Journal|first=Christopher|last=Bjorke|date=January 19, 2022|accessdate=December 17, 2022|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124013836/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2022/01/19/portland-cajun-creole-restaurant-shuts-down.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 == Reception ==
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 The eighth edition of ''Best Places: Portland'' (2010) rates the restaurant two and a half out of three stars.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gottberg |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryVPBAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT105&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |title=Best Places: Portland, 8th Edition |last2=Lopeman |first2=Elizabeth |date=2010-06-01 |publisher=Sasquatch Books |isbn=978-1-57061-699-0 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-17 |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217180253/https://books.google.com/books?id=ryVPBAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT105&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''Food Lover's Guide to Portland'' (2014), Liz Crain included Acadia in her list of "go to" [[Seafood restaurant|seafood restaurants]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Crain |first=Liz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c8SECgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT91&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |title=Food Lover's Guide to Portland |date=2014-09-02 |publisher=Hawthorne Books |isbn=978-0-9904370-1-7 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-17 |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217180255/https://books.google.com/books?id=c8SECgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT91&dq=acadia+portland+cajun+restaurant&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Willamette Week]]'' included the business in a 2016 list of Portland's best seafood establishments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=These Are The Best Seafood Spots in Portland |url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2016/10/28/these-are-the-best-seafood-spots-in-portland/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2022-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223224903/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2016/10/28/these-are-the-best-seafood-spots-in-portland/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-After recommending the Louisiana barbecue shrimp, [[andouille]], and sanguinaccio in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2016-05-31 |title=Acadia review: 2016 best Portland restaurants |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland-best-restaurants/2016/05/acadia_review_2016_best_portla.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217174600/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland-best-restaurants/2016/05/acadia_review_2016_best_portla.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Michael Russell included Acadia in [[The Oregonian|''The Oregonian'']]'s 2017 overview of the 40 best restaurants in [[Northeast Portland, Oregon|northeast Portland]] and wrote, "Portland might not be the first place I'd go looking for Cajun/Creole cuisine, but this charming Sabin neighborhood restaurant does have a few arguments in its favor, none more compelling than these beautiful Nola-style barbecue shrimp. Having tried both in the past year, I can definitively say that Acadia's rendition, with its plump shrimp in a decadent white wine, butter and lemon sauce, blows the original at New Orleans' Pascal Manale's completely out of the Gulf waters."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2017-11-06 |title=Northeast Portland's 40 best restaurants |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2017/11/northeast_portlands_40_best_re.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217174600/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2017/11/northeast_portlands_40_best_re.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also included Acadia in the newspaper's 2018 list of Portland's 10 best Southern restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2018-02-17 |title=Portland's 10 best Southern* restaurants |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2018/02/portlands_10_best_southern_res.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217175001/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2018/02/portlands_10_best_southern_res.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Russell ranked the business number 32 and number 34 on 2018 and 2019 lists of the city's best restaurants, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2018-07-13 |title=Portland's 40 best restaurants |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/07/51004d7c0c8464/portlands-40-best-restaurants.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217175231/https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/07/51004d7c0c8464/portlands-40-best-restaurants.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2019-07-31 |title=Portland's 40 best restaurants, ranked |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/07/cfc9b36d2f3422/portlands-40-best-restaurants-ranked.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2021-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419112508/https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/07/cfc9b36d2f3422/portlands-40-best-restaurants-ranked.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==See also==
-* [[COVID-19 pandemic in Portland, Oregon]]
-*[[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States]]
 *[[List of Cajun restaurants]]
 *[[List of defunct restaurants of the United States]]