Maurice (restaurant)
Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
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Maurice (stylized as Måurice) is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. The restaurant opened in 2013.
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- French
- Nordic
- Scandinavian
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The restaurant's exterior in 2022 | |
 Interactive map of Maurice | |
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| Location | 921 Southwest Oak Street, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97205, United States |
| Coordinates | 45.5227°N 122.6804°W |
| Website | mauricepdx |
Description
The bakery and restaurant Maurice has been described as a "French-Scandinavian" and "French-Nordic" luncheonette.[1][2] The menu includes goat-filled bisteeya (meat pies) and polenta clafouti with confit chicken heart. Dessert options include black pepper cheesecake, creme brulee pops, and rhubarb and celery leaf cheese.[3]
History
Reception
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In 2014, the Portland Mercury's Andrea Damewood wrote, "This isn't your fattyboombatty Cheesecake Factory fare."[9][10] The Oregonian's Michael Russell rated the restaurant 2.5 out of 3 stars.[11][12] Maurice was included in Bon Appetit's "America's Best New Restaurants 2014" list,[13][14] and ranked number 9 in the magazine's "Hot 10" list.[15] In 2017, food critic Ruth Reichl called Maurice "the quintessential Portland restaurant".[16]
Murray was nominated in the Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific category of the 2020 James Beard Awards for her work at Maurice.[17] Michelle Lopez and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included the restaurant in Eater Portland's 2021 list of "outstanding" bakeries in the Portland metropolitan area.[18] Alex Frane and Jackson-Glidden also included Maurice in the website's 2021 list of eleven "charming" French Restaurants in the city.[2] Jackson-Glidden also included Maurice in the site's 2021 list of Portland's 38 "essential" restaurants and food carts.[19] The business was included in Eater Portland's 2022 overview of recommended restaurants in downtown Portland and 2025 list of the city's best restaurants for mid-week lunches.[20][21] Paolo Bicchieri included Maurice in Eater Portland's 2025 overview of the city's best restaurants for lunch.[22]
The restaurant was also included in The Infatuation's 2024 list of Portland's best restaurants[23] and Time Out Portland's 2025 list of the city's eighteen best restaurants.[24] The business was included in Portland Monthly's 2025 list of 25 restaurants "that made Portland".[25] Writers for Portland Monthly included the black pepper cheesecake in a 2025 list of the city's "most iconic" dishes.[26]
