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Pok Pok Is Gone, but Andy Ricker’s Other Restaurant Is Getting a Sudden Second Life

Grilled stuff on sticks was a particular pleasure at Ping: bacon-wrapped quail eggs with spicy mayo, simply salted chicken hearts, little pork meatballs, baby octopi dressed in a tongue-searing chile-lime sauce.

ChefStable Is Reviving John Gorham’s “Tasty” Restaurant Brand in Lake Oswego

Two former Toro Bravo employees have partnered with Kurt Huffman’s omnipresent ChefStable group to resurrect the Tasty brand in Lake Oswego.

Andy Ricker Is Closing Pok Pok’s Last Remaining Restaurants, Bringing an End to One of Portland’s Preeminent Food Empires

The phrase “end of an era” has been perhaps overused the last few months, but in this case, it’s especially appropriate: Pok Pok is no more.

Pok Pok Will Permanently Close Most of Its Restaurants in Portland

Pok Pok, the iconic restaurant that introduced Portland to the cuisine of Northern Thailand when it opened on Division Street in 2005, is permanently closing nearly all of its locations in the city, save its flagship dining room and Pok Pok Wing in Southeast Portland.

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?

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