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The Portland Mercado’s Soup Festival Returns in 2023

There are a lot of food festivals in Portland but the Soup Festival (AKA Winter Soup Festival) is one of the tastiest. I’ve attended in the past and have tasted a number of delicious soups, and am eager to return for more. This year, the festival is Wednesday, January 25 to Sunday, January 29, all taking place at the Portland Mercado.

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Mattino’s Wine, From the Folks Who Brought You No Saint, Will Open in Buckman

Pizza from No Saint’s pop-up at Dame Restaurant in 2021.

While perusing my sources today I saw one document that had a big ol’ “No Saint” written on it. I thought, “Huh, that’s so familiar.” I wracked my brain and then it hit me—No Saint was the pizza/Italian eats pop-up I went to with my friend Annie many months ago. Turns out they are the same folks behind Mattino’s Wine, a “natural wine bottle shop + luncheonette” that will open on Hawthorne Blvd in the Buckman neighborhood.

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Goodbye Giant Gyros, Hello Fortune BBQ Noodle House

Perhaps we’ll see some great noodle soups at Fortune BBQ Noodle House. This is pork noodles from long lost Biang! in Flushing, Queens, where I would enjoy delicious noodles and dumplings. Photo credit: Bradley Hawks

While perusing the list of new businesses on the city’s website, I noticed a new restaurant, Fortune BBQ Noodle House. It had been registered with the OR SOS (Secretary of State), incorporated in June of this year. The address turns out to the be the same as Giant Gyros, which closed earlier this year. So, Montavilla is getting a new Chinese restaurant.

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