Chef Jenn Louis is putting her North Portland restaurant up for sale, less than two months after she sparked national outrage for using the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination to promote her fried chicken.

Louis announced plans for the sale on Instagram.

"Today, I am putting Ray up for sale, and will continue to run the restaurant until we find a buyer," she wrote. "I am not in a rush, just ready to move on. It's a bittersweet sendoff, but I am so grateful for all the beautiful memories that we have built here, and for the people who have made this restaurant my home for so long."

Louis was named Food & Wine Magazine's best new chef in 2012 and appeared on Top Chef Masters in 2013.

In 2016, Louis was arrested on a domestic violence charge at her former restaurant Lincoln in 2016, after she was accused of punching her husband and business partner while the two were in the middle of getting a divorce. That case was later dropped. Last month, in a post on the website Medium, Louis said the punch was prompted by her ex-husband's alcoholism.

After her divorce was finalized, Louis reopened Lincoln as Ray, serving seasonally inspired takes on modern Israeli cooking. It's a concept she hoped to take to Los Angeles, though plans for a California restaurant were eventually dropped.

In her Instagram announcement, Louis made it sound like she may be leaving the restaurant business altogether after 25 years as a chef and caterer. She's currently working on a third cookbook, and collaborating on a line of wellness products.

-- Grant Butler

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