Kee's Loaded Kitchen facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Kee's Loaded Kitchen |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Current owner(s) | Kiauna "Kee" Nelson |
| Chef | Kiauna "Kee" Nelson |
| Food type | Soul food |
| City | Portland |
| State | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°33′34″N 122°39′41″W / 45.5595°N 122.6613°W |
Kee's Loaded Kitchen (stylized as Kee's #Loaded Kitchen) is a soul food restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Description
Kee's is a Black-owned, soul food restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in northeast Portland's King neighborhood. The menu includes smoked brisket, fried catfish, chicken wings, loaded baked potatoes, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, and desserts.
History
Kiauna "Kee" Nelson is the restaurant's owner and chef.
In 2020, Kee's and Nelson appeared in a music video by Aminé. In June, during the George Floyd protests, donations from community members and Don't Shoot Portland allowed Kee's to provide free food to Black Portlanders. For Thanksgiving, Kee's offered turkey, smoked brisket, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, collard greens, and sweet potato casserole. Desserts included banana pudding, coconut layer cake, and sweet potato pie.
The restaurant was featured on the Netflix series Street Food in 2022.
