Rangoon Bistro
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| Rangoon Bistro | |
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 Exterior of a location in southeast Portland, Oregon, 2025 | |
 Interactive map of Rangoon Bistro | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Food type | Burmese |
| Location | 2311 Southeast 50th Avenue and 3747 N Mississippi, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97215 97227, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′23″N 122°36′41″W / 45.5064°N 122.6114°W |
| Website | rangoonbistropdx |
Rangoon Bistro is a small chain of Burmese restaurants in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The original brick and mortar restaurant operates in southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood and a second location is on Mississippi Avenue in the north Portland part of the Boise neighborhood. Co-owned by David Sai, Alex Saw, and Nick Sherbo, the business initially operated as a pop-up and has garnered a positive reception.
The Burmese restaurant Rangoon Bistro has two locations in Portland, Oregon. The original restaurant is located in the Breathe Building, a community center at 50th Avenue and Division Street in southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood,[1][2] and a second location operates on Mississippi Avenue in the north Portland part of the Boise neighborhood.[3]
Eater Portland has said the restaurant "specializes in Pacific Northwestern-Burmese cuisine, using Oregon-grown produce for thokes and noodle dishes".[4] The menu includes bone-in fried chicken marinated by lemongrass, curry leaf, and mild red chiles,[5] served with a side of coconut rice,[4] as well as salads such as the lahpet thoke with fermented tea leaves.[6][7]
History
Alex Saw launched Rangoon Bistro at the King Farmers Market in the 2010s, with assistance from David Sai and Nick Sherbo. The three have been credited as co-chefs, co-owners, and "co-everythings" of the restaurant.[8] By 2020, Bollywood Theater, Langbaan, and Malka were hosting Rangoon as a pop-up restaurant.[5][9] Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland said the business operated as "something like a takeout-only Burmese cafe" in the Gotham Building,[10][11] before moving into a brick and mortar space.[12]
In 2024, owners announced plans to open a second location on North Mississippi Avenue.[3] In January 2026, the business announced plans to move its Richmond location to the space that previously housed Deadshot, in southeast Portland's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood.[13][14][15]
