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February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

Top 5 Posts on Bridgetown Bites, January 2025

Welcome to our first monthly summary in 2025 of top posts on Bridgetown Bites! As usual, it’s restaurant status heavy, but also our Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day roundups did well. The hope is these kinds of posts help you out when you are looking for things to do during those celebratory times.

To be honest, I was expecting the start of the year to be a little slower than last month, as January tends to be slow in a lot of sectors. So imagine my surprise to see the numbers had a nice bump since December: Close to 31,000 unique visitors generated 43,000 page views. That’s approximately a 9% and 11% increase, respectively.

Thanks for reading, sharing, commenting, and of course—sending tips. And Happy Year of the (Wood) Snake, everyone!

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Restaurants Opening in Portland in 2025: What We’re Looking Forward To

Looking through the front door at Pleasure Mountain.

I thought I’d take a little time to share some of the restaurants opening in Portland in 2025 that I am particularly looking forward to. As we move further away from the pandemic—though COVID is not gone, by any means—I have hopes that its volatility that affected the city’s restaurants for too long is truly in the rearview mirror. And that other issues (like break-ins) can be addressed by our new city council. This year’s list includes a public market, a new coffee shop, Indigenous fine dining, and more.

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025

Small Bites: Update on Arrowood, Flock Food Hall, Cassoulet, and More

Update on Arrowood. After I was asked if I had heard any updates from Arrowood (my emails remain unanswered), a neighbor indicated that they had seen a listing online for the Arrowood space. I checked it out, and found a listing on Crexi entitled, “For Lease: Turnkey Restaurant & Bar for Lease.” So, looks like we have the answer: They are done. Truly unfortunate for the neighborhood. 5846 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland

October 2, 2024June 3, 2025

Pleasure Mountain To Offer Indian Cocktails and More in NE Portland

The exterior of 5513 NE 30th Avenue, future home to Pleasure Mountain in Portland, Oregon. — The future home of Pleasure Mountain. Photo credit: Jim French

Pleasure Mountain, a new bar focusing on Indian cocktails and food, will open on NE 30th Avenue just north of Killingsworth. This is the space that most recently was home to Teote Tavern, which closed this past July. I had a chance to speak with Jim French, Pleasure Mountain’s owner, last week. Here’s what I’ve learned.