Bluto's
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| Bluto's | |
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 The restaurant's exterior, 2025 | |
 Interactive map of Bluto's | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2022 |
| Food type | Greek |
| Location | 2838 Southeast Belmont Street, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97214, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′59″N 122°38′11″W / 45.5163°N 122.6363°W |
Bluto's is a Greek restaurant in the Portland metropolitan area, in the United States.[1] The original restaurant is in Portland and an outpost operates at Cedar Hills Crossing in Beaverton.
Menu
Named after John Belushi's character in the 1978 comedy film Animal House,[2] Bluto's is a Greek restaurant with two locations in the Portland metropolitan area. In Portland, the business operates on Belmont Street in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood.[3] A second location operates in Beaverton.
The menu includes souvlaki,[4] spinach lentil soup,[5] salads (including a citrus and chicory variety),[6] hummus, pita, and soft serve yogurt (chocolate or vanilla).[7][8][9] Sides includes spanakopita hand pies and braised beans.[10]
History
Established in early 2022,[11] Bluto's operates in the space that previously housed the Japanese restaurant Tonari.[2] The restaurant was established by Rick Gencarelli (Grassa, Lardo) and the ChefStable restaurant group.[12][13]
A second location operates at Cedar Hills Crossing in Beaverton.[14][15][16]
The restaurant participated in Portland's Dumpling Week in 2026.[17]
Reception
Bluto's ranked sixth on The Oregonian's list of the best new restaurants of 2022.[18] The newspaper's Michael Russell recommended ordering "as much souvlaki, flatbread and hummus as you can eat".[19] He later included the business in the newspaper's 2025 list of the 21 best restaurants in southeast Portland.[20] Russell also ranked Bluto's number 37 in The Oregonian's 2025 list of Portland's 40 best restaurants.[21]
Andrea Damewood included the hummus in the Portland Mercury's "best bites" in Portland in 2022.[22] Emily Harris and Meira Gebel included Bluto's in Axios Portland's overview of the city's best soft serve ice cream.[23] Bluto's was a runner-up in the Best Mediterranean Restaurant category of Willamette Week's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2024.[24] Hannah Wallace included the business in Condé Nast Traveler's 2025 list of Portland's 23 best restaurants.[25]
