Portland food news and views
Restaurant, bar, cafe, and food truck closings are the subject some of the most read Portland food news on Bridgetown Bites.
In the “I’m Late to the Party” category, I only recently learned this weekend that Nectar Cafe has closed—at least the cafe as it has been. I was over in the Hollywood District yesterday and saw the signs up. They closed their doors on December 18, 2022 (one day before they planned to).
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Prescott Cafe’s epic cinnamon roll.
Prescott Cafe, a little breakfast and lunch spot in the Cully neighborhood that has been there since the middle of the twentieth century, will close their doors on Saturday, September 30, 2022.
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Photo credit: La Parilla Kitchen
Over on Nextdoor there have been some recent posts by people worried that La Parilla Kitchen, a local Mexican restaurant and neighborhood favorite, has closed. Well, I’m here to be the bearer of bad news: they have indeed officially closed this location.
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Ensalada Bomba at G-Love. Photo credit: G-Love
A whole raft of tidbits have crossed my desk this week, so welcome to another edition of Small Bites (in place of Friday’s regular Four Things I Learned This Week column). Also: have a great Labor Day Weekend, too!
Best bars and restaurants for wine lovers in PDX. Decanter published a delightful listicle of their favorite spots for wine lovers in our fair city. Included on that list are Davenport, Canard, Coquine, Providore, and more.
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The excellent Roman-style pizza slices at Cooperativa. Photo credit: Cooperativa
The news of Cooperativa’s closing has made the rounds in local food media this week, and said news remains an unfortunate reality. Cooperativa was—IS—an important part of the new-ish Italian market scene here in Portland, and it’s departure will leave a big hole in the city’s food scene. This is their final week; they close Saturday, September 3.
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