Ataula

Touted as one of the most definitive places in Portland for tapas, Ataula enjoys a celebratory status among its contemporaries. Ataula is located in Northwest Portland on a quiet street, but is far from being just another neighborhood restaurant. Meaning 'to the table' in Catalonian parlance, Ataula's menu is as focused as it is innovative, with tweaks on Spanish classics like patatas bravas...

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In Portland Monthly's April issue, restaurant editor Karen Brooks claims to know the "secret" behind the success of chef Jose Chesa's tapas spot Ataula, and it's personified in an order of patatas bravas: "It's signature Chesa: stupid-good but incredibly smart, informed by modernist know-how but as accessible as a tater tot." On the tapas menu, Brooks finds several dishes deemed "addictive...

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