A Bridgetown Bites tipster messaged me with the news that new pizzeria is coming to the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood: The Dullahan Pizza Pub. They’ll be taking over the space that was home to Gladstone Street Pizza & Saint Pizza Lounge.
Another month, another list of top 5 posts on Bridgetown Bites. It was another good month as far as traffic goes, with over 16,000 unique visitors generating close to 21,000 page views. Attention was on an interesting mix of things in July—openings, closings; new and old-ish posts; plus supermarkets.
As always, thanks so much for visiting, reading, and sharing articles and content from the site—appreciation for our tipsters, too!
A new snack shop is coming to Portland’s Central Eastside district of the Buckman neighborhood in SE Portland: Sweet & Salty PDX. Their soft opening in pop-up form will take place tomorrow, Friday July 26. As their name indicates, they will be offering sweet and salty things to snack on, as well as a few more substantial items. Note: New hours are Tuesday to Thursday 10am to 6pm and Friday to Saturday 10am to 8pm. Their Instagram has more photos of the treats.
Some of the prettiest donuts you’ll find. Photo credit: Mikiko Mochi
A little late on this, but I wanted to talk about it anyway, because it’s good news: Mikiko Mochi Donuts is now open in Beaverton, home to their second brick & mortar shop. And their donuts are delicious. You’ll find them in the West End District mixed-use building complex.
A new cafe called Lei Brilla is looking to open in Northwest Portland. Envisioned as “a warm and inviting haven” they plan to offer “light, healthy fare” in the building on NW Thurman and 24th Avenue.
As we reported in June, Argay favorite the Wooden Chicken Pub closed after over 40 years in business. But recent paperwork filed with the City of Portland gives indication that this popular watering hole could come back from the dead. In answer to that speculation, I heard confirmation on August 1 that this is indeed true—The Wooden Chicken is returning! Note: This article has major updates.