Kachka is doing away with tips, and instead, charging a 22% service fee, using it to offer a minimum of $25 per hour for employees along with free healthcare, profit sharing etc.Many Portland restaurants have tried variations on this plan and have ended up going back to tipping. It will be interesting to …

Ken Forkish confirms he will be leaving Portland. Rumors started swirling a month ago that Ken Forkish, owner of Ken’s Artisan Bakery and Ken’s Artisan Pizza would be retiring.In an interview with Portland Food and Drink, Ken said both the pizzeria and bakery have been sold to long-term employees, and he would be fully …

In a press release, the Paley’s wax rhapsodic about their last night.In Russian, the word “love” is only reserved for people, not places or things, but at Paley’s Place, Kimberly and I endeavored to reimagine what that word means to us. To us, love includes clinking glasses, shaking cocktails, phones ringing nonstop. It’s Kimberly blurting …

OPENED 2011. CLOSED 2018. OPENING AGAIN TONIGHT.After a 3-year hibernation, it’s our pleasure to reopen the doors at The Woodsman Tavern. A Pacific Northwest-inspired restaurant and tavern, The Woodsman offers a warm respite where you can leave your troubles at the door and share a good meal of New American classics with friends & family.Menu …

Old Mallory Hotel Menus offer a peek into another time. I got a response to this post from the grandson of the owners – Thanks for posting this menu from L’Abbe at The Mallory. My grandparents operated this restaurant and several others in Portland from the 1920’s until the early 1970’s. My grandfather was a …

Carlo Lamagna, the chef/owner behind the Filipino restaurant Magna, has been name as “One of the best new chefs of 2021” by Food and Wine Magazine. From F&W, “There’s the scrappy chef in Portland, Oregon, who is making America fall in love with the robust and complex flavors of Filipino food and building a …