Portland food news and views
Restaurant, bar, cafe, and food truck openings is the subject some of the most read Portland food news on Bridgetown Bites.
Bossa, which started as a specialty coffee roaster and continues to be so, will open a brick and mortar—part cafe, part cocktail bar. They’ll be located in Northwest Portland on the corner on NW 21st Avenue and NW Everett Street—not too far from Say When, which opened earlier this year.
I had a chance to chat with Emanuelle and Tilion Lieberman, Bossa’s owners. Here is what I learned from them.
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A Bridgetown Bites tipster pointed me to an announcement from Atlas Pizza: They will take over the Original Dream Pizza space in September 2026. Original Dream will close at the end of August.
This will be the fourth location for Atlas Pizza, and their first in Northeast Portland. Here is what we know.
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There’s a new Vietnamese cafe in East Portland’s Parkrose Heights neighborhood called Two Roosters, owned and operated by Khang Duong and Jun Robles. They opened their doors on Saturday, July 25 in a space on the north side of NE Halsey just up the street from classics like Gateway Breakfast House and Taipei Noodle Haus.
I stopped in over the weekend to check it out and found a light and airy cafe offering a selection of strong and tasty Vietnamese coffee drinks.
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I have seen the good news floating around the internet, but wanted to talk about it here, too: Bar Sprezzatura, from award-winning (James Beard Awards, Michelin stars) Chef Michael Mina, will move into the Heathman Hotel this fall.
This will be his only restaurant in the PNW. Here is what we know (and what to expect).
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A second location of Pamana, a Filipino American restaurant and bar currently operating inside the Hoxton hotel in downtown Portland, is opening in Northeast Portland. They’ll be in the space that most recently was home to Expatriate, a legendary and beloved bar on NE 30th Avenue near NE Killingsworth Street. I spoke with Pamana owners Geri and Ethan Leung about their plans and here is what I learned.
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