ACCOLADES
Bonnie and Israel Morales at the James Beard Foundation Celebrity Chef Dinner in 2018. Photograph courtesy of Clay Williams.
The 22 Essential Portland Restaurants Offering Takeout and Delivery Right Now
Eater PDX | May 2020 | Brooke Jackson Glidden
Meet Portland’s Restaurants of the Decade
The Oregonian | January 2020 | Michael Russell
Best Restaurants for Dumplings
Willamette Week | November 2019 | Andi Prewitt
The Most Anticipated Restaurants for Fall 2019
Eater National | September 2019 | Hillary Dixler Canavan
Portland’s 40 Best Restaurants
The Oregonian | August 2019 | Michael Russell
Most Iconic Portland Restaurants 2019
Rave Reviews | May 2019 | Morgan Bennett
“Legendary”
The Moscow Times | April 2019 | Jennifer Eremeeva
“Ms. Morales’s restaurant, Kachka, and her cookbook of the same name, have brought national attention to creative Russian fare.”
The Wall Street Journal | April 2019 | Leah Koenig
Portland’s Best Tea Programs
Willamette Week | January 2019 | Jordan Michelman
2019 Top 100+ North America Gourmet Casual List
Opinionated About Dining
2018 James Beard Award Finalist for Best Chef: Northwest
James Beard Foundation | March 2018
2018 Rising Star Chef
Star Chefs | March 2018
2018 Food 52’s Piglet Award for Kachka: A Return to Russian Cooking
Food 52 | Lisa Lucas
2017 Essential Restaurants in America, Eater Hall of Fame
Eater | November 2017 | Bill Addison
2017 Generation Next Chef
Bon Appetit | February 2017
“Kachka is Very Probably America’s Best Russian Restaurant”
Willamette Week Best Restaurants Issue | October 2016 | Martin Cizmar
2016 Essential Restaurants in America
Eater | November 2016 | Bill Addison
2015 Rising Star Award
Oregonian | June 2015
2015 Best New Originals
Tasting Table | January 2016
2015 The People's Best New Chef Nominee
Food & Wine | April 2015
25 Most Outstanding Restaurants of 2015
GQ | February 2015 | Alan Richman
2015 America’s 50 Best New Restaurants
Bon Appetit | August 2015
2015 James Beard Award Semifinalist for Best New Restaurant
James Beard Foundation | February 2015
2015 Food & Wine New Originals
Food & Wine
2015 Essential Restaurants in America
Eater | January 2015 | Bill Addison
2014 Restaurant of the Year
Willamette Week | October 2014 | Matthew Korfhage
2014 Portland Monthly Best Restaurants
Portland Monthly | October 2014 | Karen Brooks