Another Portland restaurant to close it's doors. Never got a chance to get out there, but when Chef David Seigl left to travel the world, I had no desire to go out there.
This comes via their website (h/t Eater PDX).
Belly Timber served it's last meal May 16, 2010. There are many reasons we closed the restaurant, the primary reason being we as owners were stretched too thin between two restaurants. While the closing of Belly Timber is very sad it is also an exciting opportunity to focus all of our energy on our other restaurant, Equinox, to make it even more successful.
We have brought our entire Belly Timber staff, including chef Paul Hyman, over to Equinox and will be starting a new lunch program this week in the hot Mississippi district in north Portland. Paul will also be revamping our dinner and happy hour menus at Equinox over the course of the next three weeks. We want to thank all of our loyal patrons and media who have supported us over the two years and invite you to join us at Equinox as we introduce Paul's cooking to North Portland's food scene.
Chef David was my first "Back Of The House" interview over at ThePortlander.com. Just hate to see another restaurant close, but with every one that closes there's another one that opens up. It's an interesting culinary landscape in Portland.
Sounds like Chef David may have known what was coming down the line.
Also sounds like they made a good business decision. I'll have to check out Equinox.
Posted by: J Heigl | Saturday, 29 May 2010 at 10:39 AM
That is a pretty good possibility.
Posted by: Timm Higgins | Saturday, 29 May 2010 at 11:03 AM