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July 2026 Story Updates: Food Carts, Deli, Bars, and More

July 2026 Story Updates header image of downtown Portland.

For a while now, I’ve wanted to find a way to share updates on past stories we’ve published on Bridgetown Bites in some kind of regular, orderly way. Social media seems clunky for this, as it moves so fast, hence this new—and experimental—updates column. This month it’s called July 2026 Story Updates. Perhaps a little boring, but it’s straight and to the point.

They plan is to publish mid-month, once a month. Please let us know if you find this kind of thing helpful.

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Parkrose Grocery Is in the Plans for East Portland

Produce is in the plans for Parkrose Grocery.
Taken at 99 Ranch, the most recent new grocery store I’ve experienced in Portland. Parkrose Grocery could be the next new grocery store opening in Portland.

There’s been a lot of chitter chatter in my circles about plans for a new grocery store in the Parkrose neighborhood. The working name for it is Parkrose Grocery (though Parkrose Local Grocery has been considered) and it is a project by Don McKeever, who comes to it with a number of years of experience under his belt of running a large grocery store. I was curious to learn more, so after a few rounds of phone tag, we chatted for a bit about his ideas and plans for Parkrose Grocery

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