The Country Cat enticed Iron Chef winner Brad Farmerie with its home cooking and warm hospitality, but the cast-iron skillet fried chicken and red flannel hash keep him coming back. The shatteringly crisp fried chicken is served with an insane pecan-topped spoon bread that Chef Farmerie calls “layers and layers and layers of delight.” The red flannel hash, is a bright mixture of red beets and corned beef bound with sour cream and seasoned with freshly grated horseradish. The fuchsia mixture is pressed in a hot pan until it is an amalgamation of crispy, crunchy bits and then topped with a fried egg. Guy also spoke highly of the fried chicken. "It's everything you want fried chicken to be," he said.
The Country Cat permanently closed their original location on 8/4/2019. You can read about the closure here. They have a remaining location inside of the Portland International Airport.
The Country Cat was originally located at 7937 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215.
Other Locations
Portland International Airport - Concourse D/E, 7000 NE Airport Way Portland, Oregon 97218
This trip, Guy's signing up for a meat-crazed master class. In Portland, Ore., the craft-cooking family joint with a chef who butchers, cures, preserves and smokes everything in-house, from headcheese to great-grandma's fried chicken recipe. In San Carlos, Calif., the pastrami-crazed neighborhood spot crankin' out burgers, cheesesteaks and signature sammies.
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