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Caffe Vita Portland Closing, The Great North to Take Over Space
Caffe Vita announced today they have closed their NE Alberta Street store. Local company Great North Coffee to take over the space. Pastries at The Great North Coffee The…
FEAST Will No Longer Be Held
FEAST Portland, the food festival that drew people from all over the nation to our local food scene has taken its last bow. Gutted to get this press release this morning from Mike…
Renata Closes for Good
Eater broke the story this morning that the SE Portland restaurant, Renata has closed for good. Renata Italian Restaurant Lovers of their frozen pizza will be glad that they…
Ripe Cooperative, BEAST Spinoff to Close
Naomi Pomeroy announced today that Ripe Cooperative, her pivot from the critically acclaimed BEAST, will close permanently at the end of day on October 16th. I’ve always liked Naomi. Her restaurants have been…
Famed Portland Chef Sarah Pliner Dies
Sarah Pliner, one of Portland’s best chefs, and one of the founders of Aviary Restaurant was killed in a bicycle accident yesterday. The news this morning via local food writer Michael Zusman’s Facebook,…
FILLS and Lac St. Jack Restaurants in Lake Oswego Closing.
FILLS and Lac St. Jack are closing on November 23rd and October 29th respectively. I’m not particularly surprised to hear about these closures. I always thought the location was odd and the parking…
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2021-2022 Permanent Restaurant Closures
This list of recently closed restaurants in the Portland Metro area. It will be updated regularly. In the order of most recent closures first. Note that I don’t normally link to Facebook (FB) or Instagram sites because I just end up with a broken link in a…
What are the Best Coconut Waters – We Rate 44 Brands
Best Coconut Waters 1.10 – new update soon with new coconut waters. Updated 9.22 – added Coco Goods to the top 10. Demoted Harmless Harvest and reordered our recommended list. What are the best coconut waters? Judging by the amount of shelf space devoted to them in…
Your Guide to Portland Oregon Distilleries
A complete list of distilleries open to the public in the Portland area. Updated 9/22 – Added Aviation Gin. Updated 503 Distillery, Trail Distilling award, added Branch Point Distillery, Hood…
Best Tonic Water – Are the Gourmet Brands Worth the Price?
We’ve all seen expensive tonic waters in the grocery store, but are they worth the price? 7.15.22 – add East Imperial tonic water.7.5.22 Added two new tonics – Betty Buzz,…
The Best Portland Coffeehouses
A Guide to Great Portland Coffee Coffee flight at Either/Or Portland has a collective passion for coffee that’s borderline obsessive. It is easy to find beans…
Guide to Portland’s Best Bakeries & Patisseries
Our guide to Portland’s Best Bakeries (Last updated: 3.23 – Add Lovejoy Bakers back to the list, as it was sold to the folks behind Great North Coffee, and so…