A Day at the Best Mexican Restaurant in Portland, Oregon | On The Line | Bon Appétit
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Жыл бұрынRepública is a Mexican restaurant in Portland, Oregon with a menu based on seasonality - dishes that appear one week might soon be gone as the components change. Spend a day behind the scenes with founder and co-owner Angel Medina and see how he and the staff work to be the best "storytellers" of Mexican food they can be, innovating with modern ideas while ensuring the continuity of tradition.
Director: Gunsel Pehlivan
Editor: Robert Malone
Creative Producer: Parisa Kosari
Associate Producer: Dimitri Lazarshvili, Dana Murphy
Director of Photography: Alex Thornburg
Camera Operator: Jim Stanek
Assistant Camera: Cameron Carey
Audio: Jason Kuppig
PA: Allison Barr, Roland Dahwen
Line Producer: Jennifer McGinity
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Diego Rentsch
Junior Editor: JC Scruggs
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@coldshadow96 Жыл бұрын
I love how people are saying this isn’t Mexican food when he literally explains the parts of Mexico that inspired each dish or ingredient. There’s more to Mexican food than tacos and burritos.
@GhostofRazgriz Жыл бұрын
When the only option is food prepared for gringo tastes, you get ignorant comments like the ones on this video.
@scotttenerman9191 Жыл бұрын
Oh my god this right here sums up my frustrations with explaining Mexican food to my staff
@neoftg1589 Жыл бұрын
I mean you said it yourself “inspired” by.
@VashtiPerry Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@securityvau1t Жыл бұрын
@@neoftg1589 Inspiration doesn't hurt if you're transparent about it. The ingredients are often the core of the meal; how one presents may involve creative liberties. Is fusion cuisine, or modern takes in this case, invalidated?
@llamapie24 Жыл бұрын
This series is fantastic, love the thorough explanations behind ingredient and flavour choices as well as showcasing workplace dynamics we don’t get to see as customers. Thank u BA, keep it up.
@CufflinksAndChuckles Жыл бұрын
I'm so happy we get to see the interactions between the staff. At my restaurant, we do a lot of experimenting and quality controlling, mostly on the fly, and with a ton of teasing/bantering. These people are just letting us into their doors, but that doesn't mean they're going to stop working/exploring new possibilities. Amazing!
@MrKhanhZ Жыл бұрын
this is like bite-sized chef's table episode, love it
@zd8719 Жыл бұрын
wow, I had no idea about this place. this staff seems so passionate, informed and skilled. what a great honor to culinary history and progress!
@emilymakescoffee1741 Жыл бұрын
Angel is also a world class coffee roaster. A genius of flavor and a wonderful human. Congrats on the recognition! We’ll deserved
@macariosderby7327 Жыл бұрын
how drunk are you when you eat their food. It tastes of nothing. Its not mexican food at all. it may feature mexican ingredients but that doesnt make it mexican food,
@R700Sparkles Жыл бұрын
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@cydneyisom3120 Жыл бұрын
I received so much info in such a short time when chef was talking to the Som. Love it! This was really great 🙂
@NC-qc7wd Жыл бұрын
The history of Mexican cuisine is still on creation and deliciousness! I used to have a french friend(RINP) who cooked 12-course meals at her house with wine pairing, and she always said to me, "There are only three great kitchens in the world, Chinese, French, and Mexican"
@pebb2378 Жыл бұрын
I'm native to the area and it's cool to see a different type of restaurant like this.
@paul82_ Жыл бұрын
Truly inspiring chef and restaurant. On of my favorite eps so far.
@lazylaozlunatik901 Жыл бұрын
You can tell they wore their best apron for this show
@neverhomepnw Жыл бұрын
I live in the Pearl District and its crazy how much amazing food there is everywhere! Can't wait to try it.
@fifteen_march Жыл бұрын
don’t trip on the homeless tents on your way out of your apartment
@neverhomepnw Жыл бұрын
@@fifteen_marchHow about you know facts before you say something stupid. There are none where I live.
@fifteen_march Жыл бұрын
@@neverhomepnw used to be a ton by union station
@xXIVANROJASXx Жыл бұрын
Great, amazing video. I hope to hear more about them in the future.
@sabysanchez1885 Жыл бұрын
Espectacular! Congrats🎉
@DrinkinItIn Жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff, love their vibe.
@KRayxKodessA Жыл бұрын
Love this series.
@PaytonPollard Жыл бұрын
These are my favorite 😍❤️ I'm so addicted
@elbiohernandez9353 Жыл бұрын
ART
@Mac_with_the_lsx Жыл бұрын
Finally!!!!!!
@luf4rall Жыл бұрын
what a great story
@brendaday2365 Жыл бұрын
Best wishes. Very interesting.
@oregonliberal Жыл бұрын
Lovely to see this and see you again Angel!
@matthewsanchez7953 Жыл бұрын
Republica is on this years "eat at" list for me! Can't wait!
@TonInter Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Would love to try some of these dishes.
@ricklavick Жыл бұрын
Too many people here act like they're above eating insects when its common in many places around the world and even in some of the food we eat due to factories or processes in making certain foods. Some of you seem to think it's not authentic either when all you have to do is watch a youtube travel vlogger to see that insects are eaten in Mexico daily. Baffles me how close minded and ignorant people are.
@guilhermepicolloduarte8110 Жыл бұрын
Eat insects if you want you freak. Just because losers across the world are eating crap i doesn't mean i will. What's next? Human meat? Psychopath
@kitcoffey7194 Жыл бұрын
Eating lead candy is common in Mexico, too, doesn't make it right or healthy. Eat less meat and grow vegetables, it's not that hard.
@mikasasukasa4479 Жыл бұрын
Just because they're ignorant doesn't mean we're above these people either. People aren't just used to this sort of thing and you can't blame them unless that's your goal. All we can do is inform and see if people are willing to listen.
@Jsilv934 Жыл бұрын
@@kitcoffey7194 you missed the point lol
@jadavison Жыл бұрын
Think about why they eat insects. They had to. Don’t act like it’s some huge meaningful cultural thing.
@VashtiPerry Жыл бұрын
Oooo OREGON! y’all made your way out of New York. ❤ noted
@fromnaras Жыл бұрын
this is super creative!
@MrScullman123 Жыл бұрын
This is what you call mexican fine dining at its best. As a chef myself i would honestly put this place on my list of places to eat if i was ever in the area. Just wow
@davidponce6132 Жыл бұрын
Maybe Fine dining but not full belly dining. A 5 dollar quesadilla would fill me up better than who knows what ridiculously high skyrocket prices their putting on those baby portion plates.
@jimmybeans5879 Жыл бұрын
@@davidponce6132 I’ve been to this place and I was honestly so full by the 13th course that I could barely finish it.
@hardw00dclassic 3 ай бұрын
Papalo with cemita , bussin!
@SuperMustache555 Жыл бұрын
What an exciting and inventive restaurant!
@natgazer Жыл бұрын
This is fake, it's a scam
@mr-vet Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@tahoeboii1181 Ай бұрын
i love how he said "my favorite" then described ants. oh honey grab the wheel!
@L4UR3L Жыл бұрын
why every restaurant in pdx gotta have their prep kitchen down a flight of stairs behind a locked door next to the bathroom for a hot lips pizza
@gracielamoran7122 Жыл бұрын
This is definitely on my list of places to go next year 🫶🏽🥹
@Elias_R95 Жыл бұрын
When is an André Mack video dropping?
@piercer_of_heaven 9 ай бұрын
Looks like I have to go next Monday 😺
@losprimosfajitahotdogs6789 Жыл бұрын
Amazing
@josephchamberlain3681 Жыл бұрын
Excellent. Will have to visit next time I'm in Portland.
@felm3283 Жыл бұрын
Oaxaca la pasión de la gastronomía Mexicana. Saludos
@healthyeatswithashley949 Жыл бұрын
That poor pastry chef was crushed you could see it in her eyes.
@Eskey__ Жыл бұрын
She totally was. Definitely passionate and excited about telling everyone about her dessert.
@erichaney1006 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, an "on the line" with the owner introduced a really weird power dynamic that undermined the in-the-moment vibe of the series. Even the best moments felt like an advertisement. The worst was him just stepping on her and her having to laugh nervously at it. Shame, given the restaurant and people actually on the line seem amazing.
@The-Finisher Жыл бұрын
@@erichaney1006 so many folks miss the subtext man.
@CaseyOrozco Жыл бұрын
amazing
@debbybrady1246 Жыл бұрын
It all looks so wonderful.
@your_huge_ego_bores_me Жыл бұрын
Wow, that boy is not playing around.
@makinmagicgal 7 ай бұрын
Other cultures won't understand how to cook Mexican food, is that what he's saying 😅
@FroylanG 2 ай бұрын
What book are they referring to??
@gabelstapler19 Жыл бұрын
The only thing that would be hard for me to swallow here is the bill, as food this fantastic doesn't come cheap. Would I try ant eggs? If it was prepared by these chefs, yes!
@pphedup Жыл бұрын
Cheap bill? Go to MacDonald's.
@reuploadify Жыл бұрын
You will eat the bugs and you will like it.
@thekitchenvillain Жыл бұрын
The Somm describing that wine list is the most Portland thing I ever heard.
@alittlebitgone Жыл бұрын
"That's why we call our servers "storytellers"" nope, nope nope, nope.
@lightinthedark33 8 ай бұрын
? In what way does this make you so off put? 😂
@maxp4573 Жыл бұрын
I really wish you would also show the Service :/
@eclecticexplorer7828 Жыл бұрын
I will definitely try this place next time I am in town.
@beritobere82 Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely amazing!!! Mexican food in another level!!. Because Mexico is not only street tacos. I would love to go to this restaurant one day. Felicidades!!.
@josecarlosgutierrezmargain4678 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I dissent with the Pastry Chef, Mexican food before the Spanish conquest was not mainly vegan... That's a hard ignorant fact...
@Matbakhi Жыл бұрын
رائع حقا😍😍
@wolf-yw9wk Жыл бұрын
this dudes voice sounds like he was hired to narrate this video. if he ever stops cooking he can go to voice acting
@cdb88 Жыл бұрын
I want to think I'm open minded with food so I'd like to try the insects but I'd rather just close my eyes or not be told lol
@papitacriolla69 Жыл бұрын
best dining experience of my life, literally had tears in my eyes eating here
@Sergio-pd8yk Жыл бұрын
what a loser
@earthstar2493 Жыл бұрын
Was it when they brought the bill or was it just super spicey?
@batchagaloopytv5816 Жыл бұрын
oh the drama queen
@moccaslova Жыл бұрын
interesting
@thetimeisrite Жыл бұрын
This isn't a restaurant, it's an art gallery
@redhousepress Жыл бұрын
Eat ze bugs.
@Uncommon5en5e Жыл бұрын
"As that's when the ants are known to come out of the, 👑✨ASPHALT✨💎."
@DanielaPerez-yp1gb Жыл бұрын
I am hungry now 🤩😋😋 Delicious. SUPER YUMMY👌
@lst9701 Жыл бұрын
Little conejo is a great 'real' mexican restaurant in and around portland. I highly reccomend it for people who want good food but arent rich af
@Brendagf Жыл бұрын
They appear permanently closed on Google maps 🥺
@bradcoram509 Жыл бұрын
You lost me when you said you call your servers ‘story tellers’.
@eliseoramirez1691 Жыл бұрын
✌🏽
@billeethesciencegeek Жыл бұрын
As a life-long Portlandian, I can attest that some of our food is a little too precious.
@papagen00 Жыл бұрын
fine dining on dead ants and larvae. Sounds yummy.
@VashtiPerry Жыл бұрын
The comments 🤮 y’all have too many opinions and it’s weird.
@hundragant Жыл бұрын
I live in Portland! But that food is too fancy for my palate.
@fattymcphatphat Жыл бұрын
OAXACA
@Westcoast10 9 ай бұрын
Sissy food
@asdisskagen6487 Жыл бұрын
There are restaurants still open in Portland?
@CheckAvailabilityYo Жыл бұрын
Nope, not restaurants at all. You don't need to ever come here cause there is nothing left.
@michaelvaladez6570 Жыл бұрын
I know that insects and larva is a cuisine of Mexico but I would not eat it..sorry,I respect that he is fullfing his direction of the regions but its my choice.
@seanharrell5567 Жыл бұрын
No one is forcing you to eat bugs, lol. 🤣🤣
@einundsiebenziger5488 Жыл бұрын
Insects and larvae are* a cuisine ...
@memelord3348 Жыл бұрын
How is this in business⁉️ it seems so impractical to run. Shoutout to the Team at República for doing the imposible
@natgazer Жыл бұрын
This is fake, it's a scam
@shilobutton5485 Жыл бұрын
Normalizing eating bugs.
@joedoherty6940 8 ай бұрын
AsIhows that third irks fee now?!
@LECityLECLEC 10 ай бұрын
Brave to rep ants!
@touchofdumb Жыл бұрын
thought they were all Fred Armisen…
@MrBluemanworld 5 ай бұрын
wow, i would never eat any of that
@lestudio76 Жыл бұрын
He kept giving Olivia crap
@eighty9 11 ай бұрын
9:07 let her talk. I saw she wanted to speak but you just cut her off.
@einundsiebenziger5488 Жыл бұрын
6:26 - They just couldn't do it without fullfilling every Portlandia cliché, could they?
@Rosa-kd2cl 5 ай бұрын
Ikr? Of course it’s the Portland restaurant that emphasizes that and serves insects.
@TheEddgreen Жыл бұрын
Ants, larva and grasshoppers yeah not for me but you guys have a blast.
@BlueNose49 Жыл бұрын
I’ll still choose street tacos
@pphedup Жыл бұрын
6:46 I wonder how long he'll be alive with a habit like that?!
@mattnsac Жыл бұрын
Virtue Signalling via electric ranges then adds smoke artificially LOL. Never change Portlandia!
@thatoneguy7597 Жыл бұрын
Wow, completely surprised that someone who unironically uses the term “virtue signaling” doesn’t understand the difference between gas and wood
@Coliflowerz Жыл бұрын
Smoking via a smoking gun is miles different than running a gas burner
@mattnsac Жыл бұрын
@@Coliflowerz Its also miles worse than using a wood grill. Who'd thought you can actually buy things to cook meat over burning wood???
@pktesla Жыл бұрын
Video is great, chef and restaurant seem cool as far as i dare watch it because insects? nope, lost appetite
@MelancholicFools Жыл бұрын
Mexican restaurants make different menus with the same five ingredients every day
@titahsemar Жыл бұрын
3rd
@Nekomancer69 Жыл бұрын
Insects, no thank you. Great vid.
@chrispark7010 Жыл бұрын
Name is EERILY similar to Republique in LA. HMMMMMMMMM
@disciplemike1 Жыл бұрын
in portland? i wonder if they have trouble with shoplifters?
@titusgreatness1130 11 ай бұрын
Frùno
@GroguSlayer69 Жыл бұрын
we are feed up with twezzzers ands flowers food, be real pls
@tessmoks3434 Жыл бұрын
Nice series.. but no ants or bugs thanks
@javiercarrillo914 Жыл бұрын
Smoking a tostada lmfao get the duck out of here! This fools trippen
@thestupidn3rd558 Жыл бұрын
...For every slave you had to plant a grapevine... JeeeeZUZ
@The-Finisher Жыл бұрын
Yeah what was that trail off story
@TaoDeChing-ls5gz Жыл бұрын
If the majority of ingredients are not eaten by regular Mexicans, does the food still count as Mexican??
@matthewsanchez7953 Жыл бұрын
Pretty much everything on their menu is in some way, shape, or form eaten in the numerous Mexican states by "regular" Mexicans, so...huh?
@Fast-e-Learning Жыл бұрын
Is it authentic? Have they lived in Mexico?
@titusgreatness1130 11 ай бұрын
Rhye vlour
@niflag Жыл бұрын
Wine was born in Georgia, not Mexico...
@jdelorenzod2725 8 ай бұрын
Georgia as in Atlanta, GA??
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