Portland food news and views
A new bar called Bar Scorpio is coming to SE Hawthorne and SE 37th Avenue. It will open in what was most recently home to the La Familia Cider taproom, and before that the taproom for Portland Cider Co. I spoke with Bar Scorpio’s owner Aurelia Bardel last week about the new bar—here is what I learned.
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Last month a Bridgetown Bites tipster told me about Bar Noto, opening in Northwest Portland at the same address as Studio Noto. I figured they had to be related. So I reached out to Gloria Noto, founder of Studio Noto and owner of Bar Noto with her wife Azsa West, over email—here is what I learned.
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Fuji To Hood, a Japan/Oregon collaboration festival, returns to Portland later this month. It started out in 2018 as a simple collaboration beer festival, and since then has evolved into an extensive cross-cultural festival. Tickets are still available to enjoy this epic convergence of Japan and Oregon when it comes to beer, cider, wine, spirits, food, music, martial arts, and more.
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Over the weekend I ran across an Instagram account for a place called JJ’s Bar. The address seemed familiar and when I looked at it, I knew exactly what the space was—home to The Cavern for six years, for one. Here’s what we know.
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Bridgetown Bites is Nine. Happy birthday to Bridgetown Bites! Today is this blog’s 9th birthday. We’ve been reporting on the Portland food and drink scene since 2017—with an increased effort starting about two and a half years ago. But this whole time we’ve worked hard to showcase the range of eating and drinking options in Portland and the metro area, with an emphasis on independently owned businesses—restaurants, bakeries, convenience stores, CSAs and farmers markets, cafes, bars, food carts, and more.
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