This week, Baerlic Brewing opens a social distancing-friendly indoor beer garden with Ranch Pizza, smash burger specialist Burger Stevens reopens in North Portland and opens a new location in Beaverton, and Mt. Tabor's Cheese Bar Like List announced that it will close after a decade of business. Governor Kate Brown has also announced a freeze on dine-in and outdoor dining, set to start Wednesday, making this a great time to turn to our takeout & delivery directory. Read on for that and more food updates, and check out our food and drink guide for additional culinary inspiration.

NEW OPENINGS AND RETURNS

Baerlic Brewing
This popular craft brewery has partnered with their Southeast location's neighbor Ranch Pizza Like List to open a massive 6,000-foot indoor beer garden with pizza, beer, and plenty of room for social distancing. The new "Pie Hall" soft-opened on Thursday, November 12, in the former space of Ladd Taphouse Like List . According to comments from the business on a post on their Facebook page, if all goes well, the new location will be permanent.
Southeast
Pickup or in-person

Expatriate Like List
On Thursday, Naomi Pomeroy's iconic, globally inspired bar re-opened its kitchen, which has been closed due to the pandemic, for the first time in months, serving a limited menu with hot and sour Indian-spiced fries, shrimp toast, Burmese tea leaf salad, burgers, beef and lemongrass wonton chip nachos, and Taiwan beer. The kitchen is now open Thursday-Sunday and is only available for pickup via Instagram DM this week, with delivery via Caviar set to come next week.
Northeast
Pickup, delivery coming soon

Stabs Like List
Aron Moxley, the former lead singer of the band the Slants, opened a Vietnamese-influenced barbecue restaurant called Stabs at Bar Carlo Like List last Saturday, November 7. Moxley, a longtime restaurant industry veteran, discovered a love of barbecue while on tour in Austin eight years ago and fuses that with his affinity for Vietnamese street food. The menu includes banh mi loaded with smoked meats like brisket, pulled pork, smoked chicken, smoked tofu, and other specials, all served with a side of house-made kimchi and black rice. There's also handmade sesame-peanut noodles and cocktails with smoked ice cubes, with pho (made with smoked bone marrow) coming later. Picnic tables are available for outdoor seating, with kung fu and samurai flicks projected in the alley.
Southeast
Pickup or in-person

Burger Stevens
This much-buzzed-about smash burger cart opened a new location in BG's Food Cartel in Beaverton on Saturday, November 7, and moved its original North Portland cart to the Prost! Marketplace Like List pod, a top food cart destination home to heavy hitters like DesiPDX Like List and Matt's BBQ Like List , on Thursday, November 12. The menu is simple, with double and classic cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, French fries, house-made "fancy sauce" ("thousand island, but with the extra zip"), ketchup, and keto-friendly "burger snacks" (patties with American cheese, pickle, onion, ketchup, and mustard). There's also lemon chiffon pie for dessert.
North, Beaverton
Pickup or in-person

St. Beatrix Like List
Chef and co-owner Jessie Smith has re-opened the whimsical Northeast Portland bakery Bushel and Peck Bakeshop Like List under the name St. Beatrix. Offerings include pastries, like scones, croissants, biscuits, muffins, cookies, macarons, galettes, and brioche rolls, as well as bread, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast burritos, avocado toast, espresso, and specialty drinks like salted caramel chai, lavender matcha, and "pink moon" (a steamed drink with beet, rose, oat milk, and rose bitters). Specialty cakes, pies, and tarts are also available for private orders.
Northeast
Pickup

The Roxy
The beloved diner, which shut down in March, will re-open this weekend after a remodel (which included an overhaul of their bathrooms). Until the shutdown happens next Wednesday, they will be offering dine-in service as well as takeout. The restaurant has not yet determined whether they will offer takeout during the shutdown.
Downtown
Pickup and in-person

FUTURE OPENINGS

Friendship Kitchen Like List
Trang Nguyen will open this warm and welcoming Vietnamese restaurant at the end of November, serving bún bò Huế (a popular Vietnamese soup containing rice vermicelli and beef), cà ri (curry), and other dishes, plus cocktails like the "Fresh Off the Boat" (made with ginger-infused gin) and "White Men Tears" (made with rum and coconut).
Northeast
Pickup, delivery, and in-person

Killer Burger Like List
The local burger chain, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, is set to open its 10th Oregon location in the former space of Russell Street BBQ Like List in early 2021.
Northeast
Pickup, delivery, and in-person

CLOSURES

Bar King
Sadly, chef Shaun King's well-received restaurant Bar King is closing temporarily for the winter. The Asian-inspired Pacific Northwest restaurant and its bakery opened in early March but were forced to close just days later due to the pandemic, then reopened this summer. Now, the restaurant is shutting down and will only offer smoked meats for takeout and delivery on Saturdays, with the hope of reopening in the spring. The bakery will remain open.
Southeast
Pickup and delivery

Cheese Bar Like List
Cheesemonger Steve Jones announced via his newsletter that he will close his fromage-focused bar in January and told Eater Portland that the pandemic was responsible for the closure. In the meantime, they'll remain open for online, walk-up, and call-in orders and will have a going-out-of-business sale from January 11-24 to sell the remaining cheese, beer, wine, pantry goods, and equipment. 
Mount Tabor
Pickup

Teardrop Lounge Like List
According to an announcement on its website, this trendsetting craft cocktail bar has temporarily closed due to the state's spike in coronavirus cases. The announcement states that they will reopen "as quickly as possible."
Southeast
Temporarily closed

OTHER NEWS

Oregon orders a "two-week freeze" to curb coronavirus surge
Governor Kate Brown has announced a new series of restrictions intended to curtail the increase in COVID-19 cases, which will go into effect starting next Wednesday, November 18. The freeze includes a ban on all eating and drinking inside restaurants and bars; restaurants are required to return to takeout and delivery only. In Multnomah County, the freeze is expected to last at least four weeks instead of two.

Eater's Guide to the World features Pacific Northwest restaurants
On Wednesday, Eater premiered its new Maya Rudolph-narrated food travel show, Eater's Guide to the World, on Hulu. The first episode, "Dining Alone in the Pacific Northwest," highlights some of Seattle and Portland's finest restaurants, including Eem Like List , Han Oak Like List , Reel M' Inn Tavern, Suttle Lodge, and Courier Coffee Roasters. Read more in our list of all the local restaurants featured on the show Like List . 

Fermenter moves into Farm Spirit
Last week, the vegan Vietnamese pop-up Mama Dút Like List opened a brick-and-mortar pop-up in the former space of the vegan deli and "friendly neighborhood beneficial bacteria emporium" Fermenter Like List . Now, Fermenter has taken over the Farm Spirit Like List space. The new location Like List will hew to a more COVID-friendly format focused on takeout, with a selection of hot sauce, vegetable kraut, nut-based spreads, and plant-based cheese, as well as breakfast with dishes like breakfast bowls and tartines on Saturday mornings. There will still be some onsite dining, including a couple of tables indoors and covered, heated street seating. The space also has new kits for making kombucha and sauerkraut, for all your home fermentation station needs. Don't worry, Farm Spirit fans: the vegan tasting menu restaurant will return in the form of a pop-up on the premises as soon as it's safe to do so.

POP-UPS & EVENTS

Mikiko Mochi Donuts Pop-Up Past Event Like List
Try the chewy-crisp mochi donut pop-up's November flavors, including matcha calamansi, chocolate raspberry, marionberry pie, black sesame, plum wine, and tamarind five-spice. The donuts will be available individually or as half-dozens until sold out.
Cup & Bar, Saturday, 3 pm

Mitate Pop-Up Past Event Like List
This new pop-up from couple Nino and Summer Ortiz serves vegan sushi, with creative specialty rolls like the Meadow (cauliflower and artichoke hearts), the Oasis (spicy zucchini and charred shishito pepper), and the Mountain (black garlic, black truffle, and black bean sauce). 
Ruse Brewing, Saturdays, 3-8 pm

Rad Foods Vegan Burger Pop-Up Past Event Like List
The queer-owned vegan pop-up Rad Foods is going savory with their first plant-based burger pop-up, featuring meatless Beyond patties. Menu options include the "O&P" (Out and Proud) burger (Beyond patty, grilled onions, Follow Your Heart American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and special sauce) and the "Smokey Shroom Burger" (Beyond Meat patty, sweet and smoky roasted oyster, shitake, and button mushrooms, grilled onions, Field Roast Chao Cheese, and garlic aioli), plus regular and "garlic party" fries. Gluten-free buns are also available.
The Arrow, Wednesday, November 18

NEW SPECIALS

Maurice Like List
Take some time out of your afternoon for a pleasant fika (a Swedish coffee break ritual with a pastry and hot drink) with a buttery pear and pistachio tart from the Nordic-French "pastry luncheonette."
Southwest
Pickup

Swine Like List
The Prohibition-inspired "moonshine and whiskey" bar inside the Paramount Hotel is serving decadent bananas Foster French toast, made with Dos Hermanos brioche, caramelized bananas, and cinnamon créme anglaise.
Southwest
Pickup, delivery, or in-person

Ice Queen Like List
The native- and Chicana-owned plant-based frozen dessert shop dropped two new seasonal flavors this week: Almond Joy (a coconut paleta dipped in organic chocolate and topped with slivered almonds and edible gold shimmer) and Roasted Banana Pudding (an organic soy milk-based paleta with roasted bananas and organic vanilla wafers).
Southeast
Pickup