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Long-Running Gastropub EastBurn Has Closed

Open since 2008, the bar was home to weekly comedy nights, open mics, and trivia, as well as brunch and Bloody Marys.
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The EastBurn, a gastropub, taproom, and host to multiple weekly community events, has closed. Though a sign on the business’s door states that the bar is closed for “Staff Meeting & Maintenance,” a former employee who wished not to be named confirmed the permanent closure to the Mercury on Wednesday, June 10, citing slow business […]

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Food News: Longtime Güero Cook Detained by ICE

Plus, a new Thai-inspired cocktail bar with Trinidadian bites opens, and Alpenrausch will close.
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Just a couple weeks ago, we wrote that ICE had detained Khao Niew Lao food cart owner “Nong” Thavatsay Phimmoungkhoun, known by many as a fixture of the PSU community. And this week, another ICE detention has hit another Portland family and the local food community hard.  Torta restaurant Güero posted on Instagram on May […]

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Good Girl Is the Central Eastside’s New “Slutty Goth Dive Bar”

Good Girl takes over the spot formerly occupied by Home, A Bar.
Avatar photo by Ben Coleman

There’s a Playboy from 2003 sitting at the end of the bar, across from a cluttered gallery wall of gilded religious iconography lit by a row of guttering candles. Golden light flickers across the millennial centerfold’s golden skin as she poses demurely on pale satin sheets. At the door, a couple of drag queens are […]

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Food News: Portland Food Cart Owner Detained by ICE

Plus, city council considers banning foie gras, Pamana launches dinner service, and In-N-Out is now open in Vancouver.
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This week, we have devastating food news to report: a local food cart owner was detained by ICE last week and is being held in Tacoma’s ICE facility. The cart will close permanently, and the owner is expected to be deported to Laos. It feels silly to talk about restaurant openings and closings in the […]

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Food News: Smashburgers at Steely’s and Chicago Tavern Pizza at Proof Launch This Week

Plus, famed farm-to-table restaurant Higgins is up for sale, and other food news from the past two weeks.
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The past couple weeks have been booming with restaurant openings. Steely’s looks like a promising new spot for smashburgers, while Proof Pizza’s thin-crust, square-cut Chicago tavern-style pizza is finally available for dine-in. Plus, Pipsqueak Bagels is open at long last. Here’s what’s new, what’s changed, and what’s closed since our last food news roundup. Upcoming […]

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What’s New in Portland Restaurants, Bars, and Bakeries, March 18-31

James Beard award updates, a new teahouse in town, and an award-winning chef moves to a little corner restaurant.
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Spring is a season of transition, as Mercury music contributor Ryan J. Prado reminded us during his latest biweekly Spin Cycle column. And there sure have been a lot of changes over the past couple weeks since our last big food news roundup. Along with James Beard award updates and a quick shoutout to Franz […]

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Uh-Oh! The Mercury’s SANDWICH WEEK Ends This Sunday! Hurry Up and EAT!

Get your creative, one-of-a-kind sandwich creations— they’re only $8 each!
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IT’S A FACT: The pinnacle of human ingenuity is undoubtedly THE SANDWICH. And at long last, it’s time to celebrate humankind’s greatest feat with the Portland Mercury‘s Sandwich Week! (Brought to you by our pals at Jim Beam and EverOut!) And if you love sandwiches, you are gonna lose your damn mind, because happening RIGHT […]

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The Mercury’s SANDWICH WEEK Is Happening! Like, RIGHT NOW! 🥪 😋

Creative, one-of-a-kind sandwich creations all week long—and they’re only $8 each!
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IT’S A FACT: The pinnacle of human ingenuity is undoubtedly THE SANDWICH. And at long last, it’s time to celebrate humankind’s greatest feat with the Portland Mercury‘s Sandwich Week! (Brought to you by our pals at Jim Beam and EverOut!) And if you love sandwiches, you are gonna lose your damn mind, because happening RIGHT […]

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Get Ready! The Mercury’s SANDWICH WEEK Arrives This Monday, June 5! 🥪

What? Delicious, creative sandwiches from Portland’s top sammy makers for only $8 each? YES, PLEASE.
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IT’S A FACT: The pinnacle of human ingenuity is undoubtedly THE SANDWICH. And at long last, it’s time to celebrate humankind’s greatest feat with the Portland Mercury‘s Sandwich Week! (Brought to you by our pals at Jim Beam and EverOut!) And if you love sandwiches, you are gonna lose your damn mind, because from Monday […]

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