Uwajimaya downtown?
CBF@Portlandfoodanddrink.com is optimistic that Uwajimaya has a fighting chance to open a flagship location in Portland’s Chinatown.
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Bullet Bounces Off Chef Paul Prudhomme. (Via Flynn @PF.org) Chef Paul Prudhomme was grazed by a bullet Tuesday, but the bullet didn’t do any damage, according to Jefferson Parish deputies. The chef was...
View Article“Real” ramen coming soon to PDX?
Well, not PDX proper, but Beaverton. At lunch today at Hakatamon I spotted a notice (it was inserted into every menu) that starting April 1, they will be introducing hakata style tonkotsu ramen, in...
View ArticleEat mobile
Tomorrow night is Willamette Week’s Food Cart Festival. Eat and drink, all for a good cause. For those who don’t work downtown (or near Mississippi Ave) 9–5/M–F, it’s a good opportunity to sample the...
View ArticleHmart Korean superstore coming to Tigard
Peckish at PFD has posted that Hmart will be coming to Tigard (99W, south of the 217). They will open June 6th. Think Uwajimaya, with a Korean focus. LTH thread that discusses the HMart in Chicago....
View ArticlePing
Pok-Pok owner and Weiden + Kennedy partner join forces for Chinatown eatery. (Oregon Live, hat tip to Food Dude) Pok Pok owner Andy Ricker is teaming with John C. Jay, Weiden+Kennedy’s branding guru,...
View ArticleFive Guys coming to Beaverton
Via Danta Amorphic at PortlandFoodandDrink.com, Five Guys Burger and Fries is opening a Beaverton location.
View ArticleKaboodle
This is for us Portlanders who are currently paralyzed with fear by the recent snow and ice: Snow and cold have you stuck at home? Have shopping still to do? Let us do it for you, and we’ll ship it …...
View ArticlePing opens today
I am a big fan, as are most Portlanders, of Pok Pok/Whiskey Soda Lounge on SE Division, which churns out some of the most delicious southeast Asian (primarily Thai) in this burg. Ping–a new restaurant...
View ArticlePomeroy@Beast
Via PDXPlate, Naomi Pomeroy of Portland’s own Beast has been nominated has been awarded for Food&Wine’s Best New Chef award a Food&Wine’s Best New Chef award.
View ArticleNew food cart alert…Burgerville?
Burgerville goes mobile with food truck. (Oregon Live) Burgerville will introduce a mobile food truck on Thursday near Tom McCall Waterfront Park, inspired by the food carts that have blossomed on...
View ArticleWe got EATED
Looks like Eater’s near-term expansion plans included our very own burg (Eater PDX). Must have been all those breathless articles written in the New York Times over the last few years.
View ArticleInterview w/John Gorham
Small Bites: Q&A with John Gorham, galette des rois, vouvray brut and more. (OregonLive.com) This guy is an inspiration.
View ArticleMirakutei to open up on E. Burnside
Hiro Ikegaya to open Mirakutei. (Portland Monthly) Ikegaya says the focus is Sapporo-style ramen noodles, sushi rolls and “Japanese tapas with contemporary Southern California creativity,” a specialty...
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