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Monday 11:30am - 10pm Tuesday 11:30am - 10pm Wednesday 11:30am - 10pm Thursday 11:30am - 10pm Friday 11:30am - 11pm Saturday 11:30am - 11pm Sunday 11:30am - 10pm

Papa Haydn

Keeping Portland full and happy since 1978 with stunning desserts, lunch, and dinner. And so Papa Haydn was born! Papa Haydn felt right at home.

Way, way back in the day...in 1978, before Portland was hip, before anybody really knew where Portland was, Heidi and Jeff Van Dyke were a young married couple who knew. They dreamt about having a small cafe where Jeff could create a new soup from scratch everyday, Heidi could bake the cake recipes she learned at her parents' side back in her previous home of Berlin, and they’d have Sunday and Mon

day off to spend time with their newborn daughter Stephanie. Purchasing one of the first espresso machines in town and serving an eclectic menu of quiche, salads, soup and Viennese pastries inspired by the "Kaffeehaus" treats Heidi grew up making and eating. Sacher Tortes, Dobos Tortes, Apple Strudel, Linzertortes and more filled the dessert case at their SE Milwaukie neighborhood restaurant. In 1980, Heidi’s sister Evelyn, a sculptor and artist in residence at Lincoln High School, joined the family business for "just for a year." Business was booming, and Heidi and Jeff needed someone to expand the dessert menu while they focused on the demanding day-to-day operation of the cafe. Evelyn quickly realized that chocolate, sugar and the enormous abundance of fresh Pacific Northwest fruits were just three more mediums in which she could sculpt. More fleeting, perhaps—in the past, her sculptures had rarely disappeared into people’s stomachs—but certainly no less worthwhile. Nearly 40 years later, her beautiful and tasty creations still can be seen in Papa Haydn's dessert cases. Five years after opening Papa Haydn's original Eastside location, Heidi, Jeff and Evelyn headed across the Willamette River to Northwest Portland’s Nob Hill neighborhood and 23rd Avenue. Today, 23rd Avenue is known as one of Portland’s top destinations; back then, not so much. To give you a visual clue of 23rd Avenue back then another Portland icon, Gus Van Sant, filmed “Drugstore Cowboy” across the street from Papa Haydn. Despite a bit of neglect, the neighborhood was, however, full of folks. In fact, it was one of the densest urban populations on the West Coast with over 16,000 people per square mile. And those folks were a very Portland mix of artisans, families, young folks, old folks and characters. It was then that Evelyn’s future husband, Michael, joined the Papa Haydn family. Having climbed the restaurant ladder from busser to manager, via kitchen, bar, and waiting, at a disco bar in LA before heading to Portland and Reed College, Michael was brought on, sans his platform shoes and white linen suit, to manage the new location’s bar program. Between opening in August 1983 and December 1994, Papa Haydn West expanded into the space next door, first in 1985 expanding the kitchen and bakery, which allowed for the addition of Sunday brunch, and again in 1990 adding on another dining area and a fireplace for those chilly Portland winters. The rest of the building was gobbled up with the December 1994 opening of Jo Bar & Rotisserie. Taking its name from composer Franz Haydn’s middle name, Josef, Jo Bar was to be a bar that also featured great food coming out of the wood burning oven and rotisserie that were among the first in Portland. Today Jo Bar uses exclusively fire fueled by northwest fruit and hardwoods to create eclectic fare that pairs with craft cocktails, a curated list of hard to find boutique liquors, and an outstanding wine list. The moral of the story is that dreams do come true. Some years (40 to be precise), some chocolate (over 360 tons, conservatively and that's not counting the local butter, cream or eggs), and two more locations later... sometimes dreams just come true in bigger sizes with fewer days off.

05/02/2026

DUBAI CHOCOLATE MOUSSE 🍫✨ For Mother's Day pre-order: rich chocolate mousse, pistachio cream, and toasted kataifi in a chocolate cup. Order online through Monday, then pick up next Saturday or Sunday! www.papahaydn.com/pages/mothers-day-desserts

Book Your Mother's Day Tea Event With Papa Haydn Sellwood on Resy

05/01/2026

✨🌸 Mother's Day Tea 🌸✨ On Saturday, May 9th we'll serve savory & sweet bites with a selection of Smith Teamaker at our Sellwood location. We will have seatings at 10AM and 10:30AM. Make your reservation online, and we hope to see you and Mom at this special tea time with us!

Book Your Mother's Day Tea Event With Papa Haydn Sellwood on Resy Papa Haydn is excited to celebrate Mother's Day with a morning tea service, with sweet & savory small bites alongside Smith teas.

04/29/2026

Mother's Day desserts are live! 🌸🌺 We have everything you need to make Mom's day a little sweeter. Order at www.papahaydn.com/pages/mothers-day-desserts through 5/4, then pick up your order on 5/9 or 5/10.

🌸 Swedish Princess Cake
🌺 Rhubarb Hibiscus Olive Oil Cake with Durant at Red Ridge Farms olive oil
🍫 Dubai Chocolate Mousse
🍋 Lemon Meringue Tarts
🍰 Oregon Berry Poppy Cake

Photos from Papa Haydn Wedding & Celebration Cakes's post

04/27/2026

04/24/2026

New + seasonal on the dinner menu at our NW 23rd location:⁠
🍗 rotisserie chicken with fingerling potatoes and a spring vegetable⁠ ragout ⁠
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🐟 in-season halibut with grilled asparagus, sugar snap peas, pickled radish, and a lemon-miso beurre blanc ⁠
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🥩 steak frites with grilled coulotte steak, house shoestring potatoes, seasonal vegetables, chimichurri, and smoked spring onion aioli⁠
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🌿 asparagus & burrata with preserved lemon and chili⁠
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🍴 pork tenderloin with chunky mashed potatoes, roasted kalette, and⁠ a creamy mustard sauce

04/23/2026

Strawberry rhubarb tart 🍓☁️✨ Shortbread crust filled with rhubarb-strawberry panna cotta, rhubarb compote, and whipped strawberry ganache. She’s only here for another week or so, so come and get it while you can!

04/20/2026

Introducing the "Remember Lunch?" Combo! 🥩🍸 Steak Frites and a starter for $32. Start with a 1/2 dozen oysters at our NW location and French Onion Soup at our Sellwood location.

Whether dining on your own, meeting a friend, or having a work lunch, we hope to see you for some leisurely lunching soon!

04/19/2026

Sundays only: hot honey fried chicken! 🌶🍯🍗 Buttermilk fried chicken thighs, cornbread, and hot honey butter. Only at our NW 23rd location during Sunday brunch!

04/18/2026

It’s time for a lunch comeback! To make lunch feel like the classic, more affordable mid-day meal we all know and love, we’ve revamped our menus.⁠
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You’ll now find more sandwiches and entree-sized salads on the menu, all at lower prices than before. Highlights like eggplant parm sandwich ($16), a creamy pesto pasta with pulled rotisserie chicken ($17), a fried oyster mushroom sandwich with hot honey ($14), and a rich, lemony asparagus and prosciutto fettuccine ($18).⁠
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We hope this inspires you to do a little more in-person lunching during your week. See you on NW 23rd and SE Milwaukie soon!

03/30/2026

Today is the last day to order from our menu of special Easter desserts. We have an adorable pastel cameo cake, a banana cream tart, and much much more. We also have everything you need to make a sweet Easter basket (minus the basket!). Order by midnight, then pick up your order on April 3rd, 4th, or 5th: www.papahaydn.com/pages/easter-desserts

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http://www.papahaydn.com/

Address

701 NW 23rd Avenue & 5829 Southeast Milwaukie Ave
Portland, OR

Opening Hours

Monday	11:30am - 10pm
Tuesday	11:30am - 10pm
Wednesday	11:30am - 10pm
Thursday	11:30am - 10pm
Friday	11:30am - 11pm
Saturday	11:30am - 11pm
Sunday	11:30am - 10pm

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