Akadi

(Christine Dong)

3601 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 503-477-7138, akadipdx.com. Lunch-dinner Tuesday-Sunday.

When Akadi's young chef and proprietor Fatou Ouattara opened her restaurant in 2017, she extended the Ethiopian-heavy boulevard's palate to West Africa. Ouattara's restaurant vibrantly showcases her native Ivory Coast cuisine with plates like the Goat ($15.95), accompanied by fufu-steamed cassava dough ideal for sopping up savory remnants. $.

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