Summary: Portland Restaurant Openings and Closings, 2024

The dining room at Zula in Portland, Oregon. Portland restaurant openings and closings.
The dining room at Zula, which closed in October 2024.

Over the years, Bridgetown Bites has published numerous stories about Portland restaurant openings and closings. But what’s different about this year, is that I kept a simple list of those we covered, in reverse-chronological order. I thought it would be fun to look back on that list, and make a few observations.

Continue reading “Summary: Portland Restaurant Openings and Closings, 2024”

Steam Rice Roll King Opens in Portland’s Hazelwood Neighborhood

Steam rice roll at Steam Rice Roll King in Portland, OR.
Beef and egg steam rice roll. Photo credit: Charlie T on Yelp

While perusing my website’s alerts, I saw that EverOut had linked to my Dodo Dumpling story. Also in that post was something that majorly caught my eye: A new restaurant specializing in steam rice rolls has opened in Portland. It is called Steam Rice Roll King and is in the old Wadee space (next door to Lux Coffee Lounge) on SE Division.

Continue reading “Steam Rice Roll King Opens in Portland’s Hazelwood Neighborhood”