Lume — Wood-fire kitchen & wine bar in Portland
Wood-fire kitchen · Pearl District
Everything here begins at the fire.
Seasonal plates cooked over almond wood and oak, handmade pasta, and a cellar of natural wine.
Welcome to Lume
A neighbourhood room built around one wood fire
where handmade pasta
hearth-roasted plates and natural wine
are served until late.
We opened in an old print works with a simple idea: cook what the farms bring us that week, over fire, and pour wine made by people we know. The menu changes with the season; the welcome doesn't.
Dinner
- Tuesday to Thursday
- 5 pm – 10 pm
- Friday
- 5 pm – 11 pm
- Saturday
- 12 pm – 11 pm
- Sunday
- 12 pm – 9 pm
Signature plates
The dishes guests come back for.
Tagliatelle al ragù$26Slow-cooked beef and pork ragù, aged parmigiano.
Wild mushroom pappardelle$25Chanterelles, crispy sage, brown butter, pecorino. · Autumn
Wood-fired flatbread$18San Marzano tomato, stracciatella, wild rocket, lemon.
Dry-aged ribeye, 16 oz$58Bone-marrow butter, charred onion, watercress. · For one or to share
Olive oil cake$12Vanilla cream, poached strawberries.
The menu
Six chapters, one fire.
From small plates to share, to pasta, hearth-cooked mains and a bar built on small growers.
01 · 6 dishes
Small Plates
To share while the fire warms up.
02 · 5 dishes
Handmade Pasta
Rolled and cut every morning in our pasta room.
03 · 6 dishes
From the Hearth
Cooked over almond wood and oak embers.
04 · 4 dishes
Garden & Sides
Vegetables from three farms within sixty miles.
05 · 4 dishes
Desserts
Finished in the oven's last heat.
06 · 5 dishes
Bar & Wine
Low-intervention wine, aperitivo and zero-proof pours.
Our kitchen
Fire, flour and a few good farms.
There's no gas line to our grill. Every plate that comes off the hearth is cooked over almond wood and oak, burned down to embers that hold a steady, even heat.
Mornings belong to the pasta room, where flour from a single Oregon mill becomes six shapes by hand. Vegetables arrive from three farms we've worked with since day one.
“Fire doesn't forgive shortcuts. It makes you cook with your full attention.”
The room
Low light, long tables and no rush to leave.
Exposed brick, a fire you can see from every seat, and a playlist that gets a little louder after nine.
- wood fire, lit at noon
- 1
- bottles from small growers
- 120
- seats, plus the hearth counter
- 80
Around the table
Private dining & evenings worth marking.
Book the Cellar Room for up to eighteen, take over the whole restaurant, or join one of our seasonal suppers.
Guest notes
Said at the table, after dessert.
We came for the pappardelle and stayed for three more plates. The kind of room where you forget to check the time.
Sample guest · Dinner for two They planned my mother's seventieth in the Cellar Room down to the last candle. Every course felt like it was cooked just for us.
Sample guest · Private dining, 16 guests Sit at the hearth table if you can. Watching the ribeye come off the embers is half the fun.
Sample guest · Chef's table
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Visit us
Pearl District, by the old print works.
Ten minutes' walk from Union Station, with street parking after six and bike racks by the door.
- Address
- 17 Ember Row
Portland, OR 97209Get directions (opens in a new tab) - Opening hours
Opening hours Monday Closed Tuesday to Thursday 5 pm – 10 pm Friday 5 pm – 11 pm Saturday 12 pm – 11 pm Sunday 12 pm – 9 pm The kitchen takes its last orders 45 minutes before closing.
Tonight or next month
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Or call us on +1 (503) 555-0148