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A New Project from Pok Pok’s Andy Ricker Opens in Northwest Portland This Month

Ping Yang Pow will be Ricker’s first non-Pok Pok project since his Division Street noodle house, Sen Yai, closed in 2016.

Portland Restaurateur Kurt Huffman Is Fighting Eviction from Chinatown’s Historic Hung Far Low Building

The building’s rehab was a collaboration between Huffman and then-owner JoAnne Hong, who died in late 2016. Now Huffman is suing Hong’s heirs and estate, saying they engaged in an elaborate scheme to oust Huffman and his business interests from the property by denying renovations and sneaking into the business after hours.

The New York Location of Iconic Portland Thai Franchise Pok Pok Is Closing

After six years, Portland restauranteur Andy Ricker is shuttering the New York location of his Pok Pok franchise, the New York Times first reported today.

Gilgamesh, Salem’s Biggest Brewery, Distributes Beer All the Way to Japan

Gilgamesh is epic.

Pok Pok Looks to Make a Pub in Beaverton, But You Probably Won’t Be Able to Eat There

A liquor license application filed Feb. 23 shows that Andy Ricker is planning an establishment called Pok Pok Pub at the address of Nike’s Beaverton campus, at One Bowerman Drive. This application follows the opening of Pok Pok Wing in Sellwood in 2016 and Pok Pok NW in the Pearl in 2017.

The New Pok Pok NW is the Andy Ricker’s Best Thai Restaurant Yet

If you’re paying $15.50 for wings, why not enjoy temperature control?

When Fancy Chefs Go Casual, They're Taking a Huge Risk

Here are four new casual spinoffs in Portland—two that are wonderful, two not so wonderful.

Sure, Pok Pok Used To Be Better—But It's Still Really Good

For more than a decade, Pok Pok wasn’t just the best Thai restaurant in Portland, but an unquestioned top-five spot in the city.

We Went For Tacos and Margs at the Six Most Bougie Taco Spots in Southeast—Here's the Best of Everything.

Some of the most contentious debates we’ve ever had about food in this city have involved ¿Por Qué No?, Xico and Taqueria Nueve.

Andy Ricker Blames Ethnic-Food Prejudice for Closing of His Sen Yai Noodle House

Andy Ricker’s Sen Yai Thai noodle house on Division Street will close May 9, he told local food writer Karen Brooks today. Ricker, of course, is the farang face of traditional, labor-intensive Thai fare in this country, with Pok Pok outposts not only throughout Portland but also in Los Angeles and New York. Sen Yai was the fourth leg … Continue reading Andy Ricker Blames Ethnic-Food Prejudice for Closing of His Sen Yai Noodle House

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