Willamette Week broke the story yesterday that the vegetarian restaurant Natural Selection restaurant in Portland is closing on June 11th. I think it is a sad loss to the Portland food community, as the restaurant represented high-end vegetarian cooking found nowhere else in Portland.The restaurant won our Best New Restaurant poll in 2012, and since then has won the Best … [Read more...] about Natural Selection Restaurant to Close
Archives for May 2016
Pollo Bravo on Alder Opens
From the fine folks that have brought Portland a ton of good restaurants comes Pollo Bravo. "We are proud to announce the opening of our third restaurant in the last month: Pollo Bravo on Alder.Our second location opens on May 13th across the street from Tasty n Alder. This location offers an intimate tapas, vermouth, and wine bar. Stop by this weekend for rotisserie … [Read more...] about Pollo Bravo on Alder Opens
Oregon Loses 2016 James Beard Awards
Oregon is shut out of the 2016 James Beard Awards Is the bloom off the rose? Perhaps Portland is experiencing some backlash after years of good press. Here are the final results out of the 20 original 2016 James Beard Awards nominations that we started with:Justin Woodward of Castagna restaurant, and Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton of OX restaurant, were … [Read more...] about Oregon Loses 2016 James Beard Awards
Micah Camden Opens Up
Chris Angelus of Portland Food Adventures has been pulling in more big name guests for his Right at the Fork podcast. Micah Camden of Little Big Burger fame and Blue Star Donuts, was pretty interesting, living up to all the rumors I've heard about him over the years.While I wanted to hear Micah talk about the $14 million dollar lawsuit from former employees of Little Big … [Read more...] about Micah Camden Opens Up