Small Bites: Beijing Hot Pot, Canard, Pizza Machine, and More

Beijing Hot Pot's offerings in a beautiful blue pot. — Photo credit: Beijing Hot Pot.

Beijing Hot Pot gets some love. The Korean Mama and The Korean Son recently went to Beijing Hot Pot and had a great meal at a good price. Watch them here—and maybe stop by yourself! They are just south of Ha VL and just north of Fubonn in East Portland. 2768 SE 82nd Avenue, Portland

Radical Fall Salad at Fresh Love. It’s no secret that I love the salads at Fresh Love, and they have a new one for the season that sounds very good: the Radical Fall Salad. “This crunchy, delicious, seasonal stunner celebrates local Ruby Mac and Mountain Rose apples from Kiyokawa Family Orchards, perfectly paired with crisp radicchio from Crows Farm (thanks to our friends at Organically Grown Co). We’ve rounded it out with organic celery, fennel, toasted sunflower seeds, aged gouda, and a sherry thyme vinaigrette that ties it all together.” 7434 NE Fremont Street, Portland

Big award haul at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. The Oregonian reports, “Oregon breweries and cideries took home 29 of the 347 medals handed out at what is widely considered to be the nation’s most preeminent beer festival.” Some of the winning breweries include Portland’s Von Ebert and Grand Fir Brewing, Hood River’s pFriem Family Brewers, Astoria’s Fort George, and Bend’s Deschutes Brewery. Multiple locations

A couple of closing reminders this weekend. Both Cider Bite and The Richmond Bar are places we covered, and they are closing this weekend—tonight and Sunday, October 19, respectively. 1230 NW Hoyt Street and 3203 SE Division Street, Portland

And Birrieria La Plaza closed last weekend. Their SE Division Street location is now closed as of Sunday, October 12. They still have a presence in the Flock Food Hall downtown and a food cart at the Foster Food Carts. 10114 SE Division Street A, Portland

No Saint will close temporarily. They’ll shutter at the end of October in order to remodel the space for the restaurant’s third birthday. “We’re remodeling the space to become the restaurant we’ve always dreamed of: an intimate 6-seat bar, tables that wrap around the perimeter, and our wood-burning oven remaining at the center to warmly greet you.” 1603 NE Killingsworth Street, Portland

Parkrose Coffee Shop featured in the East Portland Voice. This fledgling publication recently wrote about the Parkrose Coffee Shop. In “A Coffee Shop for Five Neighborhoods,” Steph Routh catches up with owners Lily Burnett and Peter Irby to see how things are going at this very popular Parkrose coffee spot. Check it out! 4826 NE 105th Avenue, Portland

Dark Blk Coffee has joined the Gresham Food Carts. On Wednesday, Dark Blk Coffee opened their cart doors, offering espresso drinks, blended drinks, and coffee + Red Bull drinks. Plus, they’re making a BEC on an english muffin. 2280 NW Burnside Road, Gresham

Some openings this week. There are a bunch that we’ve previously covered, so here they are in list form, lifted from our Portland Restaurant Openings and Closings List:

Coquelico (SW). Opened October 16, 2025. 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland
Slow Bar (SE). Re-opened October 16, 2025. 533 SE Grand Avenue, Portland
Rhinestone (SE). Opened October 15, 2025. 2100 SE Clinton Street, Portland
Hey Luigi (NW). Opened October 14, 2025. 2175 NW Raleigh Street, Suite 105, Portland
Lil’ Barbecue (N). Soft opened October 14, 2025. 1771 NE Dekum Street, Portland

Canard in Beaverton has also opened. They started taking reservations on Tuesday, October 14, and you can head to OpenTable to make yours. Canard also mentioned, “Dinner only for the first week and then we will begin our day time service.” 12395 SW Broadway, Beaverton

Exotic snacks on KATU. Professional food enthusiast Bill Oakley was recently on Afternoon Live to show off some international snacks. Check it out!

Pizza Machine is open in the Hinterland food cart pod. Back in September, Oathbreaker Pie shut down (9/28), and just a week later, Pizza Machine was a presence there. They’ve got round and square pies, slices, savory knots, and dessert knots (here’s the menu). ORSOS records indicate that Aaron Barnes (of Scholar fame) is associated with it. 2216 SE 50th Avenue, Portland

Choco Tacos at Kate’s are here. Recently Salt & Straw released the Tacolate, their version of the Choco Taco, and I wondered if Kate’s Ice Cream was going to toss theirs into the ring any time soon. Well, that time is NOW. They released them Wednesday and theoretically they will be available through Sunday. Max 5 tacos per person and here are the flavors:

Pumpkin Spice: A gluten-free waffle cone taco filled with pumpkin spice ice cream, dipped in chocolate, and topped with whipped cream.
Classic Peanut: A gluten-free waffle cone taco filled with vanilla ice cream, dipped in chocolate, and rolled in peanuts.

Allergen-free Tacos available upon request. 3713 N Mississippi Avenue and 1430 NW 23rd Avenue, Portland

Thai tea and coffee flights at Sanae Thai. They are offering these fun Thai tea and coffee flights during brunch. There are four:

Rainbow Flight: Thai Iced Tea, Thai Iced Coffee, Thai Green Tea, Sala Milk with assortment of their signature Sea Salt Creams.
Thai Tea Flight: Thai Sweet Iced Tea*, Thai Lime Iced Tea, Thai Iced Tea, Thai Iced Tea with Sea Salt Cream) *non-dairy.
Thai Green Tea flight: Thai Green Tea with assortment of their signature sea salt creams (Plain, Thai Tea, Chocolate, Thai Green Tea).
Thai Coffee Flight: Thai iced coffees with assortment of their signature sea salt creams (Plain, Thai Tea, Chocolate, Thai Green Tea).

$12 for the flights. 2531 NE Alberta Street, Portland

Apertivo hour at Spella Cafè. They announced their new Apertivo hours this week: “Espresso drinks, wine, and Italian cocktails Tuesday to Friday 1pm to 5pm to start.” They have decaf and NA drink options, too. 608 SW Alder Street, Portland

Space available at The Zipper. Saw this on Craigslist—looks like one of the restaurants is for sale, plus there is a monthly lease (an NNN) amount. The reason? “Selling to relocate our restaurant to a larger space.” It is unclear who exactly is leaving. 2705 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland

No Kings special at Lardo. For Saturday during the protest: “We will be running a special this Saturday 10/18 for the ‘No Kings’ movement. $3 beers all day if you dress up in an inflatable costume. And FREE beers for anyone dressed up as a frog.” 1212 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland

Stories you may have missed this week on Bridgetown Bites:

Edan Pizza Will Open in Downtown Portland
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Bangkok Belly: Bringing Thai Skewers, Salads, and Spirits to Portland
The Quince Fest 2025 Celebrates This Glorious Fruit in Portland