The New Zealand-style ice cream cart Nicos Ice Cream opens its highly anticipated brick-and-mortar location this weekend.
The New Zealand-style ice cream cart Nico’s Ice Cream opens its highly anticipated brick-and-mortar location this weekend. Nico’s Ice Cream

There’s plenty to be excited about in this week’s edition of food news, including a new Baerlic Brewing taproom and beer garden, a new location of Ben & Esther’s, a new cocktail bar from Old Gold and Paydirt co-owner Ezra Caraeff, a new brick-and-mortar location of Nico’s Ice Cream, and an upcoming Portland location of the Washington dumpling destination Dough Zone. Read on for all of that and more of the latest food updates. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide.

NEW OPENINGS AND RETURNS

Baerlic Brewing Alberta
This week, the “stubbornly independent” brewery Baerlic Brewing, named for an Old English word meaning “of barley,” unveiled its third location, a new taproom and beer garden on Northeast Alberta Street. The new spot is featuring eight beers on tap to start and hopes to expand to 16-20 in the coming months.
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