This week, the Mercury 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 ‘yellow,’ and if ‘verde’ actually meant ‘the greenest green you’ve ever seen.’” In other words, go there now. Author Heather Arndt Anderson teamed up Instagram fast food reviewer Bill Oakley for a schwarma burger crawl at the SW Alder cart pod. Their takeaway, “Don’t overlook the burger on a shawarma cart menu!” And speaking of burgers, Burger Week is coming back. This year, 50 restaurants and bars are offering up $5 signature one-of-a-kind and one-time only burgers, which’ll get flipped from Monday, August 13 to Saturday, August 8.

Speaking of Casa Zoraya, Willamette Week also dropped in. Their takeaway? The menu may be small, but the kitchen “takes each dish seriously.” Also, it suggests going with a large party of up to six people. Why? To order as many menu items as possible so you can experience everything the kitchen has to offer.

PoMo had the news that the folks behind 180, the mighty xurro shop, is on the hunt for a new space, having left its old NE Broadway digs with designs to move the concept closer to Ataula, their Slabtown Spanish restaurant.

Finally, Eater reported the Bhuna pop-up is going brick-and-mortar in the coming weeks in the old Dick’s Kitchen space on NW 21st. It had the news that Burger Stevens, the beloved burger food cart, will start running the kitchen at Dig A Pony. It reported that RingSide Fish House is closing at the Fox Tower on August 12 after seven years in business. And it reported on a story that had the longest legs this week, namely that a PSU student’s friend posted a now-deleted Facebook post alleging that Dustin Knox, the co-owner of Cartopia’s Chicken & Guns food cart, threatened to call the police on the student who Knox claimed was loitering. Sound familiar? And yes, the student is Black. After that story broke, Title Bout, Chicken & Guns’ restaurant consultant company, placed Knox on leave while they investigate the incident, and Knox issued a public apology. Finally, it published the student’s side of the story. Turns out he was waiting for the cart to open for lunch as he killed time after finishing his criminal justice file at the college.