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Chef Agir Restaurant and Bar Opened in Northeast Portland

The exterior of Chef Agir in NE Portland.

As I mentioned in late June, Chef Agir Restaurant and Bar, a new Kurdish/Turkish restaurant, would be opening in Portland. And that time has come—their soft opening was yesterday. They offer Kurdish/Turkish food and drink in the space on NE Fremont Street that most recently was home to En Vida.

I met with Ferda Evans, one of the persons behind the restaurant, and learned about what to expect from Chef Agir.

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Fat Milo’s Will Open a Second Location in NE Portland

The location of Fat Milo's on NE Fremont Street in Portland, Oregon. This is the old Morchella space.
The old Morchella space will become Fat MIlo’s. Photo credit: Fat Milo’s.

A Bridgetown Bites tipster reached out to tell me they had come across a posted liquor license application for a restaurant called Fat Milo’s. They will open up in the old Morchella space, bringing comforting diner food— with ingredients sourced from local farmers and makers—to NE Fremont and 13th Avenue, one of my favorite corners of the city.

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Another Restaurant Closure in Portland: Bang Bang

The amazing Crunchy Bang Bang salad.
The delicious Crunchy Bang Bang Salad.

While I was out of the office yesterday (a cancer survivor’s work is never done), the news dropped that Bang Bang, a sweet little spot that serves “Thai-inspired” food on NE Fremont—in what is technically Cully but feels more like Beaumont-Wilshire—is closing this month. The food and drink there, in my experience, is quite tasty, and I’m sorry to see them go.

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