Chad Walsh

Mis Tacones’ Abram Bañuelos, El Guapo, and Carlos Reynoso Since the summer of 2016, Mis Tacones‘ Abram Bañuelos and Carlos Reynoso have been rolling out their signature vegan asada, cilantro lime, and al pastor tacos for special events for organizations like T.G.B. Portland, PICA, TBA, Queer Rock Camp PDX, and the vegan grocer Food Fight. […]

Canard Aaron Lee Who says December’s a slow news month? This week, the Mercury had lots of news to report. First, the folks behind the Lay Low Tavern are taking over The Vern on SE Belmont. We learned that Teote is opening up a spot in downtown’s Pine Street Market. Hollywood’s Hit the Spot burger […]

Rae’s Lakeview Lounge in Slabtown has either shut its own doors or someone else has closed them for them. The restaurant, popular among Slabtown residents, occupied a small corner in a largely residential neighborhood at 1900 NW 27th. It was known for dinner/diner classics like burgers and beef stroganoff and for its weekend brunch where […]

Jane Zhu A few weeks ago, the Mercury profiled Jeremy Sivers, the owner of the new Hollywood food cart Hit the Spot known for lending a helping hand to people who serve their communities and for putting Sivers’ own personal spin on a properly built classic cheeseburger. Now, we’ve learned that Sivers will launch a […]

If you wandered past Chapel Hill, the nearly seven-month-old bar on the 4300 block of SE Hawthorne on Tuesday night, you might’ve thought, “That’s weird. Why does this place seem closed?” Ditto to anyone who visited the bar’s website on Wednesday, which has been stripped of all information except for a biblical quote and this […]

Teote Aaron Lee Portlanders who work downtown are getting yet another option for last-minute lunches and end-of-day drinks when the arepa-happy bar, Teote, will open its third outlet in downtown’s Pine Street Market sometime very, very soon. Owner Matthew Latterell confirmed that his team is currently finalizing the build-out, and that Teote’s Pine Street location […]

Google Maps Good news, Old Portland. Those rumors you’ve been hearing (and possibly spreading) are untrue—namely that the building housing the SE Belmont dive, Hanigan’s Tavern, lovingly known as The Vern, will not be reimagined as some redeveloped multi-story condo building. According to Warren Boothby and Marcus Archambeault—the duo behind Gold Dust Meridian, the Lay […]

This week, superstar bartender, columnist, and author Jeffrey Morgentahler (Clyde Common, Pepe le Moko, Playboy) took to Twitter this week to ask his many guests, customers and colleagues, “What’s your deal?” As in: “Guys who sit with their back to the bar and stare at the crowd: what’s your deal?” and “Rich white ladies who […]

Two-and-a-half years ago, the NW 21st Taiwanese restaurant Ling Garden shuttered after 23 years to make room for a big development. Today it reopens with a brand new modern storefront in the exact same place. Sumei Cheng, the face of the family business, says Ling Garden will rely on its old family recipe box to […]

MEG NANNA It’s the final month of the year, and in the local food world that means “best of” lists for the year that was. (Eater just named its “best ofs,” and published its readers’ “best of” votes as well. Turns out you guys really like Hey Love.) But before we tackle the local scene, […]