Portland food news and views
Salad Week 2026 is almost here! We’ll be turning our focus to salads later this month, from Monday, July 20 to Friday, July 24. Look for salad specials, roundups, some Vancouver action, and more.
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A new food cart pod is currently in the works for the Lents neighborhood. Called Woodstock Food Carts (AKA The Woodstock Switch), the pod would be on a property that until recently has a warehouse on it since 1904. Here is what we know.
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Summer Supper returns to the Redd in September! This thoughtful tasting event features over a dozen talented and well-respected Portland chefs who will create dishes made from gleaned ingredients. It is also a way to celebrate Urban Gleaners’ 20th anniversary. Part of the mission behind Summer Supper is to fight food waste and food insecurity in our community, and this event is an excellent way to showcase that.
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Grits N’ Gravy has closed. (Not to be confused with Gravy on N Mississippi.) This was a breakfast spot downtown next door to Souvlaki Queen. At first they thought they could do one more breakfast but they “have been given no leeway.” In their words, “Times have gotten hard and business has been declining since last August. We held on for as long as we could but we can’t keep going.”
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Have you ever wanted to learn to make cheese? Do you feel like it’s maybe too difficult to do so? Portlander Claudia Lucero is here to help. She is launching Cheesecraft Club this summer to help you make cheese with ease.
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