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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.

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.

New Seasons Market’s Central Kitchen Will Remain Closed Indefinitely But Workers Will Not Lose Pay or Benefits

New Seasons Market’s Central Kitchen, which supplies baked goods and prepared foods to Portland stores, will remain closed without a re-opening date.

Dóttir Aims to Combine the Cuisine of Iceland With Pacific Northwest Flavors. It’s Not as Unique as It Sounds.

Dóttir, the restaurant that occupies the lobby of Kex, the new “social hotel” with roots in Reykjavík at the east end of the Burnside Bridge, thankfully does not serve hakarl. In fact, there is little on its menu that’s distinctly Icelandic. Of course, not serving rotting fish flesh is a low bar for success. But so far, it’s one of the 2-month-old restaurant’s few notable achievements.

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.

Employees at Portland New Seasons’ Central Kitchen Say They Were Given Abrupt Notice That It Is Closed Indefinitely

On Sunday, Dec. 29, workers at New Seasons’ Central Kitchen showed up to work to find that they were not allowed to clock in.

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.

Before the Year Ends, We Revisited Five Restaurants That Switched Things up in 2019

A classic bistro switched locations and got healthy, a rock’n’roll diner stepped its game up and one of Portland’s only Burmese eateries found a permanent home.

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.

The Top Five Places to Get Chinese Food on Christmas Day in Portland

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