Hoda's
# Hoda's

Hoda's (sometimes Hoda's Lebanese Restaurant, Hoda's Middle Eastern Cuisine, or Hoda's Middle Eastern Restaurant) is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

## Description

Hoda's is a family-owned Lebanese restaurant and catering service on Belmont Street in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood. The menu includes shawarma, pizzas, spinach pies, breads, baba ghanoush, and hummus.

## History

The business is owned by spouses Hani and Hoda Khouri, who opened the original restaurant in 1999. The Khouris, who are Catholic, received "several menacing anti-Muslim/Arab" phone calls at the restaurant following the September 11 attacks (2001).

In 2010, Hoda's filed a liquor license application and secured a location for a second restaurant in northeast Portland. The second restaurant, called Hoda's Middle Eastern Cuisine, opened in early 2011 and closed in 2014.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hoda's served family meals via takeout and delivery while the dining room was closed; the menu included Kabob dinners, sandwiches, and lamb legs. Hoda Khouri also supported closing Belmont to allow more outdoor seating during the pandemic.

## Reception

In 2015, Eater Portland's Danielle Centoni called Hoda's one of the city's best Lebanese restaurants.

