NEW OPENINGS
Ate-Oh-Ate Beaverton
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The Beaverton location of Big’s Chicken reopened as an outpost of the Hawaiian cafe Ate-Oh-Ate (from the same owners, Your Neighborhood Restaurant Group) last week, serving hearty island-inspired favorites like loco moco, Japanese curry bowls, and kalua pig with cabbage.
Beaverton
Stumptown Coffee
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The nationally acclaimed roaster reopened its recently closed Ace Hotel location inside the 11W Building last wekeend. The new outpost features an interior inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian design, plus a selection of sandwiches, pastries, and bagels.
Downtown
FUTURE OPENINGS
Pan Roast
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Ryan Moy, owner of the Rollin’ Fresh sushi burrito chain, plans to open this restaurant specializing in seafood “pan roasts” (a creamy seafood stew served with rice and bread) in the forthcoming food hall Flock in late May. In addition to Moy’s family pan roast recipe, the spot will also offer oysters, fish and chips, and crab bread.
Downtown
Replicant Bar and Bottle Shop
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Vinyl geeks, here’s your new spot: This bar will open alongside the upcoming location of City Noise Records in May, and patrons will be able to sip drinks like Pacific Northwest beer and Italian wine and snack on bites like soft pretzels as they shop.
Montavilla
CLOSURES
Boxer Ramen
Mere months after opening two new locations in Multnomah Village and Beaverton and two weeks after owner Micah Camden reporting that business was flourishing, the local ramen chain has suddenly announced that all of its locations will shutter permanently on Monday, April 29, citing inflation and the impact of the pandemic as factors contributing to the closure. The business’s parent company MMMco. previously filed for bankruptcy in February.
Montavilla
Cloud Pine Tea + Culture
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The pint-sized tea house and dim sum destination’s last day of service will be on Sunday, June 23.
Milwaukie
OTHER FOOD NEWS
Wellspent Market is moving
The specialty grocer Wellspent Market
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revealed last weekend that it plans to move into the historic space that formerly housed the Jos. T Harris Grocery as soon as June 1.
The Sports Bra is expanding across the country
Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian’s 776 Foundation has invested in the local women’s sports sensation the Sports Bra
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, which means the business may open franchises throughout the nation (or beyond!). (This marks my favorite example of Ohanian’s support of female athletes since the time he wore a D.A.R.E. shirt to his wife Serena William’s match against known doper Maria Sharapova.)
POP-UPS AND EVENTS
Remind
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Take in the waterfront view, scope out crafts from vendors, and swig all the crisp apple-based libations you can handle at this event offering 60 ciders on tap from nearly 30 cideries, including 2 Towns, Bauman’s, Schilling, Working Hands Fermentation, and more. A dozen food vendors will provide ballast to the booze with delicacies like empanadas, lobster rolls, barbecue, and sausage, and corndogs.
Hood River Event Site, Hood River, 11 am-7 pm
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This new Sinoloan-inspired spinoff (named for the Spanish word for “hummingbird”) from Tamale Boy owner Jaime Soltero serves dishes like birria and grits, tacos gobernador, and the famed specialty chilorio (slow-cooked pork fried in chili sauce)—as well as Soltero’s signature tamales. Be among the first to try it at the official grand opening, which will feature free snacks and desserts.
Colibri by Tamale Boy, Pearl District, 5-9 pm
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Your April just got way more delicious: Members of ALIST Consulting, Baon Kainan, Magna Kusina, and Magna Kubo have come together to present the Portland area’s inaugural Filipino Food Month, featuring a collaboration between over 26 small local businesses. Each week, 15 different locations between Beaverton and Troutdale will offer fresh food and drink specials highlighting a different classic Filipino ingredient, complemented by “historical and personal storytelling” online to lend additional cultural context. With participants like GrindWitTryz, Makulit, Shop Halo Halo, Sun Rice, Sugarpine Drive-In, and more, this culinary crawl promises to be as mouthwatering as it is educational.
Various locations
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Browse ciders from over 40 producers and scoop up snacks from food vendors like Tita’s Juice Bar, Shanghai’s Best Dumplings, The Mini Donut Company, Little Peacock, La Carrerta Pura Vida, and Matsunoki Ramen.
Pine Street Market, 11 am-8 pm
SPECIALS
Electrica
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The chic coffee shop just brought back its springtime iced strawberry matcha, layered in lovely hues of red, green, and white.
Slabtown
Lauretta Jean’s
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If you’re looking for a treat this weekend, the pie specialist is baking up raspberry butterscotch blondies.
Richmond
Zuckercreme
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I was today years old when I learned that Zuckercreme is named for a regional sugar cream pie popular in Indiana. The neighborhood cafe is now serving a seasonal version of its eponymous dessert with rhubarb jam, a rye crust, sugar cream custard, and a dusting of nutmeg, available through the next few weeks.
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