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November 5, 2024November 3, 2024

Top 5 Posts on Bridgetown Bites, October 2024

I know I sound like a broken record, but it’s always interesting to see what the top 5 posts are the most-read in any given month. In October it was restaurant openings, the bread festival, and our list of Thanksgiving in Portland options (which has been updated multiple times with new places to get pies, turkey, and more).

Also In October we saw over 22,000 unique visitors who generated close to 29,000 page views. That’s an increase of 17% and 26%, respectively, from the previous month.

As always, thanks for reading, sharing, commenting, and for your tips. And I hope you cast your vote by 8pm today!

5. TAPTAP Cuisine Will Open a Restaurant on Sandy Blvd

Haitian food lovers, you have something to celebrate—TAPTAP Cuisine is opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant on NE Sandy Blvd. They operated on N WIlliams as a food truck with a nice (covered) outdoor seating area for many months, but now they have leveled up into a building where they can create, prepare, and offer their beautiful Haitian and Caribbean cuisine in NE Portland.

November 4, 2024December 7, 2024

Chop Chop Food Pod Is Open in Portland

On Sunday, Chop Chop Food Pod, which we reported on earlier this spring, opened their doors (well, their gates) to the public in outer Southeast Portland. The space is open, clean, and a nice place to be. There are currently two food carts in operation there, with more to come.

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Small Bites: Día de los Muertos and Diwali, Openings, Closings, Food Carts, and More

A colorful rangoli. — Example of a colorful rangoli.

Pan de muertos sources in the Portland metro area. Today and tomorrow is Día de los Muertos, aka Day of the Dead, an important holiday in Mexican culture. This is when it is believed that spirits of the dead come to visit, as the veil between the dead and the living has thinned. The sweet pan de muerto is a traditional food for this holiday, and The Oregonian put together a great list of where to find them in our metro area. Check it out. Various locations.

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

November Is World Vegan Month in Portland

Sweet Mary Jane, a vegan pizza at Virtuous Pie. — Sweet Mary Jane Pizza: topped with cashew mozzarella, TVP bacon, caramelized onion jam, shaved parmesan, and hot honey, at Virtuous Pie. Photo credit: Veganizer.

Portland ranks high as a vegan-friendly city in recent lists (Wallet Hub in 2023, Happy Cow in 2024). So embracing World Vegan Month is probably one of the most on-brand food celebrations of the year here. And there sure is a bounty of delicious things you can try this month that, as they say, “do not have a face.”

October 30, 2024December 7, 2024

Friends Share Cà Phê Opens November 3 in Portland

Banh mi and phin coffee. — Photo credit: Friends Share Cà Phê

Friends Share, a community space in outer southeast Portland located in a former dispensary, opened their doors on Saturday, October 12 after months of planning and work. Among the activities happening there is a Sunday pop-up called Friends Share Cà Phê—a “slow drip” social cafe inspired by Vietnamese coffee culture. Their launch is this Sunday, November 3.