E-Scooter Companies Lime and Bird Have Suspended Operations in Portland Lime and Bird have announced that they’ve suspended operations indefinitely, while Razor is cutting back its fleet. Spin, however, will continue to operate as normal.
Lime Has Significantly Dropped Pay Rates for the Contractors Who Charge its Scooters When Lime first launched in Portland, the lowest rate was $5 per scooter, and $7 payouts were common. Now, the bottom rate for juicers has dipped to $2.
Another E-Scooter Company Has Dropped Out of Portland’s Pilot Program In an email, Shared CEO Braydon Butungbacal wrote that the Tacoma start-up is pulling its scooter from Portland’s streets “due to extreme difficulty in further fundraising to support the venture to continue to grow it.”
Mama Bird’s Chicken Splits the Difference Between Comfort Food and Health Food You’re guaranteed to leave smelling like a campfire—an issue that forced Gabriel Pascuzzi to briefly shutter the restaurant shortly after opening last fall, following complaints about the smoke from his neighbors.
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.
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