Le Clown, a new restaurant residency from John and Maddie Denison, will offer duck service, foie-co tacos, grapefruit parfaits and more at the Lil' Dame space in Northeast Portland.Courtesy of Le Clown
When chef John Denison first visited Paris, one of his first stops was Clown Bar, the whimsically tiled 11th Arrondissement restaurant near the Cirque d’Hiver that played a major role in reshaping the French dining scene a decade ago.
Once inside, past the sidewalk’s ever-present cigarette smoke, Denison ordered a beef Bourguignon that highlighted meat three ways — grilled, confit and braised — only finished here by chef Sota Atsumi with a shockingly light sauce.
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