Portland food news and views
Sip & Forage grand opens on Saturday. This is a relatively new food cart pod on SW 5th Avenue between SW Hall and College, and the former location of a Wells Fargo Bank. They soft opened August 24 but are doing their grand opening celebration tomorrow from 4pm to 8pm. They have an Airstream cocktail bar and food carts, and will do a raffle, offer drink specials, and food samples. 1900 SW 5th Avenue, Portland
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Welcome back! Here are our August 2026 story updates—who has opened, who is still getting ready to open, and who has moved.
Angelina’s. We reported on this new restaurant from the Sesame Collective folks that is opening in the old Cosube space in Slabtown. They are still working hard but have pushed their expected opening to fall 2026. I’m really looking forward to stopping in when they do open. 1580 NW 21st Avenue, Portland
Previously: Angelina’s Will Open in Slabtown in Portland
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Grits N’ Gravy has closed. (Not to be confused with Gravy on N Mississippi.) This was a breakfast spot downtown next door to Souvlaki Queen. At first they thought they could do one more breakfast but they “have been given no leeway.” In their words, “Times have gotten hard and business has been declining since last August. We held on for as long as we could but we can’t keep going.”
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Earlier this year I saw that someone called “Mr. Chip PDX” had followed Bridgetown Bites on Instagram. With a name like that, I was instantly curious. Their describe themselves as providing “Rare and hard to find snacks in Portland, OR.” So who and what exactly are they? Read on to learn more.
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