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The Top Five Places to Eat in Portland This Week

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The Top Five Places to Eat in Portland This Week

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Memoz Dessert Cafe Invites Customers to Customize Their Own Desserts. So We Went in to Make Portland’s Next Great Confection.

The brainchild of Seattle native Aaron Allina and his wife, Julie, Memoz doesn’t emit the homogenous ambience of seemingly every other eatery promising a customized experience. Instead, the space has a charming intimacy and, on our visit, was filled with families eagerly indulging in sweets or waiting patiently for their creations over a game of Uno.

Cameron Vigliotta June 18 at 6:00 PM

The Family That Controls Stumptown Coffee Is Grappling With Its Nazi Roots

JAB Holding Company bought a controlling stake in Stumptown Coffee in 2015.

Aaron Mesh June 16 at 9:36 PM

The Top Five Places to Eat in Portland This Week

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WW Staff June 12

Southeast Portland Institution Nick’s Famous Coney Island Has New Owners

Nick’s Famous Coney Island, the 84-year-old restaurant renowned for its chili-and-onion-smothered franks, has new owners. And they’ve got some plans for the place.

Andi Prewitt June 11

Ava Gene’s Reopens This Weekend After Two Months of Renovations

After a two-month closure for a build out and renovation, Joshua McFadden’s acclaimed Italian restaurant Ava Gene’s is reopening this Sunday.

Andi Prewitt June 7

Mount Angel’s Beer-Brewing Monks Are Bringing Their Beers to Portland for the First Time

Paley’s Place is hosting a multi-course dinner on June 27 featuring dishes made to pair with Benedictine Brewery’s beverages. The Northwest Portland restaurant is the only business that pours these blessed beers outside of the abbey.

Andi Prewitt June 6

The Top Five Places to Eat in Portland This Week

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WW Staff June 5

Anchor End Makes a Compelling Argument for Pretzels and Pierogis Being Portland’s Best New Brunch

Pretzels are the platonic ideal of an appetizer. They’re usually oversized and salty, and served with a sauce or two to encourage communal ripping and dipping. It’s rare to find them as the focal point of proper restaurants outside of Bavaria—but Anchor End Eurocafe is in the business of changing that.

Pete Cottell June 4

Bless Your Heart Burgers Is Opening a Second Location in Northeast Portland

Bless Your Heart, the much-praised burger joint from Toro Bravo and Tasty n Daughters impresario John Gorham, is opening a second location in Northeast Portland this summer, inside the small shack formerly occupied by Cannon’s Rib Express near the corner of Northeast Killingsworth Street and 33rd Avenue.

Matthew Singer May 31

Downtown Portland’s Biggest Food Cart Pod Is Closing at the End of June to Make Way for a Huge New Hotel

The pod is the latest casualty of Portland’s hotel boom, which has seen the construction of several sky-scraping new buildings, despite indications that supply is outstripping the demand.

Matthew Singer May 30

Chizu is Closing in Downtown Portland To Make Way for a Gourmet S’mores Shop

The business’s Facebook page announced that while it will be moving out of the building on Southwest Alder Street near 12th Avenue, Chizu will continue on as a pop-up.

Andi Prewitt May 29

The Top Five Places to Eat in Portland This Week

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WW Staff May 29

10 Reasons to (Re)Visit Vancouver

Vancouver has grown to become one of the defining cities in the Northwest, thanks to a robust economy and creative entrepreneurs putting down roots in the town. Old time Portlanders will be pleasantly surprised by this new Vancouver, with eclectic food offerings, playful street art and a backyard view of rivers and mountains.

Promotions May 29

With Yonder, Chef Maya Lovelace’s Famed Down-Home Cooking Loses a Bit of Its Personal Touch, but None of Its Flavor

Before you start to fret that Lovelace has gone and tinkered with the chicken, take a deep, calming breath and have a seat…because she tinkered with the chicken.

Andi Prewitt May 28

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