Mr. Tuna

MAY 27 — our next Tuna & Friends guest chef of steps behind the line at Mr. Tuna for one night only! book through the link in our bio.

Karyn Tomlinson is a 2025 James Beard Award winner for Best Chef: Midwest and chef-owner of Myriel in St. Paul. Her restaurant was named #9 Best Restaurant in America by Food & Wine, where she was also honored as a 2024 Best New Chef. Known for her “grandma cooking nouveau” style that blends Scandinavian and Minnesotan heritage with French training, Karyn made history as the first woman to win the national Cochon 555 whole-animal butchery competition. She’s reimagined fine dining through hyper-local sourcing, personally visiting small farms twice weekly and hand-foraging wild ingredients. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, and CBS Mornings.

5-9:30pm | reservations on — link in bio

Tuna & Friends is a guest chef pop-up dinner series celebrating sustainable seafood. Running from January to June, we’re bringing in chefs from across North America to create an a la carte menu inspired by New England’s natural bounty, with additional dishes shaped by their own influences and sourcing. Along the way, they’ll take a journey through Portland’s working waterfront, exploring where our seafood originates and how it’s handled, including visits to and other community treasures.