Small Bites: Grits N’ Gravy, Farag’s, Sure Shot, and More

Breakfast at Grits and Gravy.
Breakfast at Grits N’ Gravy is no more. Photo credit: Grits N’ Gravy.

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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Massalia Books & Coffee Will Open on NE Glisan in Portland

Future home of Massalia Books & Coffee.

Last month I wrote about a commercial conversion going on at a house on NE Glisan Street in the Kerns neighborhood. Through my research I had learned that the business intended for that space is called Massalia Books & Coffee. Shortly after publishing the piece, I was contacted by the person behind the project. I meet up with him and his daughter at Domingo’s to chat about it, and here is what I’ve learned.

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