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Celebrated Japanese Ramen Shop Afuri Is Opening a Location in Northwest Portland

Afuri, the Japanese ramen chain that first entered the American market four years ago with a spot in Southeast Portland, is coming to Slabtown. Building permits show that the franchise is opening a new location inside the Carson Apartments at 2121 NW Savier St.

Long Displaced Cafe Beeswing Is Reopening in Sellwood This Weekend

Beeswing’s strange and confusing saga seems to be coming to an end.

Stoopid Burger Is Closing This Weekend, but a New Venture From One of Its Former Owners Is Coming This Spring

Co-owner John Hunt now tells WW that Stoopid Burger is ending its run because he and business partner Danny Moore have decided to part ways: “We had a good run, it just didn’t work out.”

Add Aviv to the List of Portland Restaurants Guy Fieri Visited Last Week

It’s Guy Fieri hunting season in Portland! Every few years, the frost-tipped, flame-roasted host of Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives—”Triple D” for short—blesses our burgh with his presence, rolling through town in his Chevy Camaro in search of new restaurants to annex to Flavortown.

Southeast Portland Brunch Staple Screen Door Is Opening a Second Location in the Pearl

Soul food staple Screen Door is opening a second location in the Pearl District next summer. It’ll be located at 1139 NW Couch Street, around the corner from Powell’s, in the former home of short-lived burger spot Holstein’s.

Southeast Division Mainstay Bar Avignon Is Closing

If you thought we could get out of 2019 without another longstanding Portland business unexpectedly shutting its doors for good, well, bad news: After more than a decade on Southeast Division Street, wine bar and bistro Bar Avignon will close following service on Dec. 31.

Portland Lost a Lot of Great Restaurants This Year. These Are the Four Dishes We’ll Miss the Most.

R.I.P. Johnna Wares’ fried kale.

An All-Vegan Food Cart Pod Is Opening in Cully

Cully’s Shady Pines Food Court will be home to six vegan carts, serving everything from soft serve, ramen and Southern-inspired comfort food. The pod is run by the owners of Fatsquatch, a cart previously located on Belmont that serves up decadent plant-based dishes like loaded ribbon fries, grits and barbeque faux chicken.

Portland Ice Cream Company Salt and Straw Has a New Investor, and It’s Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson

The Most Electrifying Man in Popular Entertainment, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, is now an investor in the city’s favorite ice cream maker, Salt & Straw.

It’s Official: Starting This Thursday, You’ll Be Able to Get In-N-Out 45 Minutes from Portland

Oh God, it’s finally happening—In-N-Out is here. Well, not here here, but close enough. Over a year after confirming that the exalted West Coast burger chain would be opening just 45 minutes from Portland, it was announced today that the franchise’s new location in the Salem suburb of Keizer will begin serving Animal Style 3x3s this Thursday, Dec. 12.

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