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November 7, 2024December 7, 2024

Portland’s East Side Dining Guide Is Here

Poc-chuc at Ki'ikibaa, which you can find in the East Side Dining Guide. — Poc-chuc at Ki’ikibaa, which is included in the East Side Dining Guide.

I’m happy to write here about the East Side Dining Guide (full disclosure: I work on the committee that has put the East Side Dining Guide together). A project of the 82nd Avenue Business Association, it’s a guide and map that focuses on the restaurants, bars, cafes, and food carts along 82nd Avenue: from Cully in the north to Brentwood-Darlington in the south.

November 6, 2024December 7, 2024

Broadway Pizza Shoppe Will Open on NE 15th Avenue in Portland

Pepperoni pizza slices. — You’ll find slices at Broadway Pizza Shoppe. Photo of slices in our stock library.

A new pizzeria is coming to northeast Portland: Broadway Pizza Shoppe. They will be located in the old Benditos Latin Fusion space on NE 15th Avenue, which opened April 17 of this year. Previously, and for a number of years, it was home to Blossoming Lotus, which closed just a couple weeks earlier on April 3.

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 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.”