NEW OPENINGS & RETURNS

Dingo's Sports Pub Like List
Owner Brendan Jones recently opened this Aussie-themed sports bar, which channels the land down under with regional favorites like meat pies and sausage rolls and Australian sports memorabilia on the walls. 
Montavilla

Ra-Ra Ramen Like List
Today, Plant Based Papi chef Jewan Manuel debuts his new Japanese concept Ra-Ra Ramen as a permanent residency inside the Lil' Dame Like List collaborative restaurant space. Manuel explained on Instagram, "RA-RA is a simple ramen concept I’ve been working on for a few years - handmade noodles, house-made seed-based broths, our very own spicy garlic chili crisp, and some fun add-ons. All made with local ingredients. Excited to share these dishes with you all - It’s different for the Plant Based Papi 'brand' but I’m looking forward to this pivot within the season’s change."
Concordia

Takibi Like List
After a hiatus due to damage caused by a chimney fire in January, this wood-fired Japanese destination (named one of the country's best bars Like List by Esquire in 2022) reopened its doors yesterday with a new menu of comforting dishes like cedar plank-grilled salmon kombujime and Snake Rivers Farms pork belly katsu. The spot also boasts a new team that includes chef de cuisine Milo Vanderpool, culinary advisor Yuichi Kugimoto, and general manager Beth Kondo.
Nob Hill

Tomo Ramen Like List
This cozy, stylish ramen house, which opened its first location in Hawthorne in January 2023, soft opened its new outpost on SE Woodstock on Wednesday. In addition to ramen, the spot also serves a selection of appetizers, bowls, sake, and spirits.
Woodstock

CLOSURES

Santa Fe Taqueria Like List
Owner Danny Cardoso announced in late August that this beloved taqueria will close its doors at the end of September, as he has chosen not to renew the lease. Those wishing to pay their respects can drop by for a closing party on September 25.
Nob Hill

OTHER FOOD NEWS

Bon Appetit names two Portland spots "Best New Restaurants"
This week, Bon Appetit included two Portland restaurants in its annual 20 Best New Restaurants list. Restaurant editor Elazar Sontag praised the Olympia Provisions-owned Alpenrausch Like List for its "beautifully golden pork schnitzel" and "melty raclette" and waxed rhapsodic about the Indonesian spot Pasar Like List 's "tender beef skewers coated in velvety gravy and bright turmeric-tinted rice wreathed in condiments."

POP-UPS AND EVENTS

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Tomato Dinner - Celebration for Charity Past Event Like List
The wood-fired Italian restaurant Lucca is so devoted to tomato season that it hosts an annual dinnertomatoes in a variety of preparations. This year's five-course feast will feature "classic and creative Italian-inspired dishes with the season's best locally farmed and foraged harvest," including tomato and basil crème fraiche, watermelon and pickled green tomatoes, pasta al forno, and a pistachio-fennel cake with a plum and Sungold tomato marmellata. A portion of proceeds will benefit the nonprofit Growing Gardens' mission to give everyone equal access to food.
Lucca, 6 pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

Portland Mid-Autumn Festival Past Event Like List
This free, family-friendly event hosted by the White Lotus Foundation at the recently opened Hong Phat Supercenter promises a slew of food and drink vendors, merch, cultural performances, games and activities, handmade wares from local AAPI-owned businesses, and a moonlit lantern parade symbolizing hope and unity. Admission is free to all, but impatient festival-goers can purchase a fast pass ticket to skip the line at the entrance.
Hong Phat Food Center, 2-10 pm

Fourth Annual Tomato Fest Past Event Like List
Each year, the specialty grocer Wellspent Market teams up with the Culinary Breeding Network to throw this end-of-summer bash uplifting everyone's favorite fruit masquerading as a vegetable. Channel your inner tomato girl with cooking demos, tastings, samples, BLTs, and savory tomato-based treats.
Wellspent Market, 11 am-3 pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Malpractice Negroni Week Kickoff Past Event Like List
The upcoming modernist-inspired cocktail bar Malpractice hasn't opened its upcoming brick-and-mortar yet, but they're not letting that stop them from celebrating Negroni Week, an event sponsored by Campari in which bars all around the world whip up their own takes on the refreshingly bitter, glowing-crimson aperitif to benefit a charity. A portion of this year's proceeds go toward Slow Food International's mission to provide access to local food. Look forward to 10 different variations on the Negroni—I'm particularly intrigued by the "Maladjusted #5" (Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon, Carpano Botanical Bitter, tart cherry vermouth, Brucato Orchards Amaro, and sous-pression infused apricots).
Hey Love, 5-10 pm

Negroni Week Kickoff Party Past Event Like List
Award-winning local distilleries will join Bar Loon to celebrate the return of Negroni Week with a festive evening of snacks, Negroni specials, flash tattoos from Disco Bandaid, bouquets and arrangements from Heather Fields Florals, tarot card readings, and vintage glassware market from Lost & Found. A portion of proceeds will go toward Milk Crate Kitchen's mission to provide free family meals for those in need.
Bar Loon, 2-6 pm

SPECIALS

Gumba Like List
Soak up the remaining flavors of summer with Gumba's luxurious mafalda pasta, coated in silky cherry tomato cream sauce with zucchini and parmigiana. 
Vernon

St. Jack Like List
Chef Aaron Barnett's Lyon-inspired restaurant is making the most of its lingering summer produce with its feisty Jimmy Nardello escabeche, made with grilled and marinated local peppers, picholine olives, blueberries, shallots, mustard seed, and baby basil.
Nob Hill

Xiao Ye Like List
If you ask me, cabbage is the most underrated vegetable. The first-generation American food restaurant Xiao Ye gives it the respect it deserves with its new charred cabbage dish, which features ginger garlic confit, roasted seeds, tomatillos, and a palm sugar and pineapple "fish sauce" glaze.
Hollywood District