O U R S T O R Y
Our sauce is the foundation of TANAKA’s origin story. Since 2008, our sister restaurant in Tokyo, Kushikatsu Tanaka, has served a popular Osaka dish called “kushikatsu” — deep fried skewered meats and vegetables — with their famous katsu sauce on the side. There’s no doubt that this 70 year-old Tanaka family katsu sauce recipe has helped Kushikatsu Tanaka become one of the top 5 restaurants in all of Japan.
Now 14 years later, has brought the sauce to the City of Roses.
While TANAKA doesn’t serve kushikatsu, TANAKA PDX provide the same tradition, quality, and experience that has given Kushikatsu Tanaka so much success.
At TANAKA, Japanese comfort food, artisanal baking, and of course the katsu sauce are at the forefront of what we make. We believe nothing brings beautiful people together more than a little flour, water, yeast, and salt. From milk breads, Japanese pastries, and all kinds of katsu, we want to make you something that reminds us of our home. We hope it can remind you of yours. Itadakimasu!
TANAKA is proudly partnering with Portland’s own Good Coffee
Our Super Premium coffee blend has been curated in partnership with the expert roasters at Good Coffee. Together we have crafted a coffee that marries the contemporary tastes of Portland with the traditional flavors of Japan found in our food.
Join The Team
Providing a high level of service to each guest is a key element in our success. We serve coffee, sell coffee, serve baked treats, and other foods that are delicious and fun. But what motivates and drives our mission is to hire people that are friendly, that take pride in what they do, and represents the brand in the best light. We all share an affinity for taking care of the guest. Our team members support the success of the business by upholding brand standards, service standards and procedures.
Benefits include health insurance, vacation time, 401k plan, employee discounts, staff meals, gifts, and bereavement Leave
