Category: Events

This category used to feature a weekly events calendar, but that is no more. At this point it’s more about individual eventshappening in the Portland, OR area.

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Second Annual Veganizer Asian Market Returns This Year in Portland

Last year's Veganizer Asian Market at the Redd on Salmon.
Photo credit: Veganizer / Josh Chang.

Over the years, I’ve been really impressed by the various Veganizer events produced by Waz Wu and her team here in Portland. Whether it’s Circle V, World Vegan Month, or one of their dinners, you can be sure it will be a solid and enjoyable event. So I am happy to tell you about the Second Annual Veganizer Asian Market, happening Sunday, June 7 at the Redd on Salmon. It looks like a fantastic occasion filled with delicious plant-based food and drink (and you can go straight to the ticketing info, here, if you like).

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Small Bites: El Pollo Chano, Pickles, Salami Mammi, and More

Chicken from El Pollo Chano.
Photo credit: El Pollo Chano.

Have you been to El Pollo Chano? I saw some enthusiastic comments online about this place, a food truck with a dedicated smoker there on-site in the parking lot by the Chill Zone smoke shop on NE Sandy and 111th. I have passed this place driving east on Sandy Blvd many times, and my interest is majorly piqued.

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Small Bites: Greek Street, Pizza Baron, Strawberries, and More

A Mythos and a gyro at Greek Street in Portland.
Photo credit: Greek Street.

Greek Street has opened. This is in the space adjacent to Tréla that was going to be more bakery-focused (Yiayia’s), but they chose a different path. You can see their menu here. I’ll be by soon for some tyrokefteri, a chicken gyro (with fries!), and a lemon lime Vikos soda. 6010 NE Glisan Street, Portland

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Memorial Day Weekend 2026 in Portland and the Willamette Valley

If only Memorial Day Weekend 2026 had a real leader to give the speech.
President Joseph Biden speaks at the 154th National Memorial Day Observance in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 30, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)

Memorial Day Weekend 2026 starts Saturday, May 23—Friday, May 22, if you want to be fancy. But the day itself is Monday, May 25. It is, of course, a day to remember and mourn those who have died in service to the country. I, myself, often remember my great uncle Monroe, who was killed in the Vietnam War (also known as “Kháng chiến chống Mỹ,” or “The Resistance War against America” from Vietnam’s standpoint). 

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