180 Xurros

Defunct restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. 180 Xurros 2016 Cristina Baéz José Chesa David Martin Portland Oregon United States 180 Xurros was a Barcelona-style churro restaurant (Catalan: xurreria) in Portland, Oregon, United States.Waterhouse Ben 2016-05-02 How Sebastian Cisneros became Portland's most interesting chocolate-maker https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2016/05/how_sebastian_cisneros_became.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20250413084906/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2016/05/how_sebastian_cisneros_became.html 2025-04-13 2025-07-09 The Oregonian en Established in 2016, the business was the city's first churro shop. It operated on Broadway in northeast Portland for approximately two years, and later next to the restaurants Ataula and Masia. Description 180 Xurros specialized in xurros, a variant of churros from Catalonia.Chow down: 180, Portland's xurreria https://www.upbeacon.com/article/2016/02/chow-down-180-portlands-xurreria 2025-07-09 The Beacon en-US The business name was inspired by the temperature (in degrees Celsius) at the which the dough is fried to make the xurros. When the business opened on Broadway in northeast Portland, the main area's seating capacity was twelve people. 180 later operated next to the restaurants Ataula and Masia.Jackson-Glidden Brooke 2018-08-01 Churro Confectionery 180 Xurros Is Moving https://pdx.eater.com/2018/8/1/17640744/xurros-churros-180-xurros-mothers-moving-embassy-suites 2025-07-09 Eater Portland en-US 2024-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20240222201800/https://pdx.eater.com/2018/8/1/17640744/xurros-churros-180-xurros-mothers-moving-embassy-suites live 180's xurros were dusted with cinnamon and sugar; dipping sauces included caramel, lemon curd, marshmallow swirl, and roasted peanut. The menu also included xurros bañados (chocolate-covered xurros), xuixos (a doughnut-like pastry with a crema catalana filling), xurro ice cream sandwiches,Behold Your Late-Summer Dessert Overlord: 180’s Xurro Ice Cream Sandwich https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2017/08/behold-your-late-summer-dessert-overlord-180-s-xurro-ice-cream-sandwich 2025-07-09 Portland Monthly en-US and xocolata (milk with melted chocolate). For one ice cream pop-up in 2017, 180 offered select Salt & Straw varieties for its ice cream sandwiches, including Coava Coffee & Cocanú Craque. Chocolate from Cocanú was used for 180's drinking chocolates and ice cream. History thumb|The restaurant Masia (interior pictured in 2021) served xurros from 180 Xurros. 180 Xurros opened on Broadway in 2016, as an extension of the restaurant Chesa. Chesa https://www.bonappetit.com/city-guides/portland/venue/chesa live https://web.archive.org/web/20240124175936/https://www.bonappetit.com/city-guides/portland/venue/chesa 2024-01-24 2025-07-09 Bon Appétit en-US 180 has been described as Portland "first authentic churro shop".2016-02-03 Portland's first xurro shop opens https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/culture/cassidy-quinn/portlands-first-xurro-shop-opens/283-31817001 2025-07-09 kgw.com en-US 2018-04-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20180416151613/http://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/culture/cassidy-quinn/portlands-first-xurro-shop-opens/283-31817001 live 2016-05-16 Make Michelin-Starred Churros in Your Own Kitchen https://www.vice.com/en/article/make-michelin-starred-churros-in-your-own-kitchen/ 2025-07-09 VICE en-US Spouses Cristina Baéz and José Chesa co-owned the business with David Martin. 180 began serving xurro ice cream sandwiches in 2017.Churros on the rise on menus 2018-09-25 Bake Magazine https://www.bakemag.com/articles/11292-churros-on-the-rise-on-menus 2025-07-09 www.bakemag.com en 2024-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20241205041217/https://www.bakemag.com/articles/11292-churros-on-the-rise-on-menus live For Valentine's Day in 2018, the restaurant sold xurro bonbons, or small xurros stuffed with raspberry cream, dipped in white chocolate, and dusted with 24k edible gold sugar.Damewood Andrea Make Your Valentine’s Day Dinner Reservations... Like, NOW! https://www.portlandmercury.com/food-and-drink/2018/02/07/19660044/make-your-valentines-day-dinner-reservations-like-now 2025-07-09 Portland Mercury en Later in the year, the business announced plans to move next to the couple's Catalan restaurant Ataula. In 2019, the couple announced plans to serve 180's xurros at their new restaurant Masia, which operated in the Hyatt Centric Downtown Portland.Jackson-Glidden Brooke 2019-10-14 What to Know About the New Downtown Restaurant from the Team Behind Ataula https://pdx.eater.com/2019/10/14/20914163/masia-jose-chesa-restaurant-downtown-portland 2025-07-09 Eater Portland en-US 2019-10-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20191022082335/https://pdx.eater.com/2019/10/14/20914163/masia-jose-chesa-restaurant-downtown-portland live In January 2020, 180 announced plans to start operating in a dedicated space of the hotel's lobby starting in February. The xurros were to be made in Masia's kitchen. The menu would also include buñuelos, chocolate chip cookies, croissants, xuixos, and flauta-like sandwiches on baguettes imported from Barcelona with ingredients such as confit tuna, jamón ibérico, manchego, and Spanish tortilla. Coffee was to be supplied by Never Coffee.Russell Michael 2020-01-13 Everything you need to know about 180, the Spanish xurro spot making an unexpected Portland comeback next month https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2020/01/everything-you-need-to-know-about-180-the-spanish-xurro-spot-making-an-unexpected-comeback-in-downtown-portland-next-month.html 2025-07-09 The Oregonian en 2020-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20200114232916/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2020/01/everything-you-need-to-know-about-180-the-spanish-xurro-spot-making-an-unexpected-comeback-in-downtown-portland-next-month.html live Both 180 and Masia closed permanently as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frane Alex 2021-04-23 Ataula, Northwest Portland’s Essential Spanish Restaurant, Has Permanently Closed https://pdx.eater.com/2021/4/23/22399786/ataula-closing-permanently-covid-19 2025-07-09 Eater Portland en-US 2021-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20210423201049/https://pdx.eater.com/2021/4/23/22399786/ataula-closing-permanently-covid-19 live Reception In 2017, Kelly Clarke of Portland Monthly described the xurro ice cream sandwiches as "a crunchy, drippy, cinnamon-sugar sweet stunner that tastes like the refined, international cousin of an Oregon State Fair midway treat". In 2020, Micheal Russell of The Oregonian said of 180's two-year run on Broadway: "Though short-lived, it was among the most exciting things to happen to fried dough in Portland last decade." See also Food Oregon COVID-19 pandemic in Portland, Oregon Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food industry Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States List of defunct restaurants of the United States List of Spanish restaurants References Category:2016 establishments in Oregon Category:Catalan restaurants Category:Defunct European restaurants in Portland, Oregon Category:Restaurants established in 2016 Category:Spanish restaurants in Portland, Oregon