New York City's loss appears to be Portland's gain.

Mere weeks after closing its Brooklyn restaurant, chef Andy Ricker continues to double down on Pok Pok's home base.

The latest location? Southwest Portland's Humdinger Drive-In, according to a post on chef Andy Ricker's Instagram first spotted by Eater PDX.

"A little news: @pokpokpdx will be taking over old Humdinger space on SW Barbur Blvd and reopening as a Pok Pok Wing around the new year after some renovation," Ricker wrote.

Unlike the more expansive menus at Pok Pok's original Southeast Division Street restaurant and its satellites in Northeast and Northwest Portland, Pok Pok Wings focus in on Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings, the chain's most popular and endearing dish.

The first wing-focused Pok Pok was actually a short-lived Manhattan restaurant opened as Ricker waited to build out his New York City Pok Pok. Then, in 2016, Ricker took over another former burger stand with distinctive architecture -- the old Mike's Drive-in in Southeast Portland's Brooklyn neighborhood -- for the first local Pok Pok Wing.

Overall, this will be the sixth Pok Pok location in Portland, joining Pok Pok, Whiskey Soda Lounge, Pok Pok Noi, Pok Pok NW and the other Pok Pok Wing. A Pok Pok pub at the Nike Headquarters is open to employees-only. As first reported by The Oregonian/OregonLive.com, Pok Pok Wing also joined Lardo in licensing their restaurant to a new food hall in Las Vegas.

According to Ricker, longtime Humdinger owners Susie and Gordon Reimer stepped away from the business after 37 years for health reasons. Ricker learned that the business was for sale through a Craigslist ad.

Look for Southeast Portland's Pok Pok Wing to open after a renovation at 8250 S.W. Barbur Blvd.

-- Michael Russell