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Have been craving a deli sandwich and decided to give this whole animal sandwich shop a try, plus I had to get my hands on a lard cookie ---the grind: mortadella & salami sandwich made hot in the oven! Yummy I just wished the crusty bread didn't sog up so quickly, it was already soggy when we opened the wrapper, and we ate it at the restaurant ---lard cookie: crunchy hazelnuts, didnt notice a huge difference but it didnt have as prominent of a buttery flavor Would come back if in town and wanted a good sandwich
Great location on Alberta. Easy walk up and ordered service. The menu was perfectly split between cold and hot options. I ordered the Grind to go. It was the perfect sandwich. Held up well for the quick drive home.
The OG (pastrami + bahn mi) is the best sandwich I have ever had in my life. You order on a kiosk and they bring it out to you- easy, no worries, no confusion. Great music, great vibes, lovely interior. Please come here.
This place has been on my radar for soooooo so long and I am so very happy it stayed there until I found the time to visit them with a proper empty stomach - YUM. I'm getting hungry again just thinking about their hearty, good-quality sandwiches. Counter service was easy to navigate and there was plenty of interior-only seating for us to choose from. We also noted many locals ordering their food to-go so this was definitely the spot to be on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Each bite was balanced and organized to perfection. Will continue to keep these folks on my short list when I'm seeking a good ole sandwich.
Ordered the Rueben, and in the 10 minutes it took me to get it home, the bread was soaked through with wetness and was completely inedible from all the grease and cabbage juice. Such an expensive sandwich just to wind up tossing half of it.
I got the C.O.G. It was one of the better meals of my life. - It had chicken, cabbage, pickled peppers, pickled, onions, pickled cabbage, chili oil, and aoli. - The cabbage was fantastic. I am often hesitant to order things with cabbage because sometimes I don't like cabbage. I don't like when it's watery or has a distinct cabbage-y flavor. This didn't. It was just crunchy and satisfying. It kinda served as a vessel for delivering the other flavors. - The flavors were intense. Which is what I like. Lots of acid coming through from the pickled peppers, onions and carrots. That was probably the primary flavor. I actually am usually not a fan of pickled flavors either, but this time I was. - The sandwich was properly salted. Which is essential and underrated. Salt often just brings out the flavors of the other ingredients rather than making it actually taste salty. This sandwich had enough salt to do that, and then went a bit beyond so that you can taste some actual saltiness in the bite, which I thought was just the right amount. It was more of a secondary or tertiary flavor in the background, but it was also enough to notice. - I really liked how the fat from the chili oil and aoli balanced and mellowed things out while also providing a nice mouthfeel. - The chicken was fantastic. Which makes sense since they're also a butcher shop (I think? Wikipedia and some other sources say they are.). Very tender. Seems like they sous vide it. - The bread was also very good. Fresh. Soft in the inside, nice thin crunch on the exterior. It was so good that I ordered a second after I finished the first. Life is short. They say you should do things that make you happy. Well, I enjoyed the second as I was eating it but felt extremely full afterwards, so I wouldn't do that again. Which is to say that the first sandwich really did a good job of filling me up. Which is important, because I eat a lot and have a big appetite. So at $16.50, that's an incredible value if you ask me.
They have two bread options and were out of one the day we went but didn't matter. Tried the meatball sandwich which has sliced meatball meat and lots of slaw and some cheese. Husband really enjoyed it. I got a chicken and bacon sandwich, I left off some of the toppings and they were okay with that. Good quality meat and it tasted good. Generous sized sandwiches but did finish them. They don't offer half sizes. The only thing that could have been better was the service. That day they didn't have a dedicated person taking orders. So you had to wait for one of the two people prepping food. The guy who took our order was moments before handling raw chicken. I am sure he washed or removed gloves or something but just wasn't efficient and the line was growing. Nice space inside to sit and eat. Will come back again and then walk around on Alberta street again.
The bread was a perfect mix of squash and crunchy. The meat was packed in the middle surrounded by coleslaw mixture. The Bah'n Mi pastrami was pretty darn tasty. Counter service ordering and they bring it to your table. Not a huge restaurant, seats about 20. Farmhouse decor matching the farm to table food. Street parking is residential only.
Got 2 sandwiches & a Cookie Chicken bahn mi, few pieces of chicken were boiled, bland, and with slimy skin. The bread was wet, I ended picking at the cabbage and thats it. Pastrami bread was soaked and wet. Just picked at the little bit of meat and cheese. Cookie was in bad plastic as well. Did not eat it, discarded it. Really surprised with the pricing. It happens trying out new places. Also, not cool to have a cell phone on the cutting board where sandwiches are being prepared.
I've been wanting to visit Pasture PDX for a long time, but the limited lunch-only hours made it difficult to eat here during my previous visits to Portland over the years. This time around, we happened to be shopping nearby before lunch and were able to make it in. This was at around noon on Saturday and it wasn't too busy at all even with the great sunny weather. We were only a bit peckish at the time, since we had just eaten three pints of fresh Hood strawberries, so we opted to share one sandwich. I quickly placed the order at the single kiosk (only kiosk ordering is available) and the sandwich arrived soon afterwards. Interestingly enough the chef somehow knew we were sharing the sandwich and had it split into two wrapped packages instead of a single one. Really nice gesture and shows how attentive he is. Now the sandwich quality, unfortunately, didn't meet my expectations. The O.G. ($17) - The sandwich first starts with a nice and crusty Ciabatta roll bun from Dos Hermanos. It's served slightly toasted warm and has plenty of chewy developed flavor inside. The bottom bun is slathered with some mayo. For this sandwich, putting the mayo on the bottom is actually really important and done correctly. This allows the creaminess of the mayo to dampen some (but not enough, as will be described later) of the slaw on top of the pastrami. I tried eating the sandwich both right-side-up and upside-down and it's a totally different eating experience due to the sandwich construction. On top of the mayo are probably ten thinly shaved slices of pastrami. It's smoky and seasoned well with plenty of peppery flavor, but it doesn't stand out very much especially due to the onslaught of slaw. To identify the pastrami flavors at all, I had to remove pieces from the sandwich to eat individually. By far the most numerous element of the sandwich is the banh mi inspired slaw. It basically consists of a tiny amount of small cubed carrots, pickled to give a little acidity and extra crunch, a bit of red onion, tiny pieces of cucumber and an overwhelming amount of crunchy cabbage. Think of a real banh mi - the large sticks of cucumber and the julienned carrot and daikon, all distinct and delicious. That's not this slaw. In this slaw, everything is all mixed together into a blend that muddles the ingredients together into a mess. The slaw is dressed in a ton of hazelnut chili crisp. I actually couldn't identify the flavor as hazelnut, instead thinking it was peanut. It's smoky and only slightly spicy, but it's also really acidic, really overpowering. It's a ridiculously strong flavor that completely dominates everything else in the sandwich. As I stated before, I literally couldn't taste the pastrami at all over the acidic chili crisp and slaw. The meat gets completely lost. I'm really wondering if the chef only read the Acid section of Samin Nosrat's seminal book? I'm not a fan of this sandwich at all. It's lopsided in construction, way too much chili crisp and slaw, muddling all of the flavors underneath the slaw. There was so much chili oil that it made a large puddle underneath my sandwich and I had to reorganize and fold the butcher paper to prevent the oil from running out and staining the table. I had to do this several times while eating, balancing the paper after every couple of bites. The slaw pooled out of the sandwich, falling onto the paper, yet it was so runny I had to use to fork to pick up the pieces, lest I cover my hands in spicy oil. Looking around, I wasn't the only one to run into this issue. If I have to use a fork to eat a sandwich, yet still have a mess on my hands, well this shop has lost the plot. I'm also confused how exactly is this sandwich is "banh mi" inspired. The only overlap is the pitiful amount of pickled carrots. Nothing else here goes in banh mi. It's their take on it, but fails to capture the essence. (2/5) I like sandwiches that have good flavor and balanced construction. The sandwich I received at Pasture PDX was anything but. It was honestly one of the worst sandwiches I've eaten in recent memory. Bathrooms - Single unisex room read more
Split the OG with my friend. It is quite a big sandwich and so full of meat and vegetables. Super filling and so delicious. I cannot taste the nuts. I'm sure it added to the flavor. Be ready to lick your fingers because it's that good read more
Have been craving a deli sandwich and decided to give this whole animal sandwich shop a try, plus I had to get my hands on a lard cookie ---the grind: mortadella & salami sandwich made hot in the oven! Yummy I just wished the crusty bread didn't sog up so quickly, it was already soggy when we opened the wrapper, and we ate it at the restaurant ---lard cookie: crunchy hazelnuts, didnt notice a huge difference but it didnt have as prominent of a buttery flavor Would come back if in town and wanted a good sandwich read more
3 months ago
6 months ago
The OG (pastrami + bahn mi) is the best sandwich I have ever had in my life. You order on a kiosk and they bring it out to you- easy, no worries, no confusion. Great music, great vibes, lovely interior. Please come here. read more
7 months ago
10 months ago
This place has been on my radar for soooooo so long and I am so very happy it stayed there until I found the time to visit them with a proper empty stomach - YUM. I'm getting hungry again just thinking about their hearty, good-quality sandwiches. Counter service was easy to navigate and there was plenty of interior-only seating for us to choose from. We also noted many locals ordering their food to-go so this was definitely the spot to be on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Each bite was balanced and organized to perfection. Will continue to keep these folks on my short list when I'm seeking a good ole sandwich. read more
9 months ago
Ordered the Rueben, and in the 10 minutes it took me to get it home, the bread was soaked through with wetness and was completely inedible from all the grease and cabbage juice. Such an expensive sandwich just to wind up tossing half of it. read more
I got the C.O.G. It was one of the better meals of my life. - It had chicken, cabbage, pickled peppers, pickled, onions, pickled cabbage, chili oil, and aoli. - The cabbage was fantastic. I am often hesitant to order things with cabbage because sometimes I don't like cabbage. I don't like when it's watery or has a distinct cabbage-y flavor. This didn't. It was just crunchy and satisfying. It kinda served as a vessel for delivering the other flavors. - The flavors were intense. Which is what I like. Lots of acid coming through from the pickled peppers, onions and carrots. That was probably the primary flavor. I actually am usually not a fan of pickled flavors either, but this time I was. - The sandwich was properly salted. Which is essential and underrated. Salt often just brings out the flavors of the other ingredients rather than making it actually taste salty. This sandwich had enough salt to do that, and then went a bit beyond so that you can taste some actual saltiness in the bite, which I thought was just the right amount. It was more of a secondary or tertiary flavor in the background, but it was also enough to notice. - I really liked how the fat from the chili oil and aoli balanced and mellowed things out while also providing a nice mouthfeel. - The chicken was fantastic. Which makes sense since they're also a butcher shop (I think? Wikipedia and some other sources say they are.). Very tender. Seems like they sous vide it. - The bread was also very good. Fresh. Soft in the inside, nice thin crunch on the exterior. It was so good that I ordered a second after I finished the first. Life is short. They say you should do things that make you happy. Well, I enjoyed the second as I was eating it but felt extremely full afterwards, so I wouldn't do that again. Which is to say that the first sandwich really did a good job of filling me up. Which is important, because I eat a lot and have a big appetite. So at $16.50, that's an incredible value if you ask me. read more
They have two bread options and were out of one the day we went but didn't matter. Tried the meatball sandwich which has sliced meatball meat and lots of slaw and some cheese. Husband really enjoyed it. I got a chicken and bacon sandwich, I left off some of the toppings and they were okay with that. Good quality meat and it tasted good. Generous sized sandwiches but did finish them. They don't offer half sizes. The only thing that could have been better was the service. That day they didn't have a dedicated person taking orders. So you had to wait for one of the two people prepping food. The guy who took our order was moments before handling raw chicken. I am sure he washed or removed gloves or something but just wasn't efficient and the line was growing. Nice space inside to sit and eat. Will come back again and then walk around on Alberta street again. read more
2 years ago
The bread was a perfect mix of squash and crunchy. The meat was packed in the middle surrounded by coleslaw mixture. The Bah'n Mi pastrami was pretty darn tasty. Counter service ordering and they bring it to your table. Not a huge restaurant, seats about 20. Farmhouse decor matching the farm to table food. Street parking is residential only. read more
1 year ago
Got 2 sandwiches & a Cookie Chicken bahn mi, few pieces of chicken were boiled, bland, and with slimy skin. The bread was wet, I ended picking at the cabbage and thats it. Pastrami bread was soaked and wet. Just picked at the little bit of meat and cheese. Cookie was in bad plastic as well. Did not eat it, discarded it. Really surprised with the pricing. It happens trying out new places. Also, not cool to have a cell phone on the cutting board where sandwiches are being prepared. read more
5 months ago
9 months ago
Can't believe I'm dropping $16.50 for a sandwich, but when I read this one year from now that price will probably be considered the norm. This is an upper echelon sandwich spot as it's also a mini butcher shop. I enjoyed the The Toro - braised beef/adobo - it was mouth melody good. I do wish the Dos Hermanos bread was more toasted though. The bigger star of today's experience was the half lard, half butter chocolate hazelnut cookie. Oh my, one of the best I've had! And the $3.50 price is actually close to value. You scan a QR code for the menu and get your own water and utensils. And sometimes they have sides, sometimes they don't. It's a pretty people on laptops kind of place. Sit at the window for a scenic eating experience. read more
1 year ago
I believe my favorite sandwich shop. I have tried 3 or 4 now and all have been bomb. The cold sandwiches start around $14 and it's 2 or 3 more bucks for hot sandwiches. I started with the OG Bahnstrami Sandwich, which I very much enjoyed though I thought it was a tad too saucy. I have also tried the Cubano, Toro Braised Beef Adobo, and one of the cold ones that was like an Italian. I also tried a bite of their burger which was thick, juicy and amazing. All of them were excellent but I think I prefer their cold sandwiches a bit more and still have several sandwiches left on my list to try. The inside is pretty small, like a clean cafe and is always bumping some classic golden era hip hop. You order up at the front counter and they bring your food out. They have WiFi but it's spotty a lot of the time. Overall, great sandwiches and beer, and you can also buy meat or sausages to take home as they are a butcher shop. read more
1 year ago
Ordered their Bento Box for take out and really enjoyed it. My wife and I split it and found the variety of items creative, well balanced, and well made. I was also impressed that the presentation was so nice. $35 is a good deal for the quality of the food. There was sausage, salad, steak (beautifully cooked medium rare), greens, some lovely mustard. We also tried their pastrami sandwich on some beautifully marbled rye bread. We arrived a little early for our pick up (you designate your time for pick up when you order), but when the staff found out, they prioritized finishing our box, which we really appreciated. I'd be happy to come back and see how their bento box changes with the season and to try a different sandwich. read more
2 years ago
The reason I gave this place a 4/5 is because the food was amazing, but the person taking our order just seemed very bothered and was not that welcoming. Seemed a bit uptight as it was our first time there. The atmosphere of the place was pretty nice, very high ceilings. The seats were a bit cramped in there, but since it wasn't too busy it didn't bother us that much. The sandwhich that I got was "the toro." I would absolutely come back here again for their sandwhich. Their habanero lime sauce was also very good. They had a nice variety of wines to choose from as well. read more
1 year ago
These might be the best sandwiches in Portland. I love their take on a Bahn Mi, their pastrami being my favorite. I also ordered a chicken Bahn Mi, which didn't disappoint. It's a casual butcher shop, so everything feels super fresh and folks behind the counter are very attentive. Officially my favorite local sandwiches. read more
The Cubano - What a sandwich! Delicious, tender and the mustard they use, wow! Not to mention how tasty the bread is. I asked for a recommendation and I am not disappointed. There are several items on this menu that are intriguing. The prices are a bit steep, in my opinion, yet what I have seen come out on plates means I will be back. read more
2 years ago
1 year ago
5 years ago
I've been patiently waiting and waiting and waiting for Pasture to open their own brick and mortar after having their pastrami sandwiches at their various pop ups. I stopped by today during my visit to Portland and was happy to find that they still serve pastrami, but also other sandwiches as well! The Banhstrami was delicious as ever, but seeing mortadella on the menu, I HAD to order The Classic (I don't make the rules okay). The Classic had mortadella, salami, and swiss along with some sort of slaw that made it very enjoyable. Didn't come served on ciabatta though like their previous pastrami offerings, but I didn't even miss it. I'm so glad to see Pasture doing well, and I can't wait to come back for their dinner/wine menu. You can also purchase different meats and sausages by the pound if you don't want to commit to an entire sandwich, but I'm telling you the sandwiches are amazing. read more
4 years ago
On a quick trip to Portland, we came here and were really impressed by the food. The sandwich had a decent amount of meat and was tender and flavorful. In addition, the space was open, clean, and comfortable. The cashier was also friendly and made recommendations for us. Prices are a tad high for sandwiches with no sides, but one of the draws of the shop is responsible farming and animal husbandry, which would naturally lead to slightly more pricey items. Overall, highly recommend. read more
Well, well well; this place is not your local port of subs, I must warn. This is a sandwich for foodies. From their mustard to their sandwich breads, everything is locally made & you can see that no shortcuts are sacrificed for quality & good service. Very impressed by my first visit & will definitely stop by next time I'm in Portland. Excellent place!! read more
1 year ago
3 years ago
I'm always on the lookout for a great sandwich and on a weekend day I stopped at Pasture. Pasture operates as butcher shop, serves hot and cold Sandwiches, and has some awesome natural wine bottles for sale. I got the CAReuben, their Reuben sandwich and it was divine. The pickled carrots and pastrami was delectable. I would highly recommend it. Additionally, the service, ambiance, and location make this place a must visit. read more
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1413 NE Alberta St
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