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Chefs Melody Medina and Quinn Williams are launching Chérie (instagram) on Thursday. Chérie is located at 249 Congress Street in the space formerly occupied by Quanto Basta.
The menu (see below) includes dishes like steak frites (shown above), roast chicken, and halibut with tarbais beans as well as desserts like creme brulee and strawberry sorbet (shown above). Chérie also features a full bar program run by Lucie Anderson. The beverage menu includes wines by the glass and bottle, local beer and cider, appertifs and a cocktail program as well as non-alcoholic options. The Chérie Negroni as well as the asparagus and snap pea salad, and the leek vinaigrette are shown above.
Williams and Medina have made some light renovations to the 20-seat dining room but otherwise retain the same general layout—including the Fiero Forni oven. Cherie also has a 20-seat enclosed patio located behind the building.
The couple moved to Portland from Brooklyn in 2024. They met when both were working at Frenchette New York City. Medina is a 2011 graduate of the French Culinary Institute and helped launch the bread program at Frenchette and open the Frenchette Bakery in Tribeca. Williams’ career began in his hometown of Pittsburgh and once in NYC worked at Le Rock and Lords. Since last fall they have been holding a series of Cherie pop-up events at Lambs, Hunt & Alpine and the Big Tree event space.
Chérie will initially be open Thursday through Monday, 5 – 10 pm with plans to expand hours this summer to offer lunch and brunch on the weekend.
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