NEW OPENINGS AND RETURNS
Calle 21 Mexican Restaurant and Bar
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This new Mexican restaurant, which opened in late July, offers burritos, tacos, chimichangas, tamales, fajitas, nachos, tortas, tostadas, quesadillas, and more.
Nob Hill
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Elephants Delicatessen
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The beloved local deli is set to open its new location in the former Bargarten
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space in Beaverton next Wednesday, August 16. You can look forward to an abundance of free samples of Stumptown Coffee, food, and wine on opening day.
Beaverton
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Felony Pizza
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A slightly strange crime theme reigns supreme at this new Vancouver pizzeria, which opened at the end of July and features menu items like "El Chapo" jalapeño poppers, the "Ryker's Island" pepperoni pizza, and "Manhattan Made Man" cocktails.
Vancouver
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Fire Eats!
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This new Sellwood spot specializes in Montanara-style pizzettas and Italian ice in a rotating variety of flavors, including lemon, watermelon, berry, pineapple-banana, and mango. Upgrade your Italian ice with "buried treasure" (a hidden scoop of vanilla ice cream) or booze (add limoncello or vodka, or make it into a frozen margarita with tequila and triple sec).
Sellwood
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Tita's Juice Bar
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Inspired in equal measure by the flavors of Lima, Miami, and Portland, this new cafe, which soft opened inside Pine Street Market
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last Saturday, serves up fresh juices, smoothies, protein shakes, açaí bowls, crêpes, waffles, and frozen yogurt blended with real fruit.
Old Town-Chinatown
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FUTURE OPENINGS
Dos Hermanos Bakery
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The popular Yucatan-inspired bakery known for its artisan breads, pastries, cakes, and coffee teased on Instagram on Wednesday that it will be opening a second location on SE Stark Street and SE 10th Avenue.
Buckman
POP-UPS AND EVENTS
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
25th Annual Elephant Garlic Festival
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Vampires, take heed: This three-day, family-friendly festival will put the spotlight on the pungent allium known as elephant garlic, known for its comically massive cloves. The festivities include a parade, a 10K run, live music, a kids' play area, craft vendors, and more.
Jessie Mays Community Park
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
Beaverton Night Market
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Over 70 vendors and multicultural performers will take over The Round for an evening of family-friendly fun. The west side’s August night market includes Bollywood and Bhangra dance lessons from DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid, a Chilean rap performance by Alta Vocez, traditional Korean harp music from Doyeon Lim, and more. Come hungry and choose from dozens of multicultural food options (don't miss Kiss The Chef's Soul Food offerings and La Casa de Mama's vegan Mexican pastries), plus check out the hourly Lotería game for a chance to win prizes. SHANNON LUBETICH
The Round, Beaverton, 5-10 pm
Taste of Latin America
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This immersive event will host over 20 vendors representing regions all across Latin America, as well as music, art, and dancing. Bring an empty stomach and prepare to be spoiled for choice: As former Portland Mercury news editor Alex Zielinski wrote in 2019, "Oaxacan tlayudas, fried plantains, Haitian beef stew, mole, tamales, churros, cubanos—the only problem with Portland Mercado's annual Taste of Latin America is knowing where to begin."
Portland Mercado, 12-6 pm
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
Matta Cart Closing Party
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Help give Matta's cart a proper send-off before it closes for good and the business moves into Lil Dame. The festivities will include merch from over the years, plus food and music all day.
Matta, 11 am-4 pm
SPECIALS
Cookie McCakeFace
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The delightfully named cookie company, which operates a cart in the Cart Blocks
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and is also available at the bar Vault 31
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in Vancouver, has some unexpected savory-sweet flavors up its sleeve this month: the stoner-friendly "Netflix & Chill" (half M&M’s and Reese’s Pieces dough and half potato chip brownie dough, covered in movie theater popcorn butter) and the Jacob & Sons
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collab "I Bagel Your Pardon?" (an everything bagel-flavored cookie with cream cheese chips, available only at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
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for a limited time).
Old Town-Chinatown, Vancouver
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Coquine
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Celebrate porcini season with Coquine's newest special, a comforting potato gnocchi with braised Italian artichokes, porcini mushrooms, walnut oil, mint, and shaved Pecorino Romano.
Mt. Tabor
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GrindWitTryz
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The Hawaiian favorite is raising funds for the Maui wildfires with their Spam musubi. Proceeds from all musubi sold through Sunday will be donated to the cause.
Vernon
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Zuckercreme
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Spice fiends, your dream dessert is here: The adorable cafe and shop Zuckercreme is now serving a sundae made with a fudgy brownie, vanilla bean Hound Dog Ice Cream soft serve, Pablo Muñoz Farms strawberries, "angry" strawberry sauce (made with 2 Angry Cats' Grims Delight strawberry basil hot sauce), whipped cream, sprinkles, and of course, a maraschino cherry on top.
Montavilla
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