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Magna Kusina
Filipino
Carlo Lamagna built out much of this corner dining room himself, and that DIY spirit still reads in the space. Magna Kusina is a modern Filipino restaurant on a quiet Clinton Street block, with a bar program and chef's counter rounding out the room. The squid ink noodles with crab fat have become one of those Portland dishes people bring up unprompted. The chef was a James Beard nominee in 2022.
The awards strongest first
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Carlo Lamagna
- Condé Nast Traveler The 23 Best Restaurants in Portland, Oregon
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Portland, Ore., Right Now
- Portland Monthly The 50 Best Restaurants in Portland Right Now
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland
One number, weighted & current 84
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Mom's crab fat noodles
“Others twist recipes, nostalgia, and cultures, like Mom’s Crab Fat Noodles—squid ink spaghetti in sarsa, the funky-hot coconut sauce, with a heavy ration of Dungeness.”
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Lumpia
“killer classic lumpia comes with Lamagna’s sweet and sour.”
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Sisig
“Classics like lumpia and sisig are best in class.”
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Eggplant dumplings
“A recently added dish of eggplant dumplings waded in a mushroom ginger consommé is so good it could be imbibed by the pint.”
The New York Times
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