Aaron Lee
Saying that Bullard is the best hotel restaurant in Portland could be seen as damning it with faint praise—but it’s not meant to be.
It’s to say that we’ve come a long way from the days of bland plates meant to mollify the palates of traveling businessmen. Bullard, the long-awaited first restaurant from Chef Doug Adams (and business partner Jen Quist) located inside the chic Woodlark Hotel, is the hopeful future of downtown restaurants.
Named after Adams’ hometown in east Texas, Bullard is a restaurant that’s super personal. It’s where “Texas meats Oregon,” as Adams puts it, and its website features quirky pictures of cacti, roast chickens, Adams’ dog, and a gif of Gene from Wet Hot American Summer tossing a salad.
