Author: Meg Cotner

Bridgetown Bites is edited and published by Meg Cotner in Portland, Oregon. She loves avocados, fresh produce, NA drinks, and cats.
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Shorebird Bakery Has a New Home in the Oakshire Building on NE 42nd Avenue

Cookies at Shorebird Bakery.
Some of the cookies from Shorebird Bakery. Photo credit: Shorebird Bakery.

Earlier this year, Northeast Portland’s Shorebird Bakery, FKA Woodblock Bakery, announced their name change and plans to move. The new location was unknown then, as it was still in the planning stages, but now we know: They’ll be setting up the bakery at the Oakshire Beer Hall building on NE 42nd and Alberta—a boon to both the Cully and Concordia neighborhoods.

Jesse Schumann, Shorebird’s owner, reached out to us over email last week to share the news. Here is some of what he told us.

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Division Street Dairy Queen Appeal: In Favor of the Applicant

This is the kind of DQ we will very well see now that the Dairy Queen appeal is complete.
A mockup of the new Dairy Queen that has moved closer to being built on SE Division Street. Image credit: Dairy Queen.

Just last week I was wondering about the results of the February 25, 2026 appeal regarding the Division Street Dairy Queen and its drive-thru. On Friday afternoon, a reader sent me the decision made by the Hearings Officer—and it was in favor of the Applicant, Mohan Grewal. In the words of Hearings Officer Marisha Childs, “The Appellant did not prevail in this appeal.”

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Small Bites: Hearth & Vine Opened, Nyamazo, Spotlight Brewing, and More

Hearth & Vine opened yesterday and you can get this burger and fries there.
Burger and fries at Hearth & Vine. Photo credit: Aubrie LeGault

Hearth & Vine opened yesterday. We covered this restaurant last year when it was shrouded in mystery. I can’t deny that doing the research at the time was a lot of fun, uncovering details incrementally. There are a couple of publications that got the first bite of info right before Hearth & Vine opened, but here’s a condensed version of the press release we received yesterday, with tidbits we think you’d like to know.

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Fwi Makes Coffee and Banana Bread in North Portland

The Fwi Bus.
Photo credit: Fwi.

While driving home from the laundromat recently, I saw a sign by the Dawnbringer Breakfast cart on N Fremont and Vancouver for something called “Fwi.” A couple days later, a reader messaged me about them. I checked their Instagram: Coffee with molasses? Banana breads of varying kinds? I was intrigued. So, I called up Div Walker, the owner of Fwi—sometimes referred to as the Fwi Bus or Fwi Cafe—to learn more.

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