Davis Street Tavern

Davis Street Tavern
A minimalistic black square, with the white text "David Street Travern"
Photography of a three-story red brick building from across the street
The restaurant's exterior in 2014
Map
Restaurant information
Established2008 (2008)
ClosedSeptember 2016 (2016-09)
Owner(s)
  • Christopher Handford
  • Blake Smith
Previous owner(s)Gabriel Kapustka (2008 – September 2010)
Head chef
  • Gabriel Kapustka (2008 – September 2010)
  • Scott Shampine (November 2010 – February 2011)
  • Katy Jane Millard
Food typeAmerican
Street address500 Northwest Davis Street
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97209
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°31′28″N 122°40′32″W / 45.524366°N 122.675527°W / 45.524366; -122.675527

Davis Street Tavern was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood. Christopher Handford, chef Gabriel Kapustka, and Handford's cousin Blake Smith opened the restaurant serving American cuisine in 2008. The building that housed it was previously a bakery. Kapustka left in 2010, after being bought out by partners. Subsequent executive chefs were Scott Shampine and Katy Jane Millard. The restaurant hosted an annual supper celebrating Robert Burns. In 2012, Davis Street Tavern and the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association led an effort by industry groups to overturn the U.S. Department of Labor's rules prohibiting gratuity sharing with kitchen staff. The restaurant closed in September 2016.