Clyde Common


Clyde Common was a restaurant and bar in Portland, Oregon, United States. The business opened in 2007 and closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Description and history

Matt Piacentini and Nate Tilden were co-owners. They opened the restaurant in the ground floor of the Ace Hotel in downtown Portland in 2007. Tilden also owns part of the restaurant and meat company Olympia Provisions. In May 2014, Carlo Lamagna replaced Johnny Leach as head chef.
In 2020, the restaurant closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reception

Clyde Common was a semifinalist in the James Beard Foundation Award's Outstanding Bar category in 2012, 2013, and 2015, and a finalist in the same category in 2014 and each year from 2016 to 2018. The restaurant was included in The Oregonian 2017 list of Portland's best restaurants. In late 2018, Brian Panganiban of Willamette Week said, "This downtown stalwart is still a hub for good food and a prime place for people watching... Clyde remains quintessential Portland cool." Joe Streckert included Clyde Common in Portland Mercury 2019 list of "100 Portland Happy Hours: Downtown".