From a Multnomah County press release –November 30, 2020, Beginning today, licensed restaurants and food carts in Multnomah County can begin applying for small business grants to offset the cost of restrictions from COVID-19. The County will begin distributing more than $7.6 million in CARES Act funds to businesses impacted by efforts to slow …

Care for the Caregivers!Please donate to provide a Thanksgiving Meal to front-line health workers.UPDATED: WE’VE MADE OUR GOAL! Thanks to all of you! As a result of your generosity, therapists, doctors and nurses on the Covid ward at Emanuel Hospital will receive a warm thanksgiving dinner!As you know, COVID-19 has been sweeping our …

Perhaps we can help nurses working Thanksgiving by getting together and giving them a Thanksgiving meal. [We have been getting lots of emails from people who want to help. I am working with several people in the industry to put this together. Once they have figured out their costs, we will run a Go …

The new orders will impact restaurant Thanksgiving plans. Restaurants will be limited to delivery and take-out only, impacting those who were poised to allow diners inside to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. [Updated: Multnomah County will be under the restrictions “for at least four weeks”]Governor Kate Brown announced a statewide set of new two-week restrictions in an …

Sad news for the Cheese Bar in Portland: I consider it one of the best cheese shops in the Northwest. I certainly will be stopping in many times before January 24th!If you have enjoyed purchasing holiday treats for friends and family from Cheese Bar or Steve’s Cheese over the last 15 years, this will …

I have a dinner tank and a dessert tank Note: I think most of us are pretty stressed this evening, and going through old posts today, I thought I’d republish this one from 2005. It just makes me happy remembering this life, and the days when I tended to regularly write stories like this.When …