Opinion Archives - Bridgetown Bites

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

Sweet Salad Success: Portland Kids Take Over Salad Week

Edie Rich and their candy salad, plus Buddy the dog.

Beyond spotlighting Portland’s incredible culinary talent in the world of salads, we wanted to mix things up by handing the reins over to a couple of local Portland kids for the day. We asked them to share their own playful takes on salad.

While these next two creations may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “salad,” we love how imaginative, whimsical, and fun they turned out. After all, they’re straight from the minds of a seven and nine-year-old, which makes them as authentic as they come.

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

Happy Birthday Bridgetown Bites! You Are Eight Years Old Today

Happy birthday Bridgetown Bites! That’s right: Bridgetown Bites turns eight years old today. On July 3, 2017, I launched this website with the desire to write about the Portland food and drink scene. It’s grown and changed over the years, but the mission remains the same.

In honor of these eight years, I thought I’d put together eight things I’ve enjoyed learning about over those years, in Portland food and drink. In some cases, I’ve changed my attitude about long-held beliefs. NB: This list is by no means comprehensive.

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

Bridgetown Bites Editor on City Cast Portland

Today is the day: the Bridgetown Bites editor is on City Cast Portland! Yes, I, Meg Cotner, was a guest on the City Cast Portland podcast; we recorded the episode last week. We spoke about a variety of things: recent Portland restaurant openings, restaurants that are coming up, and some commentary on food and drink scene.

March 24, 2025March 25, 2025

Help Support Portland’s Kitchen Table Magazine: “The Future Issue”

Kitchen Table Magazine #7: The Future cover

One of Portland’s truly independent food publications is Kitchen Table Magazine. It publishes once or twice a year, and is not to be confused with Kitchen Table Quarterly. They are readying their upcoming issue and are running a crowdfunding campaign to fund it.

February 15, 2025February 17, 2025

Listen to Meg Cotner on Portland’s Right at the Fork Podcast

Right at the Fork collage of images related to Meg Cotner and Bridgetown Bites.

This past week I had the pleasure of appearing on episode #408 of the Right at the Fork podcast, in my capacity of editor and publisher of Bridgetown Bites. We chatted about a variety of things related to the Portland food scene, as well as writing and aspects of life on the east coast.