Jubilee Hall’s grand opening is tomorrow. This new coffee house in east Portland been in soft opening mode and now they are ready to make it official with their grand opening! Stop by tomorrow, Saturday March 4 for a ribbon cutting at 10am. Door prizes and a raffle are happening as well as free drip coffee and chai all day. 12175 E Burnside Street, Portland
March is St. Joseph’s Day pastry month at Bella Italian Bakery. Many who know me are aware of my love of St. Joseph’s Day pastries—zeppoli and sfingi, which I first learned about from the Sicilian community in Astoria, Queens. So you can imagine my delight in seeing Bella Italian Bakery in Lents offering zeppoli all month long, not just on March 19 (St. Joseph Day). From the bakery: “Give us a call to pre-order (and it’s a good idea if you’re looking for a larger order of them). If we don’t have them available that day, we can probably arrange another day for you to pick-up!” Bottom line: yum. 9119 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland
Madman Popup on Monday, March 7. Get your local Trini food on Monday from Madman Popup, who is popping up at Rangoon Bistro from 4pm to sold out. He’s making doubles (curried chickpeas), aloo pie (potato and curried chickpeas), and bake and shark (fried bread and skate wing). His food is delicious, so if you can check it out, do! 2311 SE 50th Avenue, Portland
Updates on the Doug Fir Lounge move. This week Jupiter Hotel sent a press release out (though it never made it to our inbox) confirming Doug Fir Lounge’s move. The Oregonian, Willamette Week, and Eater have additional info related to that.
We know that you will able to see shows at Doug Fir at its current location at 830 East Burnside until the end of the summer. Then they will move to the old Le Bistro Montage space at 304 SE Morrison. New to me: Live music will be their laser-focus, with little to do with food and drink. I was curious last week about what was going to happen in the vacated Jupiter space; Portland Business Journal via KGW wrote, “The [Jupiter] property is working with Urban Works Real Estate as it determines the next uses for the music venue and restaurant/bar above it.” There’s been some concern expressed online about accessibility with that Le Bistro Montage space, too, and it will be good to hear what the overall plans are regarding that and myriad other things, which should come out later this month.
Bonus: These crocheted spam musubi at Ohana Hawaiian Cafe on NE Sandy Blvd are freaking adorable. $10/each. 6320 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland
