An Exploration of Portland Oregon Food and Drink

First reported by The Oregonian and Kezi News in Eugene, Naomi Pomeroy, the famed chef respected throughout the Portland food scene and beyond, died Saturday at the age of 49. She died while tubi...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/renowned-portland-chef-naomi-pomeroy-dies/

Caffe Vita announced today they have closed their NE Alberta Street store. Local company Great North Coffee to take over the space. The Great North Coffee Shop has been expanding since opening it...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/caffe-vita-portland-closing-great-north-to-take-space/

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 Thelin of FEAST...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/feast-will-no-longer-be-held/

Eater broke the story this morning that the SE Portland restaurant, Renata has closed for good. Lovers of their frozen pizza will be glad that they will continue to be available. From the Renata ...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/renata-closes-for-good/

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 restau...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/ripe-cooperative-beast-parent-to-close-for-good/

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 Zusmanâ€...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/famed-portland-chef-sarah-pliner-dies/

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 par...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/fills-and-lac-st-jack-restaurants-in-lake-oswego-closing/

Maya announced today on Instagram that she is leaving the restaurant industry for good. This is after closing Yonder and Mae, and opening Hissyfit a month ago. From Insta – Thank you to all of ...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/maya-lovelace-of-yonder-mae-hissyfit-exits-the-restaurant-industry/

I’ve got my reservations, so I’ll post this now – they are going very quickly. Not much to say other than what is in this PR. I live in the area so have been driving by regularly. Here is t...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/press-release-canard-oregon-city-opens-july-10th/

Pix Patisserie owner Cheryl Wakerhauser announced yesterday that the popular restaurant would close. The first date I ever had in Portland was to Pix, a quirky dessert spot way out on SE Division...

https://portlandfoodanddrink.com/pix-patisserie-closing-august-22nd/