Portland food news and views
Food news about Beaverton, one of Portland‘s western suburbs, located in the Tualatin Valley. Beaverton is a popular place to live, work, eat, and play.
Yin Yang Burger officially opens today. This is a new burger truck at CORE that’s been in a little bit of a soft mode so far. “At Yin Yang Burger, we bring together Asian-inspired ingredients while still having a take on some of the classics. It’s all about balance in every bite!” Nice.
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I recently became aware of Sazanami, a new restaurant in Beaverton. Helmed by Hajime Sato, formerly chef at Detroit’s Sozai and Seattle’s Mashiko, both of which he founded, he brings an omakase menu focused on sustainability to a space in a mall next to Greenway Park. I had a chance to chat on the phone with him about the restaurant, and here is some of what we talked about.
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Portland is one of the top cities in the U.S. for vegan eating, with restaurants, cafes, and bakeries having won a number of awards for the high quality plant-based food made in this town. For Salad Week this year, we wanted to feature specifically where to get vegan salads in Portland, because they deserve a proverbial seat at the table.
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For a while now, I’ve wanted to find a way to share updates on past stories we’ve published on Bridgetown Bites in some kind of regular, orderly way. Social media seems clunky for this, as it moves so fast, hence this new—and experimental—updates column. This month it’s called July 2026 Story Updates. Perhaps a little boring, but it’s straight and to the point.
They plan is to publish mid-month, once a month. Please let us know if you find this kind of thing helpful.
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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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