Naomi Pomeroy May Have Shut Down Her Iconic Prix-Fixe Restaurant, but She Isn’t Abandoning the City’s Food Scene Anytime Soon.
Naomi Pomeroy wasn’t necessarily ready to say goodbye to Beast when it closed indefinitely in March due to COVID-19. But she wasn’t going to shed a tear over it, either. Instead of pivoting to takeout, like many Portland restaurants were forced to do to try to ride out the pandemic, Pomeroy has spent the past eight months focusing on how to keep the industry alive.