Portland food news and views
One of my favorite food weeks is almost here, Portland Pizza Week, brought to you buy the Portland Mercury. This year Pizza Week starts Monday, April 18 to Sunday, April 24. Slices are $3 this year, with pies for 20 bucks. 28 different places are participating!
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Photo credit: Reeva
I’ve been watching this for a while now and wanted to share the news—Reeva, a “family-owned and operated food truck that will offer a variety of delicious coffee, breakfasts, lunch specials, and wood-fired pizzas, all with a touch of love and Latin-American inspired recipes.” They are open at 77th & Sandy, in the Blossom Landscape & Design parking lot, which also used to be home to a great Subaru mechanic (I miss them).
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I ate this pinsa soon after they opened in 2019.
I learned over the weekend that Montesacro, an Italian restaurant in the Pearl that served pinsa, a “precursor to the pizza,” has closed. They opened in late 2018. A note about the closing was spotted on the restaurant’s front door on Friday, March 25:
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Pizza from Lovely’s Fifty Fifty and donuts from Pip’s. Pizza photo credit: Lovely’s Fifty Fifty
Two of my favorite spots in Portland—ones I admire and feel warm fuzzies when I think about them—are departing pandemic limitations on indoor dining and I’m here to yell that from the rooftops of this little blog. Those two businesses are Lovely’s Fifty Fifty and Pip’s Original.
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Flour Market’s cafe in the Concordia neighborhood. Photo credit: Flour Market
A variety of tidbits crossed my desk this week, and now I’m passing them on to you (in place of my regular “Four Things” column).
Changes to the Kells Building sale. The Portland Business Journal reported on a meaningful adjustment to the for sale listing of the building that is home to Kells Irish Restaurant and Pub. The owners, Gerard and Lucy McAleese, wanted to sell the building but keep the business going, but that has changed. The property listing indicates: “Though the Glisan Building will be delivered vacant upon sale, it is currently home to renowned Kells Irish Restaurant and Pub, presenting an excellent opportunity for a restaurant/bar, event space, or creative office space.” 112 SW 2nd Avenue, Portland
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