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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | January 2017 |
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| Food type | Chinese |
| Street address | 4090 North Williams Avenue |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97227 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°33′12″N 122°39′59″W / 45.5532°N 122.6665°W |
| Website | xlbpdx |
XLB is a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Second-generation Chinese chef Jasper Shen opened the original restaurant along North Williams Avenue in the Boise neighborhood in January 2017. He and new business partner Linh Tran[1] opened a second in northwest Portland's Slabtown district in 2019. The Slabtown restaurant closed in 2021.
XLB specializes in xiaolongbao and the limited menu also offers other soup dumplings, baozi, buns, noodles, and greens. The restaurant has garnered a generally positive reception, with the soup dumplings receiving the most praise. XLB ranked second in the "Best Chinese Restaurant" category in Willamette Week's 2020 readers' poll.
- ^ "Our Story". XLB.