Wares, the newest restaurant from Johanna Ware is now open inside The Zipper restaurant complex Johanna was the owner/chef behind the popular Smallwares on NE Fremont, which closed in 2016, crushing the hearts of many fans, myself included. In January 2017, she announced she would be opening a “micro” version, “Wares” in The Zipper/Bywater Grocery building – Read more…
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Smallwares is Coming Back – Sort of
Smallwares, which closed in 2016, is missed by many. Now news that it will be somewhat reincarnated, tentatively called “Wares”, in a smaller space. Personally, I think it should be called “Bigwares”, but that’s just my twisted sense of humor. I’m just going to let Johanna Ware give the details here I want to start – Read more…
Smallwares Closing September 24th
Johanna Ware announced today that she is closing Smallwares. The last day will be September 24th. I’ve had a feeling this was coming, but I really enjoy Smallwares and am sorry to see it close. Smallwares opened to great attention in 2012, serving “inauthentic” Asian plates. In a long post on her Facebook page, Ware – Read more…
Smallwares Hatches New Restaurant, lil’ wares, in Late May
For some reason I tend to forget Smallwares, and that is sad, as in my opinion, it is one of the better restaurants in Portland. Now news that Chef Johanna Ware is debuting a second restaurant – Lil’ wares. Chef Johanna Ware of ‘inauthentic Asian’ restaurant Smallwares, is expanding with a new restaurant in Northeast Portland – Read more…
Reader Survey 2017 – I’ll Miss This Restaurant the Most
Just a quick result – we asked readers “Of all the restaurants that have closed in the last 18 months, which one do you miss the most?” Here are your top ten picks. Veritable Quandary smoked everyone else with 24%. The number 2 results was 10%. 1. Veritable Quandary 2. Smallwares 3. Sen Yai 4. – Read more…
2017 Survey Update: Willamette Week Trademarks “Best of P…….”
You read that correctly, Willamette Week has managed to trademark “Best of PDX” (I can’t say Portland here without lawyers getting involved), so we’ve been forced to change the name of our survey to “Best in Portland Area Food 2017”. It seems you can trademark just about anything, and though this seems overly broad, I’d – Read more…
Top 10 Portland Restaurants – September 2016
My Top 10 Portland Restaurants along with my next 15 for September 2016 This is the first update to my Top 10 Portland restaurants list since it was originally published in March. It’s the only local list that’s immune from p.r. and advertising pressures and is actually written by someone who’s lived in Portland forever, has been eating out – Read more…
Zusman’s Top 10 Portland Restaurants
Michael Zusman goes to restaurants far more than I am able to, so I asked if he would be interested in an ongoing Top Ten Portland Restaurants list for the home page of the website. Fortunately he was happy to help, sending me 25. FD] Originally, my Top 10 Portland restaurants list was something I – Read more…