Dumpling Week Returns in 2022

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One of my favorite Dumpling Week options, potato and cheese pierogis with onions and bacon from Delores (RIP) from 2019.

Portland has a number of “food weeks” that center around some of the most popular dishes that represent, for all intents and purposes, American comfort food: pizza, burgers, tacos, wings. Dumpling Week, from The Oregonian, usually starts the year off, and looking at the Bridgetown Bites archives, I’ve been happy to blog about it in 2019, 2020, and 2021 (which was a big takeout year). This year, Dumpling Week goes from Sunday, January 30 to Saturday, February 5, 2022.

It’s early enough that if you own a restaurant, food cart, or bar, you can apply to be a part of Dumpling Week 2022. You’ll need to apply in the next week or so; the deadline is Monday, January 3. You can apply via this form.

This year, dumpling specials are $12 a plate (up from $10 in 2019). These dumpling specials will be specific to the Dumpling Week festivities and will not be a duplicate of anything on an establishment’s menu. Though I expect if a special is particularly well-received, a restaurant etc. might add it to their menu afterwards. Good chance that, as we are still living in the age of COVID, dumplings will be available for takeout as well as dine-in. I’ll confirm that when I have more info.

The homepage for Dumpling Week will have passports and such, plus a list of the participating restaurants etc. later in January. What’s up there right now is the list of participants from last year (you can also see them on this map).

I look forward to tucking in to some tasty dumplings in January and February!

Dumpling Week
Sunday, January 30 to Saturday, February 5, 2022
Portland
dumplingweek.com