Roux 2026 Highlights Women, Returns This Weekend To Portland

A panel discussion from a past Roux.
Speakers at a past Roux in Portland, Oregon. Photo credit: Roux.

This weekend is Roux 2026, a (mostly) annual multi-day event that focuses on women in food. It is a “series of dinners, brunches, parties, panels and food-centric experiences.” This year it takes place from Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11 at locations in Northwest and Northeast Portland.

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Small Bites: Fiery Crab, Lost Lounge, Krampus, and More

Seafood boil at Fiery Crab.
Photo credit: Fiery Crab.

Fiery Crab is coming to Portland. A reader wrote us with this tip, “The old Shari’s on NE 122nd near San Rafael and in the Winco parking lot is becoming a new restaurant. It looked like some work had been happening there, but it had been quiet for a while. Today I saw a sign going up that I think said Fiery Crab.” That matches this Google listing—“temporarily closed” likely means it’s just not open yet.

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