The Underground Menu

Sesame-peanut sauce, scallion, chili crisp, crushed peanut, lime. An old-school nod to the noodle bowls longtime Portlanders still remember.

Pork, fermented chili, Sichuan pepper, sesame, scallion. Dark name. Bright heat. Zero kidnapping required.

Roasted garlic, brown butter, black pepper, parmesan, crispy shallot. Built around signal, story and scale — the kind of plate that looks engineered for midnight.

Charred chili glaze, smoked salt, scallion, lime ranch. Named for the waterfront recruiters who gave Portland its ugliest maritime reputation.

Crispy fries, malt vinegar salt, roasted garlic aioli, hot mustard. What disappears through the floor stays downstairs.

Double-fried shoestring potatoes, sea salt, parsley, roasted garlic aioli, Dijon. Proper French fries with a little attitude — because calling them “fucking French fries” felt like a terrible SEO strategy.

Smashed potatoes, chili oil, sesame, scallions, toasted spice. The plating gets weird after midnight. That is part of the point.

French-inspired beef burger, Gruyère, deeply caramelized onion, Dijon, cornichons and black-pepper jus on a toasted brioche bun. Cooked properly — the name is the attitude, not the temperature. A tribute to the man who knew the best story was usually behind the door everybody else ignored. Read the Portland story →

Double smash patty, American cheese, grilled onion, pickles, tunnel sauce. Named for the historic building above today’s public Shanghai Tunnel tour.

Rye, caramelized onion, cheddar, mushrooms, black pepper, horseradish. Best eaten somewhere you can hear music through the floor.

Pastrami, kraut, Swiss, Russian dressing, rye. Comes with enough strange Portland history to keep the table talking until last call.

Rye, black tea, lemon, ginger, bitters. Strong enough to make the name uncomfortable.

Dark rum, coffee, orange, demerara, aromatic bitters. Served over one large cube. No return ticket included.

Gin, amaro, cherry, lemon, smoke. Inspired by the figure some stories say never finished his final shift.