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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.

Nightclub Owner Eric Bowler Has Shut Down Two Bars in the Pandemic. He Can’t Be Sure He Won’t Have to Close More.

For Eric Bowler, closing a bar is like losing a family member. He’s suffered through two losses this year. Revelry, in Southeast Portland, shut down in June due to the economic fallout from COVID-19. Then last month, he and co-owner Kurt Huffman shuttered Fortune after a protracted legal battle with their landlord.

ChefStable and Dimo’s Apizza Chef Doug Miriello Are Launching a Delivery-Only Hot Chicken Restaurant

Charlie’s Hot Chicken is a food delivery partnership between Miriello, who also helms the kitchen at Dimo’s Apizza, and ChefStable Catering. Named after his 2-month-old son, Charlie, the project is something that he has wanted to launch for some time after witnessing the success of a friend’s hot chicken business in Boston.

Portland Dining Impresario Kurt Huffman Says Closing Restaurants at 10 pm Is “Unacceptable”

“That’s just going to be the death knell for sit-down restaurants,” Huffman says.

“Rock’n’Roll Burger Bar” Foster Burger Is Closing

Managerial changes, upcoming restaurant prospects and a proposition made by next door neighbor Thunderbird Bar to buy the space convinced ownership to sell

The Pop-Up from Acclaimed Danish Brewery Mikkeller Is the Talk of Portland Beer. But the Brews Don’t Live up to the Hype.

We all know Portland has one of the best beer scenes in the country, if not the world. Even for a renowned global brand, if you’re going to come here, you need to bring your A game. And what we’re getting from Mikkeller is a C-plus.

Murmurs: Kurt Huffman Sues Heirs to Hung Far Low Building

In other news: Grocery tax battle results in cease-and-desist letter.

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.

Foster-Powell Just Got a New Cocktail Spot Mixing Up Foster Burger and Vegan Barbecue

The design features modish light fixtures, orderly spirit shelves and the original painting of South Jersey racing legend Steve Elias by in-house artist Juan Casas.

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