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.
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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As I was driving home from a couple of morning errands, I noticed some “coming soon” signage on the building on the northeast corner of Fremont and NE 15th. A new Vietnamese restaurant, Pho Bar 405 is going to open up in that space that was previously occupied by Holy Goat Social Club.
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Photo credit: Sea Breeze Farm
As I was doing some research, I was very happy to come across the news that the folks from Sea Breeze Farm, originally from Vashon Island and now operating at NeverStill Ranch near Birkenfeld, Ore, have established themselves full time in NW Portland as Coq Au Vin. I’m really intrigued about their arrival and future offerings here in Portland.
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Photo credit: Denizens Cafe
I saw over on Instagram that Denizens Cafe, a new restaurant/eatery from the folks behind Rocky Butte Coffee Roasters, will launch their soft opening tomorrow, Thursday June 1. The cafe is going in where the OG Ben & Esther’s bagel shop was in Roseway.
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Çoban Salata at Lokanta
Welcome to a new edition of Small Bites, filled with tidbits and short news items. I’ve felt a little distracted lately, so this post serves, in part, as a place to store recent Portland food news. First, we’ll start with closures.
Closing or Shuttered. It’s hard to say goodbye to quality restaurants in this town, but it happens. Already closed are Grain & Gristle, Rabbits Cafe Killingsworth, and previously reported Rockabilly Cafe. Lokanta is in process of closing.
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