Balong
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- Filipino
- Filipino-American
| Balong | |
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 The restaurant at Fubonn Shopping Center in 2025 | |
 Interactive map of Balong | |
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| Owner | Justin Dauz |
| Chef | Justin Dauz |
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| Location | Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′06″N 122°34′37″W / 45.50164°N 122.57682°W |
Balong Panaderia, or simply Balong, is a Filipino restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1] Chef and owner Justin Dauz started the business as a pop-up restaurant before moving into a brick and mortar space at Fubonn Shopping Center on 82nd Avenue in southeast Portland's Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood in 2025. Balong serves breakfast sandwiches with pandesal, hash browns, and various baked goods, among other food options.
The Filipino (or Filipino-American)[2] restaurant Balong operates at Fubonn Shopping Center on 82nd Avenue in southeast Portland's Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood. The menu includes breakfast sandwiches with pandesal and ingredients such as sausage, sun-dried tomato, and garlic aioli. Balong also serves hash browns and baked goods such as biscuits with cheddar and scallion, calamansi-strawberry bars, pandesal stuffed with cheese, and cinnamon rolls inspired by Cinnabon.[3] The restaurant also serves biscuits and gravy.[4]
History
Chef Justin Dauz started Balong as a pop-up restaurant in 2022[5] or 2023.[3] In April 2025, the business relocated to a brick and mortar space at Fubonn Shopping Center that was previously occupied by Meianna Bakery. Following a soft launch, the business was fully operational and open in May.[2][3] The relocation followed a GoFundMe campaign.[6]
In April 2025, Balong participated in Sobrang Sarap, a Filipino food tour of the Portland metropolitan area.[7] May, Balong joined other local Filipino restaurants Baon Kainan and Magna Kusina to participate in a fundraiser for victims of the 2025 Vancouver car attack.[8][9]
Reception
The Oregonian included Balong in an overview of Portland's best new bakeries of 2025.[10] The newspaper's Michael Russell included Balong in a 2025 list of Portland's ten best new restaurants.[11] He also included the breakfast sandwich in the newspaper's list of Portland's 25 best dishes of 2025.[12] Eater Portland's Zoe Baillargeon included the business in a 2025 list of the city's best new restaurants and food carts.[13] Alex Frane included the business in Portland Monthly's 2025 list of restaurant opening that defined the city in 2025.[14]
