Portland food news and views
After a two-year hiatus, this family-friendly event returns. It’s a chance to spend some time in beautiful Montavilla, hang out with friends and neighbors, and enjoy food, live music, and more.
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Photo credit: Water Avenue Coffee
When I was driving home from my first post-COVID massage this afternoon, I glanced over at the old Joule space on NE Sandy and 46th Ave and saw a sign installed indicating Water Avenue Coffee is opening a new cafe there. I’m really glad to see that something is being done with that space; it has been vacant for too long.
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Photo credit: Sad Valley
A new bar named Sad Valley—a name apropos in our COVID era—is coming to North Portland’s Humboldt neighborhood. They submitted their liquor license application relatively recently, so the hope is that they will open before the end of summer.
Continue reading “Sad Valley, a New Bar, Is Coming to North Portland”Just brief placeholder note here to say I got COVID and it wasn’t pretty, hence the temporary break in posting. It took me two weeks to deal with the virus and catch up on client work. Now I’m back.
Let me tell you—you don’t want COVID. Current messaging out in the world is that “at least you didn’t die,” and while that is absolutely true, going through the virus is no picnic, either. It is serious business (unlike the internet) and I highly recommend you do everything you can to avoid it. Part the misery was that I totally lost my appetite, plus briefly my sense of smell (it’s back now)—not a great thing for a food blogger.
Now, back to our scheduled programming.
Capitola Coffee’s new location.
Although this has been a light content week, a variety of tidbits crossed my desk this week, so instead of Four Things for Friday, here are some small bites.
Celebrate with Capitola tonight. Capitola Coffee is hosting an open house party tonight: “Hey friends we are hosting an open house along with Waechter Architecture to launch the opening of our new space. We hope you can stop by on Friday, July 8 from 6 pm to midnight.” This is kind of a big deal, as Capitola is located in an all wood CLT building. Their soft opening is planned for mid-July with full opening in August. 4224 N Mississippi Avenue, Portland
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