Courtesy Bernie’s Bernie’s Southern Bistro, Kellie Courtney’s homey Southern-inspired restaurant known as much for its glorious backyard patio as for its fried chicken, will shutter after dinner service on Sunday, October 7. Courtney tells the Mercury that the main culprit is—wait for it—rising rent. “Our building is old and needs quite a few critical updates. […]
Chad Walsh
Chad Walsh writes about Portland’s food scene and other stuff, too. He makes a mean carbonara and an even meaner chicken larb, and he’ll never muddle fruit in your Old Fashioned because he knows you deserve better.
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Openings, Closings, and Boozing on the Columbia: Your Weekly Food and Drink Wrap Up
Bye-bye to Wei Wei. Katie Summer This week, our cocktail critic <a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/lush-life/2018/08/29/22497034/crawling-the-columbia“>lamented the fact that Portland has so few riverfront restaurants and bars along the banks of the Willamette. But don’t worry, our other river, the Columbia has plenty, including Salty’s, Beaches, and Sextant. So put a beverage in your hand and watch the […]
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Your Weekly Food and Drink Wrap Up: Fine, We’ll Eat MORE Burgers
OK Omens Meg Nanna And you thought Burger Week, which wrapped up last Saturday, was over. We were wrong because this week, the Mercury <a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/last-supper/2018/08/22/22296002/ok-omens-portends-really-good-food-and-even-better-wine“>visited OK Omens, the new Castagna restaurant side project in the old Cafe Castagna space. While everything is pretty darn good, our critic praises its burger. From her lips to […]
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Burger Week Ends Tomorrow! And Here’s Your Weekly Food and Drink Wrap-Up
New Seasons Market’s “The Block Party” MEG NANNA You probably already know this, but it’s Burger Week! Also, Burger Week draws to a close tomorrow so get out there and eat! This week, the Mercury reported that restaurateurs Thang and Linh Tran are opening XinhXinh Vietnamese Bistro in close-in SE. Our wine writer reconsidered chardonnay […]
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Portland’s Tipsypop Will Launch Wine-Based Popsicle Business
via Facebook If Starbucks can market frappuccinos, why can’t some aspiring entrepreneur in wine country take advantage of the region’s climate and soil and market wine-based popsicles? That’s the logic of Tipsypop’s Heather Wolfsmith, who’s hoping to start making and selling all-natural boozy popsicles from her Portland test kitchen once the OLCC signs off on […]
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XinhXinh Bistro Will Bring Vietnamese Cuisine to Restaurant Mini-Mall on SE Madison
Thang Tran That little restaurant mini-mall on SE Madison near Lucky Labrador Brew Pub is about to get a new Vietnamese restaurant, according to the concept’s co-owner, Thang Tran. Tran says he and his girlfriend, Linh Tran, plan to open <a href="https://www.facebook.com/xinhxinhbistro/“>XinhXinh Vietnamese Bistro during the first week of September in a music box of […]
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Fast Burgers, Burger Week Burgers, and Old-Fashioned Crawfish Boils: Your Weekly Food and Drink Wrap-Up
Burnside Brewing’s “Cornholio Burger” | Photo by Meg Nanna It is happening again. Burger Week starts on Monday and lasts all the way through Saturday with 50 burgers from 50 different restaurants, bars, and strip clubs. What comes on a “Fat Brando” or a “Crazy Carl?” Want to know what the secret ingredient is on […]
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A Three-Hour Wait… for a Restaurant Filled with Empty Tables?
In my last two columns, I explored the etiquette of outdoor seating and best practices for indoor seating. This month, I’m taking a deep dive into a topic that has certainly resulted in some of you stomping off in a semi-quiet rage: walking into a restaurant full of empty tables and still being given a […]
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The Boiling Bowl is Bringing Pho Back to NW 21st
Courtesy the Boiling Bowl A few months ago, Vietnamese restaurant Toast & Pho shuttered after several years in business beneath the Walgreens on the 100 block of NW 21st. But pho is soon returning to the space, thanks to Andrew Vu who says he and his family plan on opening their own Vietnamese restaurant, the […]
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The Week in Food News: Burgers, More Burgers, and a Whole Lotta Peruvian Food
Casa Zoraya Aaron Lee This week, the Mercury <a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/last-supper/2018/08/01/21724240/bright-colors-and-brighter-flavors-at-casa-zoraya“>dropped by Casa Zoraya, the new family run Peruvian restaurant on Lombard and found that the “food and the drink put even the brilliant colors of the décor to shame: nutty, rich, coolly spiced aji sauces had me wondering if ‘amarillo’ was somehow more yellow than […]
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RingSide Fish House is Closing Next Month—But Going Out With a Bang Today
foodandwinephotography /iStock / Getty Images Earlier this week, Eater <a href="https://pdx.eater.com/2018/7/30/17631270/seafood-restaurant-ringside-fish-house-closing-fox-tower-downtown“>reported some bummer news that <a href="http://www.ringsidefishhouse.com“>RingSide Fish House, the seafood-y cousin to RingSide Steakhouse, is closing its doors at its Director Park location after seven years of business. However, it’s going out with an early bang this afternoon when its kitchen crew faces off […]
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Weekly Food News Wrap Up: Restaurant Resurrections, Expansions, and More!
Courtesy Corzetti What a busy week, so let’s dig right in. This week, the Mercury reported that Donut o Rama is poised to return with a Pearl District brick-and-mortar after a six year absence. We dropped by Corzetti, Johnny Nunn’s new Italian eatery where we think you should visit for the lasagna sandwich alone. And […]