Four Things I Learned This Week (April 14)

Vietnamese pop-up at White Owl Social Club. Anh Tran (of Yen Ha and Hey Chaudy fame) and Momma Le are doing a popup of Vietnamese food, “Chém Gió” (“slang for ‘shoot the breeze’ and sometimes make things up to create a fun conversation”). It started yesterday, April 13 and goes until Sunday, April 16. Times are: Friday/Saturday 4pm to 1am, Sunday 3pm to 11pm. Looks like a variety of things—fried eats and pho (vegan pho options Sunday only). So stop on by! More in this video. 1305 SE 8th Avenue, Portland

Jerry’s Tavern is getting to closer to real. Jerry posted on his Instagram that he has a new location (lots of speculation favoring NW Portland, but nothing solid in that department right now), with a hopeful-projected opening of fall 2023. Jerry started out selling his Midwest tavern-style pies during the pandemic and they were a hit. I hope this next step in the process of making his pizzeria a reality goes smoothly.

Get a lasagna for tonight from Montelupo. Starting this week they will have take and bake lasagnas in their deli case. What a great solution for dinner, and I’m happy to see the lasagna offerings in this city expand. 344 NE 28th Avenue, Portland

Get your Mission-style burritos in PDX May 1. Myrtle’s, self-described as “most known unknown burritos in PDX,” is doing their Mission-style burrito popup next at Beulahland on Monday, May 1 at 5pm. Keep an eye on their stories and account for any updates (here’s a screenshot of the Story page). So often I miss their pop-ups, so I’m putting this here to do all of us a favor. 118 NE 28th Avenue, Portland