House legend$46
45-day aged ribeye, ember-roasted
Finished directly in oak embers, basted with bone-marrow butter, served with blistered cherry tomatoes and charred onion.
Portland · Est. 2016 · Oak-fired
Cooked by fire,
served with warmth.
A seasonal kitchen built around one oak-burning hearth. Tasting menus, grilled mains and natural wines in the Old Market District.
- Tonight
- Tue – Sun from 5 pm · walk-ins at the hearth counter
- Find us
- 14 Foundry Lane, Old Market District
- Loved locally
- 4.9 from 1,200+ guest reviews
10 years at the hearth
01 — Our story
One fire, four seasons, zero shortcuts.
We started Ember & Oak with a single belief: everything tastes better touched by oak fire. Ten years on, our whole menu still passes through one hearth — vegetables blistered, breads baked, meats rested in embers.
Ninety percent of what we serve comes from within a hundred miles. The menu rewrites itself with the market, every few weeks.
Meet the people behind the fire“We don't own a gas burner. If the fire can't cook it, it isn't on the menu.”
— Mara Ellison, chef & co-founder
02 — From the hearth
Dishes the regulars cross town for
$28
Hearth tasting plate
Five bites from the fire — the fastest tour of our menu.
$34
Cedar-smoked catch & clams
Day-boat fish, manila clams, ember wine broth, grilled bread.
The oak fire
Everything we serve meets the flame.
No gas, no electric ovens — just Oregon white oak, a cast-iron hearth and a decade of practice. Sit at the hearth counter and watch your dinner cook six feet away.
- Chef's counter — 8 seats facing the fire, new course drops nightly.
- Seven-course tasting — $95 per guest, $55 with wine pairing.
- Sunday ember roast — a whole-animal feast, 4 – 9 pm.
The ribeye alone is worth the trip, but the hearth counter made it theatre. Best anniversary dinner we've had in years.
“Vegetarian tasting menu that doesn't feel like an afterthought. The ember-baked celeriac was unreal.”
“Booked for a work dinner, stayed for three hours. Service reads the room perfectly.”
The shop
Take the fire home.
Butcher's cuts, the Sunday roast box, cocktail kits, house rubs, our cookbook and gift cards — shipped from our kitchen door.
04 — From the journal
Notes from the kitchen.
Find us
Dinner, sorted.
14 Foundry Lane, Old Market DistrictPortland, OR 97209
(555) 014-2070 · hello@emberandoak.example
Tue – Thu5 – 10 pm
Fri – Sat5 – 11 pm
Sunday roast4 – 9 pm
MondayDark (fire rests)
