The Hoxton's rooftop restaurant and bar Tope reopened with a new chef this week. Credit: Tope

The Hoxtons rooftop restaurant and bar Tope reopened with a new chef this week.

The Hoxton’s rooftop restaurant and bar Tope reopened with a new chef this week. Tope

This week in Portland food news, Top Chef: Portland premieres, CC Slaughters is making a triumphant return, and Masia closes for good. Plus, Tope reopens, Dirty Lettuce is opening a new location, and a new barbecue pop-up is coming to town. Read on for all that and more culinary updates. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide.

NEW OPENINGS AND RETURNS
Birrieria Jalisco
Portland’s birria craze continues unchecked: This new cart opened in mid-March, joining other recently opened birria carts like Birrieria Pepe Chile and Birreria PDX. The menu includes birria plates, bowls, vampiros, mulitas, burritos, quesadillas, birria en caldo, “spiders,” tacos, and more.
Southeast
Pickup

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