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Salad Week 2026 is almost here! We’ll be turning our focus to salads later this month, from Monday, July 20 to Friday, July 24. Look for salad specials, roundups, some Vancouver action, and more.
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And there you have it—Salad Week 2025 has come to an end. We had a great time planning, researching, tasting, and enjoying salads in the Portland metro area, and sharing it all with you. Here’s our 2025 Portland Salad Week recap, plus our readers’ salad recommendations.
We hope you enjoyed this salad-centric week!
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Portland’s grocery stores compete fiercely for deli dominance, but which makes the best of the Portland deli salads? When Meg Cotner of Bridgetown Bites reached out about participating in Portland Salad Week, I jumped at the chance to settle this with an old-fashioned taste test.
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Beyond spotlighting Portland’s incredible culinary talent in the world of salads, we wanted to mix things up by handing the reins over to a couple of local Portland kids for the day. We asked them to share their own playful takes on salad.
While these next two creations may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “salad,” we love how imaginative, whimsical, and fun they turned out. After all, they’re straight from the minds of a seven and nine-year-old, which makes them as authentic as they come.
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We love going out for salad here at Bridgetown Bites, but sometimes it’s nice to make one at home. Here is this year’s collection of salad week recipes for you: a couple from local chefs, links to others, a vegan dressing recipe, and a salad from my own kitchen.
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