Big news, Pok Pok fans: Andy Ricker's first westside restaurant opens for dinner April 17, and they're taking reservations.

The fifth Portland restaurant in the empire -- which opens in the former Bent Brick space in Northwest Portland -- will serve a similar menu to the original Pok Pok location in Southeast, beefed up with new appetizers and daily specials.

New dishes include a coconut cream and cured pork sausage dip with tamarind, and betel leaf wraps loaded with shrimp floss, shallots and peanuts.

And as first reported by Eater PDX, the new space will accept reservations for parties of all sizes, which is a relief for anyone tired of waiting outside Pok Pok S.E.

Pok Pok N.W. will be open from 5 - 10 p.m., Monday - Friday and 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. on the weekends.

1639 N.W. Marshall St., 971-351-1946, pokpoknw.com

-- Samantha Bakall

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