Chef Joshua McFadden's Portland Restaurant Group Confronts Its Shortcomings
In what it calls âa hard reset moment,â Submarine Hospitality takes major steps to build a better culture. Plus, opening dates for Tusk, Takibi, and Cicoria.
By
Karen Brooks
5/6/2021 at 12:30am
Portland chef and Submarine Hospitality founder Joshua McFadden.Â
Last July, chef Joshua McFadden, Portland's acclaimed vegetable whisperer, was crushed like an heirloom tomato under a fast-moving tractor ⦠by his own staff. Never mind the pandemic. Portland's food scene faced a reckoning, as employees took to Instagram to call out toxic cultures, putting some of city's most prominent names in the crosshairs. Including McFadden's Submarine Hospitality, an on-the-move, artisan-chic restaurant group. Among its holdings: the acclaimed Ava Gene's, hot spot Tusk, a trio of restaurants at The Hoxton, Portland, the city's first branch of the hip international hotel chain.