NEW OPENINGS AND RETURNS
503 Distilling
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and Chaat Wallah
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The local distillery 503 Distilling, which is housed inside the Iron Fireman Collective building and known for its canned cocktails in flavors like "The Wicked Mule" and "La Vida Mocha," recently launched an adjacent cocktail lounge, complete with six rotating draft cocktails in addition to traditional craft cocktails, beer, and wine. The lounge is also home to Chaat Wallah, a new Indian street food spinoff from DesiPDX owner Deepak Saxena, with items like masala pulled pork sandwiches, nacho chaat, and spiced lamb sloppy Joes.
Brooklyn
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Bluto's
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Last Friday, Rick Gencarelli, the chef behind Lardo and Grassa, opened this playful wood-fired Greek restaurant, named for the rowdy Animal House character played by Jim Belushi. The menu centers around souvlaki (grilled skewers) and is supplemented by ouzo mojitos, hummus, flatbread, salads, vegetable sides, chicken lemon orzo soup, Greek potatoes, and frozen yogurt with toppings like halva, honey, and tahini magic shell.
Sunnyside
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Hearty K-Bop
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This spot serving bulgogi and Korean fried chicken opened in Battle Ground, Washington in January. Sides include kimchi, japchae, corn coleslaw, white or purple rice, and seaweed salad.
Battle Ground
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FUTURE OPENINGS
Dolly Olive
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The Sesame Collective restaurant group (the team who brought you Mediterranean Exploration Company
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, Shalom Y'all
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, Lil' Shalom
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, Yalla
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, and Bless Your Heart Burger) plans to open this southern Mediterranean restaurant led by executive chef and co-owner Kasey Mills this spring. Look forward to house-made pastries, freshly baked focaccia, and house-made pasta.
Downtown
Top Burmese Ambassador
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The Top Burmese chain is expanding to the Hillsboro area with an upcoming grill in March, featuring a fondue-inspired menu inspired by the restaurants' paratha dip dish alongside a selection of skewers.
Hillsboro
POP-UPS AND EVENTS
Stem Wine Bar Two Year Anniversary
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Help Stem Wine Bar toast to two years of business with champagne sabering, live music by Michael and Jimmy, and the throwback cocktail special "The Lauren" (the first sparkling wine cocktail created at the restaurant).
Stem Wine Bar, Friday, 7 pm
Black and Brown Farmer Networking Fair
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This free event aims to connect BIPOC farmers with local buyers and will feature food trucks, live music, and a DJ.
Collective Oregon Eateries, Saturday, 12-5 pm, and Sunday, 12-2 pm
Make Vegan Pork Belly with Thuy Pham
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Mama Đút owner Thuy Pham will demonstrate how to make her signature plant-based pork belly on Kittch, a relatively new live streaming community for culinary creators.
Online, Wednesday, 4 pm
Dumpling Week
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The Oregonian/Oregon Live's annual Dumpling Week celebrates comforting, pillowy pockets of goodness in all of their forms with specials from over 30 participating restaurants, from sweet potato dumplings with green curry, herb oil, and crispy shallots at Oma's Hideaway to chicken parm dumplings from Grassa. Print off a passport from the website and set out to try them all.
Various locations, through Saturday
The Mushy Love Market
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The seasonally themed marketplace Zuckercreme is focusing on all things love this month, with bonbons from pastry chef Gabriella Martinez, macarons, grab-and-go beverages, a new freezer case full of flavors from Hound Dog Ice Cream, an expanded market with more pantry goods, special Sunday markets, a Valentine's Day pop-up shop and collaborative pastry box, and a Valentine's Day pop-up dinner at White Pepper.
Zuckercreme, February 4-28
Chocolate and Wine Pairing
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Delight in the superlative pairing of chocolate and wine with this set of artisan chocolates, a salted caramel, and tastes of five wines, available in-person with reservations or for takeout with pre-order. The in-person experience includes a bonus pour of sangria.
Hip Chicks Do Wine, February 4-March 13
SPECIALS
Doe Donuts
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The vegan donut spot debuted strawberry cheesecake fritters with vanilla bean glaze as one of its new flavors for February and March.
Hollywood District
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Great Notion Brewing
On Monday, the award-winning brewery released Orange Creamsicle Fruit in the Can, a tart smoothie beer inspired by its popular Orange Creamsicle milkshake IPA, with "mouthwatering Cara Cara orange and creamy vanilla."
Concordia, Beaverton
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Mama Đút
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Mama Đút baker Kachina Williams, who also runs the pop-up Baker Ghoul Magic, has concocted a matcha cupcake, filled with tangy kumquat jam and topped with a swirl of vanilla frosting and a sprinkle of matcha powder.
Buckman
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