Shalom Y'all (sometimes stylized as Shalom Y'all!) is a restaurant serving Israeli,

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, and

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, United States. There were two locations, before one restaurant rebranded as Lil' Shalom. Lil' Shalom closed permanently in 2025.

Description

Shalom Y'all is a restaurant in

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's Buckman neighborhood. ''

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'' has described the restaurant as an "Israeli street food kitchen". The menu has included cucumber-kohlrabi salads, hummus plates with maitake mushrooms or braised lamb, oregano-perfumed lambchops, muhamara, a blackberry

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-spiked spritzer, and flatbread with a roasted pepper spread and pomegranate molasses. Both Shalom Y'all and its spin-off Lil' Shalom have served corn ribs.

History

The original restaurant was established in May 2016, initially operating in the

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. The business relocated to 1128 Southwest Alder Street in 2017. Plans for a second location in southeast Portland were announced in November 2017. The outpost opened in February 2018. The business is operated by Sesame Collective. Laura Amans, Jamal Hassan, Kasey Mills are co-owners. The restaurant's phone system was hacked in 2019. In January 2021, both locations were vandalized with anti-

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graffiti. Michael Russell of ''

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'' wrote in 2021: In mid 2021, the Alder Street location closed and rebranded as Lil' Shalom. The Shalom Y'all on Southeast Taylor Street continued to operate as usual.

Lil' Shalom

The spin-off restaurant Lil' Shalom was also operated by Sesame Collective. It served Mediterranean cuisine. Co-owner Mills was the

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. Caleb Rose was a

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. The restaurant closed permanently on April 30, 2025.

Reception

Shalom Y'all ranked second in the Best Mediterranean Restaurant category of ''

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'' annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2022 and 2024.

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