Kim Jong Smokehouse

(Leah Nash)
By Matthew Korfhage

At this casual lunchbox spot, Kim Jong Smokehouse merges the grill traditions of Korea with American Southern-inflected smoked meats. So your sweet-spicy honey-gochujang spareribs ($15) might get a rainbow of kimchi and quick-pickled daikon as sides, or arrive perched atop a scorched-rice bibimbap in a steaming cast-iron pan. But at the Northwest 21st Avenue location, Han Ly Hwang has also been throwing down a menu of anju—Korean drinking food you can otherwise get only in the 'Tron.

GO: 413 NW 21st Ave., 126 SW 2nd Ave., 503-477-9364, kimjongsmokehouse.com, 11 am-9 pm Sunday-Thursday, 11 am-10 pm Friday-Saturday

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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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