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Micah Camden Is Partnering With NFL Star Ndamukong Suh to Open a New Restaurant Downtown

In September, Micah Camden—the man behind Blue Star Donuts, Boxer Ramen and Super Deluxe—will open Bae’s Chicken in the former home of the Ash Street Saloon, the downtown rock club at 225 SW Ash Street that closed at the end of 2017. His partner in the project? NFL star Ndamukong Suh.

The Alder Street Food Carts Have Found a New Home

Today, Friends of the Green Loop announced that the city has secured a home for the carts along the area of the North Park Blocks referred to as Ankeny Square. About 30 carts will be situated along Southwest Park Avenue, 8th Avenue and Ankeny Street, just a stone’s throw from their previous location.

Portland International Airport Is Getting a Slew of New Business as Part of Its Concourse Construction

This week, the Port of Portland announced that it was beginning lease negotiations with nine new businesses. Seven are expected to open in June 2020 as part of the 830-foot extension of Concourse E, which will also include six additional gates and more charging stations.

Ranch Pizza Is Bringing Its Detroit-Style Pies to Northwest Portland

Ranch Pizza, which currently serves its deep-dish, square-shaped Detroit-style pies out of a heavily-trafficked spot in Northeast Portland, is opening a second location in Nob Hill, at 916 NW 21st Ave. They’ll be moving into the space formally occupied by 21st Avenue Bicycles, which closed last year after a decade in business.

Iconic Oregon Coast Roadside Diner Otis Cafe Caught Fire on the Fourth of July

On Thursday night, Lincoln City’s iconic Otis Cafe went up in smoke. North Lincoln Fire and Rescue responded to the fire just before 8 pm on July 4. An investigation is currently underway to determine the cause.

“Rock’n’Roll Burger Bar” Foster Burger Is Closing

Managerial changes, upcoming restaurant prospects and a proposition made by next door neighbor Thunderbird Bar to buy the space convinced ownership to sell

Portland Ice Cream Shop Fifty Licks Is Raising Money to Help Children Detained at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Portland business Fifty Licks Ice Cream is holding a fundraiser Saturday, July 29 where 50 percent of the sales of cups and cones will be donated to Kids in Need of Defense. The organization helps children like those who’ve been taken from their parents under the Trump administration’s practice of family separation, working to ensure minors don’t appear in immigration court alone and uphold their right to due process.

A Fundraising Campaign Hopes to Raise $300,000 to Relocate the Alder Street Food Carts

The proposal—effectively a collaborative effort between Commissioner Chloe Eudaly’s office and Friends of the Green Loop, the initiative to create a six-mile “urban trail” through the city—would move 37 of the 40 carts to the two blocks between West Burnside and Northwest Davis streets on Northwest Park Avenue.

Northeast Portland Dining Staple Autentica Will Close in July After More Than a Decade in Business

After 13 years of service, Autentica—the beloved Concordia neighborhood Mexican restaurant—is preparing to close its doors.

You Can Now Buy the Same Ingredients Used at Some of Portland’s Best Restaurants at a Newly Opened Speciality Market

The Real Good Food market, located in the Burnside Bridgehead neighborhood, is an expansion of Jim Dixon’s distribution business of the same name. For two decades, he’s been supplying the kitchens of Nostrana, Le Pigeon, Beast and much more, first selling bottles of olive oil out of his Northeast Portland garage with weekly dock sales available to home cooks who were in the know.

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