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Restaurant Review

Heavenly Creatures Marks a Shift in What We Want from ‘Restaurant Food’

Bites at this Northeast Portland wine bar shine precisely because they’re not the center of attention.

12/22/2022 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Thomas Teal

Breaking News

The Iconic Feast Portland Food Festival Will Not Return

Cofounder Mike Thelin talks about why Feast mattered, why he pulled the plug, and what Portland needs now.

12/22/2022 By Karen Brooks

Food News

Sunshine Noodles, Diane Lam’s Contemporary Cambodian Restaurant, Will Close December 18

Sunshine Noodles started out as a pop-up and grew into a Slabtown restaurant beloved for dishes like phnom penh noodles and lime pepper chicken wings.

12/09/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Restaurant Openings

Viking Soul Food Expands to a Restaurant in Woodstock

The Scandinavian food cart in Southeast Portland has found a second home.

12/02/2022 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Food News

Acclaimed Scottie’s Pizza Parlor Will Drop a Major Slice Shop in Northwest Portland, Mid-December

The shop's exacting pies will be showcased in six daily slices, burrata topped to grandma style.

12/01/2022 By Karen Brooks

Restaurant Openings

Janken, An Upscale Pan-Asian Restaurant, Opens in the Former Bluehour Space

After cutting his teeth in Miami, chef Rodrigo Ochoa serves everything from wagyu steaks to pekin duck and nigiri at his first Portland restaurant.

11/23/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

Grand Fir Brewing, from 10 Barrel’s Whitney Burnside and Bullard’s Doug Adams, Opens November 18

Come for Texas-style amber lagers, classic crisp pale ales, fried chicken, supper clubs, and more.

11/15/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Pizza Pop-Up No Saint Will Open a Restaurant on NE Killingsworth, and a Separate Wine Shop

At the end of the month, veterans of Sweedeedee, Tastebud, and Ava Gene’s plan to open their first two restaurants, simultaneously.

11/15/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

At Lollipop Shoppe, Portland Has a Brand-New Spot for Late-Night Southern Food

The new music venue takes over the former Dig a Pony space, with food and beverage from the Tulip Shop Tavern team.

11/03/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Veggie Tales

Are You Ready to Join This Pacific Northwest Vegetable Cult?

A chicory-roots organization strives to connect the dots of the food system, and localize your diet. Radicchio is their totem.

10/27/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

The Complicated, Triumphant Return of Portland’s Honey Bagel

After 18 months, the cult bagel pop-up returns November 7 with unorthodox hours.

10/26/2022 By Karen Brooks

Food News

Local Institution Tortilleria y Tienda De Leon Is Moving to Southeast

The tortilla factory, salsa shop, tamale producer, and hot bar, which has sat on the edge of Gresham for 23 years, will reopen in the Reed neighborhood.

10/25/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Halloween

Ghoulish Grub: Scary Portland Dishes to Try Before Halloween

Blood sausage pasta and toffee mealworm ice cream, anyone?

10/20/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Portland Artist Mike Bennett Opens an Installation Space and Café in St. Johns

At Wonderwood Springs, drink mead lattes among 400 hand-painted medieval fantasy-themed pieces.

10/17/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Ripe Cooperative, the Year-Old Euro-Centric Sidewalk Café in the Former Beast Space, Is Closing

Naomi Pomeroy’s exciting pandemic pivot aimed to show the true cost of running a restaurant. What does its closure mean?

10/12/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

4 Fascinating Facts from Newly Released Book Lost Restaurants of Portland, OR

A local writer’s nostalgia-fueled book chronicles 20 now-closed restaurants with history, recipes, and personal accounts.

10/05/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food Events

What to Eat at the Portland Greek Festival This Weekend

Roasted lamb, snappy sausages, and sooooo many desserts

09/30/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Local Food Magazine Looks to the Community to Print Its Latest Issue

Rising costs have threatened the production of Portland-based Kitchen Table. Will a crowdfunding model—and an even bigger magazine—work?

09/21/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Restaurant Opening

Fried Chicken and Burger Sensation Jojo Opens Its Restaurant

The beloved blue food cart has expanded to a restaurant in the Pearl, complete with vegan and gluten-free options, milkshakes, and a full bar.

09/15/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Pop-Up Bakery Starter Bread Will Get a St. Johns Brick-and-Mortar in 2023

Some of Portland’s best loaves, currently only offered through a home-baked, under-the-radar delivery service, will expand with a bakery in St. Johns next to the new Gracie’s Apizza.

09/09/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Portland Monthly

Food News

Heavenly Creatures Marks a Shift in What We Want from ‘Restaurant Food’

The Iconic Feast Portland Food Festival Will Not Return

Sunshine Noodles, Diane Lam’s Contemporary Cambodian Restaurant, Will Close December 18

Viking Soul Food Expands to a Restaurant in Woodstock

Acclaimed Scottie’s Pizza Parlor Will Drop a Major Slice Shop in Northwest Portland, Mid-December

Janken, An Upscale Pan-Asian Restaurant, Opens in the Former Bluehour Space

Grand Fir Brewing, from 10 Barrel’s Whitney Burnside and Bullard’s Doug Adams, Opens November 18

Pizza Pop-Up No Saint Will Open a Restaurant on NE Killingsworth, and a Separate Wine Shop

At Lollipop Shoppe, Portland Has a Brand-New Spot for Late-Night Southern Food

Are You Ready to Join This Pacific Northwest Vegetable Cult?

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