Portland food news and views
Photo credit: Swift and Union
This week, the folks behind Swift and Union announced that they have decided to close the restaurant. The final day of service will be Saturday, December 23, 2023.
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Tomato pie. Photo credit: Il Rosso
Not to be confused with “Lombardi’s” (trademarked as America’s First Pizzeria®) from NYC, Lombardo’s Pizzeria will be opening in the University Park neighborhood, offering up New Jersey-style pizzas and other Italian-American cuisine.
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Photo credit: The Arbor Lodge
The subject line puts it out there: The Arbor Lodge Coffee and Community Space, which is closed right now, and will re-open as Futura Coffee Roasters. This will become the second location for Futura, which opened up in the northern reaches of Montavilla about a year ago (in 2022).
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Photo credit: Sad Valley
A new bar named Sad Valley—a name apropos in our COVID era—is coming to North Portland’s Humboldt neighborhood. They submitted their liquor license application relatively recently, so the hope is that they will open before the end of summer.
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