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.

What Should Be Shake Shack’s Portland-Specific Menu Item?

Now, when the state’s first Shake Shack eventually opens in Southwest Portland, it’s debatable whether it would make the local top 10. Still, whenever I find myself in a city with a Shake Shack—New York, obviously, but also Philadelphia and Austin—I rarely pass it up.

The Most Important Portland Culture News of the Week, From Best to Worst

I’m a loner, Dottie. A rebel.

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.

Wings/ Chicken

Pok Pok

Even locals aren’t “over” these hyped fish sauce wings based on Northern Thai cuisine.

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.