For now, it looks like Bunks Water Ave location is still going strong, and the brand recently opened a location in Bridgeport Village. The Portland outpost of celebrated Seattle restaurant group Relay, Revelry will not reopen after the coronavirus crisis ends. At the end of the journey, we know we created something special here and enjoyed serving you all. The maximalist Southeast Division Street restaurant Malka, known for its globetrotting menu, will close on February 26. Kana Hinohara Hanson and Gabe Rosen have said goodbye to their tiny Japanese convenience store, Giraffe. Paley's Place: Closed Friday and Saturday Firehouse: Closed through the weekend MF Tasty: Closed through the weekend Rose + Lincoln: Closed Friday through Sunday Thai Champa:. However, Chicken & Guns is closing its second spot, citing hiring difficulties. The restaurant recently appeared as a filming location for the new, Portland-based season of Top Chef. This will allow us to put more energy into Tanglewood and the Williams cafe.. The Guamanian restaurant within Oakshire Beer Hall closed October 2 after two years. Open since 1979 in the Eliot neighborhood, Sloans Tavern closed on December 30, after owner Shirley Sloan sold the property to a developer; she plans to retire. However, the owners have communicated that the business will reopen in a new location. Blue Star has shut down four of its doughnut shops permanently: The NW 23rd location, the brands fourth store, permanently closed in early May, followed by the downtown, Multnomah Village, and Progress Ridge locations a month later. Portland Restaurants Closing Due to the Heat Friday During the late July heat wave, many Portland restaurants and food carts have fought hard to stay open, at least partially. Portland's Saddest Restaurant and Food Cart Closures in 2022, According to Food Writers and Influencers By Eater StaffDecember 20, 2022 Northwest Portland Pop-Up-Turned-Restaurant Sunshine. A Tabor neighborhood standby for cheese boards, snacks, and pantry staples, Cheese Bar announced that it would close in January 2021. The vegan cart serving jackfruit sandwiches and shrimp tacos closed permanently on November 14, so the owner could focus on her two other carts (the two Mocking Bird locations). This was not an easy decision to come to, but it is the prudent thing to do at this juncture for our company, a newsletter read. Sunshine Noodles, one of Portlands only Cambodian restaurants, will have its final regular service Wednesday, December 14. This local Thai chains downtown location closed in early 2021. You havent seen the last of us we just need some time.. Vegan friendly cafe Pixie Retreat, known for its travel-sized bowls and desserts, has closed its front-facing cafe in favor of wholesale business. Weve been holding on for dear life since the world turned upside down, but unfortunately, we just cant hold on any longer, a closing announcement on the restaurants Instagram reads. Read this story for a full rundown of the closure. We had a good run. This Lake Oswego waterfront restaurant, which belonged to the same parent company as Stanfords, closed on October 19. The team has not responded to requests for comment. After a lengthy pandemic-related hiatus, Bistro Agnes has permanently closed. The saying is winners never quit, and quitters never win, but contrary to popular belief, I think quitting is for winners. This groundbreaking vegan pizza cart closed January 30. Sisters of the Road has struggled to keep our cafe open since the start of the pandemic in 2020, writes acting executive director Kat M. Even as we continued to do advocacy work, our community sorely felt the absence of a reliable dining and community space. Thanks for everything, Portland, the Instagram post announcing the closure reads. Im afraid Im even beginning to doubt that there is space for me in this town, owner Khaled Alshehab wrote in an Instagram post. The Kruse Way location of Flying Elephants closed February 18 after a whopping 17 years in that location. Southeast Portland restaurant Malka to close after three years by: Jashayla Pettigrew. Read more on the closure here. Due to icy driving conditions, Coquine and Coquine Market Caf will be closed for dinner service on Thursday, February 23rd. Having the privilege to cook and serve the Woodstock Community for the past 13 years has been an honor.. Nonprofit cafe Sisters of the Road has closed its Old Town-Chinatown location with plans to reopen in a new location in the neighborhood. Its cafe near the Tram continues to operate. The sandwich shop from Top Chef alum Gabriel Pascuzzi closed for good on December 19. This longstanding Southern-Cajun restaurant under the Morrison Bridge has permanently closed after 27 years in business. The taproom went on hiatus in the fall, and owner Geoff Phillips put the building on the market. Read more about the closure here. My hope is that me and my family will continue to revive ThiccBoi in creative ways moving forward! a closing announcement reads. Downtown wine bar Park Avenue Fine Wines has moved out of the venerable location at the end of April. The restaurant closed one hour early, but an employee who stayed in Portland until midnight in hopes of waiting out the traffic didn't arrive home until 5 a.m., she said. The fairly new pizza cart at the Barley Pod closed March 31 after less than a year open though, according to an Instagram post, the brief tenure was intentional. Its Facebook page has disappeared, Kimpton has removed it from its website, and both Yelp and Google are reporting the restaurant as permanently closed. And incredibly sad that we cant continue. Instagram account for the restaurant doesnt note the closure, frozen dumplings and take-and-bake bread boats, Paley went on to close his seafood restaurant Headwaters and his most recent opening, a Mediterranean restaurant called Rosa Rosa, brewery has closed its North Williams pub, Beech Street Parlor closed in late September, three restaurants would not reopen in early July, now a sandwich shop open in the former Toro Bravo space, closed all of its Oregon tea shops in October, making way for the incoming juice bar Drink Mamey, Instagram post announcing the closure reads, has closed its North Mississippi location, Canton Grill closed in August after more than 75 years open, roaster is still selling beans on its website, It seems very likely that longstanding dim sum restaurant Wongs King has closed for good, a family friend of chef Fulai Wong told the Oregonian that the restaurant would not reopen, have said goodbye to their tiny Japanese convenience store, Giraffe, The Vancouver waterfront location of this seafood chain has permanently closed, Eugene-based waffle shop closed its SE Clinton cafe, the cafe has a GoFundMe page for its employees and owner, downtown, Multnomah Village, and Progress Ridge, company organized a GoFundMe to pay off its final debts and payroll, A Guide to Portlands Bar, Restaurant, and Food Cart Openings, Doug Fir Lounge Will Move Into the Former Bistro Montage Space, Yoonique Pho and Grill Opens on Division With Hard-to-Find Vietnamese Dishes, Black Restaurant Week Begins in Portland Today. When we opened 14 months ago, Portland was still in the depths of the pandemic, writes owner Steven Chin in a closing announcement on Instagram. Read the full story here. The closure is one of a list of high-profile restaurant shut down in 2020. Details about this soul food restaurants closure are unknown, but it has vacated its Pearl District location and the building has a for-lease sign in the window. The restaurant may return as a catering company down the line. The Waiting Room never announced a formal closure, on the website or on Instagram. Its with a heavy heart that we have to announce the closing of our beloved Psychic Bar, the closing announcement reads. Readers have noticed that Fillss downtown Portland location has quietly closed a for lease sign has even popped up in the Fills window. The last day of business was December 30. It is with much gratitude and a heavy heart to share that Sunshine Noodles will be closing its doors, owner and chef Diane Lam announced in an Instagram post. Portland Seafood Company opened in 2011 in Restaurants Unlimiteds portfolio, which also owns restaurants like Portland City Grill and Stanfords. This was a tough decision to make, as I have learned from and grown so much from this experience. The restaurant last posted in November, but an Oregonian story about an opening in its place indicates that the restaurant closed over the summer. We are focusing all our energy on our 2 brewpubs and growing our wholesale business., A neighborhood standby tucked off MLK, Beech Street Parlor closed in late September. It may be the end of Hogans but it isnt the end of delicious food coming out of this space We would like to introduce @vincenzospizzapdx! This hidden away tasting menu spot in Southeast Portland closed quietly on March 8, announcing via a posted sign and a voicemail recording. Read more about the transition here. Beaumont-Wilshire ice cream cart Beaux Berry, which sells handmade ice cream and blended-to-order New Zealand-style ice cream, will close after the 2023 summer season. Instead, a neighborhood market has opened in its place. This North Williams ice cream shop closed for good on August 28 after 10 years in business. We hoped a winter break would restore us, but it just crystallized our feeling that this industry is so broken, so out of step with the rest of the economy, so harmful to many of the people in it that have love and integrity to share. The Glisan location has also closed, taken over by the new cocktail bar Tropicale. Karen Harding, who owned Cup & Saucer, will be opening a second location of Fremont breakfast standby Little Griddle in the former C&S location, with Little Griddle owner Judd Harris. The company had been negotiating a long-term lease on the space with its landlord when it was abruptly evicted after attempting to clear up troubling details within the lease, according to a statement on the website. Now, more and more business owners are coming forward, announcing that they will not be opening their doors to customers again. Yousef's restaurants have added a 15% surcharge on all receipts at his two restaurantshe used to own three, but one closed permanently during the pandemicin attempts of counteracting the. We have been so honored to provide a little space to gather for your large and small events, watching the kids grow taller and taller, the Instagram post announcing the closure reads. After opening in 2017 and then a 2+ year-long battle with cancer, we really thought we would be able to get back on our feet in 2020, the closure announcement reads. The Southeast Portland ramen shop Noraneko will not reopen after the restaurant ban is lifted, though Rosen didnt tie the decision to close directly to coronavirus. Cafe Reina remains open as a pop-up space. In July, however, the two posted an advertisement for the restaurant space. The Spanish-Mediterranean restaurant that sits at the corner of Northwest 23rd Avenue and Northwest Hoyt Street has shut its doors after 15 years. The restaurants phone has been disconnected, as well as its website; the Instagram account for the restaurant doesnt note the closure. In June, Ruby Jewel, the ice cream sandwich and former scoop shop, closed its Mississippi location after more than 10 years on Mississippi. The slow rebound from the pandemic and the current economic conditions have led us to make this difficult decision, the closing announcement reads. Its unclear when the decade-old Nob Hill Southern restaurant known for its extensive bourbon selection closed, but its phone line and website are no longer active. Its sibling, Ankeny Tap & Table, seems to be running smoothly in its corner of the city. He plans to open a new project in Oregon City, though details are scarce at this point. The need for a steady wage and the bonds of friendship, plus a love of cooking and a dream of making something truly good will drive us to sacrifice more of ourselves than is health or right. Throughout the pandemic, the restaurant shifted to a takeout-only model and later, a prix-fixe menu. Instead, Papi Sals will be hosting pop-ups in 2023. The company organized a GoFundMe to pay off its final debts and payroll, and the cafes Facebook page is now listed as permanently closed. When I started Sunshine Noodles, I was passionate about bringing Cambodian cuisine to the Portland community. As you all know, we opened during a time when uncertainty was the only constant, an Instagram post reads. This was a challenging decision to make but feel it is the right one.. Its unclear how and if Tiffin Asha will return. NEW! The cart will return in the form of pop-ups and farmers market stands in the near future. Were incredibly proud of what our team has accomplished here. Brunch Box, the food-cart-turned-restaurant known for its burgers with grilled cheese buns, has permanently closed, according to owner Derek Coughlin. Jos Chesa, Cristina Baez, and Emily Metivier known for their other restaurant, Ataula decided to walk away from the restaurant after multiple temporary closures and a tumultuous year. It got very popular really fast and other cafes started asking us to wholesale it, which turned into our beverage brand @tanglewoodbevco. Going forward we restaurants have to be better, do better for our staff, our team, ourselves, but also as a financial business, he says. Tonari opened in the midst of the pandemic after a pricy remodel, and its tongue-katsu sandwiches and saba caesar salad couldnt keep the space afloat. This Italian spot in Hillsdale appears to have served its last meatball sandwiches and house-made pasta. We rely on office workers, tourists, concert goers, and the like in Chinatown. Today we announce our closure. Volz said that the layout of the bar didnt allow for easy social distancing, between Neats long bar and the pool table. The restaurant was beloved for its Italian-American deli sandwiches, with names like the Sofia Loren and the Italian Stallion. Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant. Yen Ha, a restaurant known for its sprawling menu and weekend karaoke, announced on social media that the restaurant. The deli also served as a Japanese grocery and bakery. The owner has since moved out of state without paying what he owes to the workers. The team at the Local has yet to respond to request for comment. The cafe, a neighborhood favorite, used to be a casual and quaint haunt for bowls of grits and eggs Benedict. Two Portland-area Stanfords locations remain open: one in Clackamas, and one in Tanasbourne. This vegan restaurant known for its beach-y decor and shark shots has closed its North Mississippi location. Relaxation and trips to visit loved ones are on the horizon, as well as catering crpe events! The restaurant had been open for 12 years; a new vegan restaurant, Daily Fuel, will open in its place. The Rose City Park pizzeria and pastry shop closed on July 31. The brewery attributed the downsizing to the financial impact of the pandemic. The Bybee location of Boxer Ramen, the chain of Portland ramen shops perhaps known more for its okonomiyaki tots, has closed, transforming into a Baes Chicken. Chefstable CEO Kurt Huffman says the Fills team is focusing on the Lake Oswego shop, and will find a new Portland location in the future likely next year. The Sellwood sports bar and restaurant opened by Jen Quist and former owner and chef Doug Adams will close on February 26. SushiLove is focusing on selling the business so it can stay open under new ownership, while Better Together and Saff Ramen are looking for new locations for their carts. We hope we are leaving our neighborhood a little better for having been a part of it. The post does not note a reason for the closure. A reason was not given for the closure. "It is with mixed emotion that we share the news that we have sold our Rivalries Portland . The pandemic is a thing of the past and were all moving on. Heres hoping were wrong. Certainly the past year has been challenging, but your love and incredible support have kept us on our legs, and you helped provide jobs and income for our staff through many months, the closing announcement reads. Soon, Helioterra will take over the tasting room space entirely. An inventive and eccentrically named restaurant, the Hairy Lobster has served its last themed dinner. A total of four of their Portland area stores have now permanently closed including its flagship downtown Portland location on Southwest Morrison Street, its NW 23rd Ave. store, its Multnomah. The announcement does not name a specific reason for the closure. newsletter, Meet the Sex Worker-Owned Food Cart Serving Fruit Tamales in Pasties, Speed-o Cappuccino, from stripper Dahlia Hanson, is completely staffed by sex workers and fellow dancers, who serve mochas and lattes alongside vegan smash burgers, 16 Portland Restaurants Open for Lunch and Dinner Every Day, The back-pocket restaurants that are a sure bet for any last-minute dinner or lunch, The Couple Behind Gado Gado and Omas Hideaway Will Open a Fantastical Bar on Southeast Clinton, The Houston Blacklight, the latest project from Thomas and Mariah Pisha-Duffly, will serve things like French onion soup ramen and cocktails garnished with Jell-O shrimp in the former Night Light Lounge space, Frybabys Sunny Hatch Is Reconnecting With His Heritage Through Korean Fried Chicken, The bartender-turned-chef recently debuted his food cart at the Lil America pod, blending Southern and Korean fried chicken culture with dishes like bo ssam collard greens, Sign up for the The decision doesnt seem to be related to the pandemic; the post says the closure was due to internal issues. Co-owner Andy Kou says he should be working on something else soon, and said those interested in his next move should follow his personal Instagram account, @dobiedaddy. We found ourselves with a cafe overrun with mold and asbestos with no avenues for restoration, our leadership destabilized, and a staff shortage. The nonprofit hopes to purchase a building in Old Town, with updated amenities and a larger organizing and community support space. Read more about the closure here. Read more about the closure here. Its possible Century will reopen in a new location the bars Instagram accounts bio still reads, Temporarily closed. It was beloved by regulars for decades, a stalwart in a famously gentrified neighborhood. The restaurant was known for its pastas. The team behind Foxy Coffee closed both of its locations March 31, according to an Instagram post. Read more about the closure here. The Belmont taproom is now closed. 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