âs Lyf Gildersleeve opened his hybrid sustainable seafood market, oyster bar, and restaurant in the Laurelhurst neighborhood. But in his ten years as a fishmonger in Portland, this is perhaps the most change Gildersleeve has seen in a year.Â
Flying Fishâs first five years were spent in a little shack on SE Hawthorne and 23rd, followed by a four-year stint at Providore with a butcher counter, seafood counter, and raw bar serving oysters, poke, and ceviche. Then, in February 2020, Gildersleeve opened at his current location at 3004 East Burnside. The restaurant was inspired by the hybrid seafood market and fish and chips shop his family owned when he was growing up in the late 80s and early 90s, taking bits and pieces from seafood restaurants he admired up and down the West Coast and around the world.Â