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Sunshine Noodles Is Going on Hiatus Until March. Meanwhile, There’s Fried Chicken.

Diane Lam is launching a fried chicken wing pop-up on January 15.

12/23/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Breaking News

Akadi Will Close December 31, But Promises To Return

Owner Fatou Ouattara says her West African restaurant will be back bigger and better than ever.

12/22/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Best Thing We Ate This Week: Chocolate Croissant from Twisted Croissant

This chocolate croissant connoisseur has been won over by chocolate ganache.

12/18/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Food News: To-Go Cocktails, Dungeness Crab, and Food Cart Break-Ins

Customers could purchase up to two sealed, to-go cocktails per “substantial food item.”

12/16/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Bar King & The Bakery at Bar King Announce Permanent Closure

The live fire cooking restaurant, bar, and Asian-inspired bakery is closing its doors on January 2.

12/15/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Food News: Learn to Make Real-Deal Soup Joumou

Plus, celebrate winter vegetables, order an exciting new monthly food box, and help two veteran Portland food businesses that are in trouble.

12/09/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Food News: “One Piece” Dinner from Nodoguro

Plus, the pork pâté–filled puff pastry of your dreams, a latke party for two, horseradish vodka, and tequila nog ice cream.

12/03/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Light a Fire

This Portland-Based Organization Is Helping Kids Get the Healthy Meals They Need

Since 2017, Our Giving Table has been cooking and delivering nutritious, mom-made meals for food-insecure kids.

12/02/2020 By Karen Brooks

Food News

Multnomah County Grants Now Available to Restaurants & Food Carts

Applications for the small grants are open until December 15.

11/30/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Footnotes

LISTEN: What Oregon’s Freeze Means for Portland Restaurants, with Katherine Chew Hamilton

Portland Monthly food editor Katherine Chew Hamilton updates us on "the freeze" and how Portland restaurants are adapting.

11/30/2020 By Gabriel Granillo

Food News

Food News: Outdoor Dining Is Back

Plus, a fire at Reo’s Ribs and new menus from Langbaan and Le Pigeon.

11/25/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food & Drink

A Guide to Portland’s New Wave of Italian Markets

In 2020 alone, three Italian markets have opened up shop.

11/25/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Best Thing We Ate This Week: Pie for Dinner and Dessert at Lazy Susan

The nostalgia-fueled Montavilla restaurant proves that you can, indeed, eat buttery, flaky pie crust for every meal.

11/20/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Food News: Reel M Inn to Close Temporarily

Smith Teamaker will open its first standalone cafe in NW this spring. Plus, takeout specials from Gado Gado, Oma’s, and Masia; Kann is taking reservations; beer fest at home; and how to smell like Salt & Straw.

11/18/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

What Multnomah County’s Four-Week Freeze Means for Restaurant and Bar Owners & Workers

“After a lifetime of dedicating myself to working, I am finding myself closer to being homeless than I am to ever reaching my dreams,” says one bartender.

11/18/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Best Thing We Ate This Week: November 13

Gumba is famous for its pasta, but the arancini are a hidden gem.

11/13/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Footnotes

LISTEN: Food Critic Karen Brooks on Starring in a New Hulu Food Show

Portland Monthly arts editor Conner Reed talks with Karen Brooks about her appearance on Eater's Guide to the World.

11/13/2020 By Gabriel Granillo

Holiday Guide

Where to Pick Up Thanksgiving Desserts in Portland

Because sometimes rolling your own pie crust is too tall an order.

11/13/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

This Week in Portland Food and Drink: November 12

Breaking: Expatriate reopens this week for takeout only. Plus, Fermenter takes over Farm Spirit; Karen Brooks is now streaming; new gluten-free, vegetarian pop-up Raíz returns; mushrooms aplenty at Higgins.

11/12/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Bar King Goes Into Hibernation Mode with Baked Goods and Smoked Meats

The restaurant is paring down operations this winter in the hopes of being able to reopen next spring.

11/11/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Portland Monthly

Food News

Sunshine Noodles Is Going on Hiatus Until March. Meanwhile, There’s Fried Chicken.

Akadi Will Close December 31, But Promises To Return

Best Thing We Ate This Week: Chocolate Croissant from Twisted Croissant

Food News: To-Go Cocktails, Dungeness Crab, and Food Cart Break-Ins

Bar King & The Bakery at Bar King Announce Permanent Closure

Food News: Learn to Make Real-Deal Soup Joumou

Food News: “One Piece” Dinner from Nodoguro

This Portland-Based Organization Is Helping Kids Get the Healthy Meals They Need

Multnomah County Grants Now Available to Restaurants & Food Carts

LISTEN: What Oregon’s Freeze Means for Portland Restaurants, with Katherine Chew Hamilton

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