Lovely Hula Hands
Lovely Hula Hands was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, operating from 2003 to 2009.
Description and history
The restaurant opened in 2003. The Oregonian Grant Butler said the original Lovely Hula Hands operated from a "painted-pink Old Portland saltbox house", serving Pacific Northwest cuisine representative of the neighborhood's "funkiness". The menu included salt-and-pepper calamari, pan-roasted chicken with mashed potatoes, and a Thai flat iron steak with sticky rice. The pork chop had chipotle barbecue sauce with succotash.The restaurant debuted a new location, chef, and menu in November 2006. According to The Oregonian Michael Russell, the menu " from comforting Asian fusion to riskier seasonal fare" and MacLarty "was as known for his seasonal salads as he would later become known for his frequent change of kitchen". MacLarty worked on a Sauvie Island farm one day per week, growing and harvesting ingredients to use at the restaurant.
In December 2009, owners Sarah and Jane Minnick confirmed plans to close on New Year's Eve. Lovely Hula Hands has been called a "parent" to Lovely's Fifty Fifty.