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