Coquine
Katy Millard spent seven years and $4,000 of chocolate tastings on one chocolate chip cookie, and it sits on the counter. She cooked in France before she cooked here. The dining room will not take a party over four.
Why go
Millard trained in multiple star-spangled kitchens in France,
came to a corner near the top of Mount Tabor, and cooks what the Oregon farms send.2 Her husband Ksandek Podbielski built the wine list, and Portland Monthly rated it one of the city's best inside a year of opening.2 The James Beard Foundation named Coquine one of five nominees for Outstanding Restaurant in 2025.1 Next door at 6833 the family runs a market by day and turns it into Katy Jane's Oyster Bar at five.3
Order this / avoid
- Order: the chocolate chip cookie. Portland Monthly:
How do you blow the oven door off a Toll House cookie? Katy Millard figured it out after seven years of recipe tweaking and $4,000 worth of chocolate tastings.
2 - Order: the shrimp toast, which the same review found
crowned in pistachio biscotti crumbs.
2 - Avoid: bringing five people to the dining room. It does not seat parties over four, and the oyster bar does.3
What locals & experts say
- Portland Monthly (May 2016):
Ten months in, Katy Millard (trained in multiple star-spangled kitchens in France) and her wine-savvy husband Ksandek Podbielski have evolved Coquine into Portland's best 'everyday' restaurant.
2 - James Beard Foundation, 2025: nominee for Outstanding Restaurant.1
Good to know
- Three operations, two doors: the restaurant at 6839 SE Belmont, and at 6833 the market, which becomes Katy Jane's Oyster Bar in the evening.3
- Hours: the dining room and the oyster bar both run Tuesday to Saturday. The market opens every day, 8am to 2:30pm, and the oyster bar takes over at 5pm until 8:30pm.3
- Booking: reservations are recommended for the restaurant. Walk-ins go to the oyster bar.3
Verdict
should-visit — Millard cooks out of French kitchens and Oregon markets, and the detail that gives her away is the cookie: seven years of tweaking and $4,000 of chocolate tastings for a thing that costs a few dollars off a counter. The James Beard Foundation put the restaurant among five nominees for Outstanding Restaurant in 2025, which is the Foundation's own roster. Against that, the strongest review anyone has written about the food is from 2016, and the market and oyster bar that opened since have no critical read at all. Book the dining room for four or fewer, or take a group next door.