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At Taquería los Puñales, the Taco Shop Tradition Gets a Queer Makeover

It took a few years, but Madrigal, now 45, has reconciled with his parents—and not only that, he’s joined the family tradition. In June, he and his business partner, Brian Aster, opened Taquería los Puñales on Southeast Belmont Street, making him a third-generation taquero.

Recently Shuttered Portland Dining Institution Le Bistro Montage Is Being Resurrected as a Food Cart

On Wednesday, the restaurant announced via Facebook that its chef is opening a cart at the Hawthorne Asylum food cart pod at SE 10th and Madison.

Sunshine Noodles Brings Unheralded Cambodian Street Food Into the Daylight on Mississippi Avenue

In the middle of it all is Sunshine Noodles, an avowedly irreverent, none too serious take on contemporary Cambodian food by chef and founder Diane Lam.

Lazy Susan Planned to Become the New Dining Anchor of Montavilla. Then the Pandemic Happened.

At Lazy Susan, the dust—proverbial and literal—hadn’t yet settled when Andrew Mace realized things might not go as planned.

Biig Gal Energy Is Portland’s Official Hookup for Sea Moss, the Wellness Ingredient Du Jour

Candis Hertz and Madison Castellanos always aspired to be their own bosses. Veganism helped make it happen.

Street Disco’s Cheeseburger Pie Filters Detroit Style Pizza Through Nostalgia for Little Caesar’s—and Tops It With Pickles and American Cheese

Early versions of the pizza concept were developed by the chef at the height of the initial coronavirus lockdown, used as a ploy to trade with winemaker friends in exchange for their bottles.

Chanti Darling Is a Portland R&B Powerhouse. In Quarantine, They’ve Added a New Credit to Their Résumé: Vegan Food Blogger.

In the first video on their newly created Instagram page Chanti Cooks, Chanticleer Trü makes a potato and carrot hash. Halfway through the tutorial, Trü takes a break from cooking to spritz their house plants, then turns the camera around and spritzes themself with water. “Unlike me,” Trü says about the pan-boiled root vegetables, “These guys are going to dry out.”

Kachka’s Outdoor Spinoff Is Like a Trans-Siberian TGI Friday’s

In 2018, Kachka—Bonnie and Israel Morales’ all-world love letter to 20th century Soviet cuisine, widely hailed as one of the best Russian restaurants in America—moved from its original home on Southeast Grand Avenue to the Goat Blocks development on Southeast 11th Avenue between Belmont and Taylor Streets. Their new home directly abutted a sprawling, inaccessible parking lot—a vacant asphalt canvas chef Bonnie Morales describes as “chronically underused.”

The Team Behind Nodoguro Has Unveiled Portland’s Sleekest New Dining Room. Maybe You’ll Get to Eat There Some Day.

At Ryan and Elena Roadhouse’s new restaurant, Tonari, the intricate details stack up to form a singular tableau.

The Top Places to Eat Outside This Week

Reopened Hot Plates, coming through!

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