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October 7, 2024October 27, 2024

Halloween 2024: Food and Drink in Portland

Spooky season is upon us! Halloween 2024 in Portland offers plenty of things to do: decorate your home, trick-or-treat, tour a haunted house, go to a costume party. But for us, we are focused on the spooky food and drink treats for this time of the year. There’s plenty out there to enjoy, too!

I’ll continue to update this post over the month of October as new treats make themselves known.

Caseus Diem

Through the end of October, Caseus Diem presents the Boo-Brie: President-brand Brie with Divina sour cherry spread for $13.

3320 SE Division Street, Portland. Caseus Diem website.

September 23, 2024January 16, 2025

Ken’s Artisan Bakery ANNEX Will Open on NW 21st Ave in Portland

Ken's Artisan Bakery ANNEX in NW Portland, Oregon.

Earlier this month, a reader emailed me with the question, “Have you heard anything about the previous Pizza Schmizza spot on NW 21st (construction is well underway on something)?” I did a little research and checked out the location last week, and something is indeed afoot there: Ken’s Artisan Bakery ANNEX is opening there—just a couple doors up from the current bakery (Rudy’s Barbershop is between the storefronts) space. Both production and retail aspects will be affected.

August 9, 2024August 8, 2024

Small Bites: FIKA Pastry PopUp, BLTs, Melon Ball, Ikoi No Kai, and More

An example of FIKA Pastry’s delicious sweet things.

It’s another Small Bites Friday—let’s go!

Fire at Caffe and BARba Mingo forces them to close. Terrible news this week: these popular Italian restaurants “sustained major damage” in a fire on early Monday morning. Thankfully, nobody was injured, but the restaurants will be closed indefinitely. “The Mingo family is eternally grateful for your love and support in this most difficult time. Finché c’è vita c’è speranza – As long as there is life there is hope. Grazie mille.” A Gofundme has been set up to raise money for the staff; as of this writing over $32K has been raised. 807 NW 21st Avenue, Portland

August 6, 2024August 6, 2024

Top 5 Posts on Bridgetown Bites, July 2024

Another month, another list of top 5 posts on Bridgetown Bites. It was another good month as far as traffic goes, with over 16,000 unique visitors generating close to 21,000 page views. Attention was on an interesting mix of things in July—openings, closings; new and old-ish posts; plus supermarkets.

As always, thanks so much for visiting, reading, and sharing articles and content from the site—appreciation for our tipsters, too!

5. Sweet & Salty PDX Opening in SE Portland

A new snack shop is coming to Portland’s Central Eastside district of the Buckman neighborhood in SE Portland: Sweet & Salty PDX. Their soft opening in pop-up form will take place tomorrow, Friday July 26. As their name indicates, they will be offering sweet and salty things to snack on, as well as a few more substantial items. Note: New hours are Tuesday to Thursday 10am to 6pm and Friday to Saturday 10am to 8pm. Their Instagram has more photos of the treats.

July 9, 2024January 4, 2026

Harder Day Coffee Is Opening a New Cafe in the Hollywood District

The entrance to what is going to be Harder Day Coffee on NE Sandy and 46th Avenue

Well friends, this time it’s real—a coffee shop is indeed opening up in the building at NE Sandy Blvd and 46th Avenue. This time around it’s Harder Day Coffee—they’ll bring coffee, beer, and dessert in comfy digs, to the Hollywood District. I met up with Brody Day (and bonus: Allie Heckman, Director of Operations), one of the co-owners of Harder Day (and Steeplejack Brewing) to chat with him about what they have planned for the cafe, and see where they are in the process of opening.