According to a new list by Yelp, three Portland restaurants rank amongst the top 100 in the country; unfortunately, one of them will be closing its doors soon. By Michael Russell. 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. With such leaping changes in the service industry regarding expectations and burn out over the past few years, it was important to us that what we do never outweighed the health and happiness of ourselves and those around us, an Instagram post reads. It has since become a brewpub and pizzeria. We tried our best to stick it out but just couldnt hold our breath long enough to catch up with the momentum we had before COVID hit us all.. 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. This vegan restaurant known for its beach-y decor and shark shots has closed its North Mississippi location. It is through our great team & loyal guests that we have had such a tremendous run, a message on the restaurants website reads. Read more about the closure here. The restaurant did not supply the reason for the closure. Owners Alan Maniscalco and Shan Wickham attributed the closure to the ongoing economic burden impacting the restaurant industry. One of Portlands only places to find khachapuri and khinkali, the restaurant is selling frozen dumplings and take-and-bake bread boats online, for those looking to stock up. I wish we could stay open longer for yall, but between the extreme heat, the slim profit margins, and both me and my employee having scheduling conflicts soon, it makes the most sense for this week to be our last. 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). Rocky Butte Coffee Roasters cafe location closed on December 31. This prix fixe seafood restaurant closed indefinitely on March 2020, but now, the former kitchen team has taken over the restaurant, turning it into the new, less-seafood-specific Tercet. Only open for a little over a year, Giraffe quickly became a favorite for its Instagram-popular egg salad sandwiches, similar to the famous version from Los Angeless Konbi. Rally Pizza served its last frozen custard on December 31. This was a very hard decision for us to come to and we hope that you understand that we are heartbroken to be leaving, the post reads. In May, Tiffin Ashas Instagram account posted an anniversary post, saying that the Tiffin Asha you have come to know will no longer be, and that owners Sheila Bommakanti and Elizabeth Golay would be beginning a new chapter with their business. The restaurant opened on New Years Eve in 2018, and in an Instagram closing announcement, the team alluded to returning to the industry after a much-needed break. The owners have decided to close this influential chocolate shop in downtown Portland, specializing in ethical and methodically sourced chocolate from around the world. After 30 years in downtown Portland, Persian House closed its doors in May. Read the full story here. Alma, the 14-year-old chocolate and candy company known for its bonbons and salted caramel sauce, ceased operations in July. We created the space with an acute attention to detail, from our intimate booths which are perfect for date night, to our custom stained glass sconces which create a warm and inviting space to share a drink. A new, as yet announced tenant is already lined up for the space. Portlanders will be able to find Mocking Birds vegan fried chicken sandwiches at the St. Johns restaurant, as well as the Homegrown Smoker standbys. The restaurant was known for its pastas. Its owner, Jeff Ridabock, opted to retire after years of service. While the SE Clinton cafe is gone, however, the owners hope to reopen some sort of Portland shop elsewhere, by the end of the winter in 2021. The short-lived biker haunt, barbecue spot, and Alberta neighborhood bar closed for good after service on February 5. 6839 SE Belmont Street, Portland, OR 97215 . Ten years is a long time to do anything in one place, but weve worked hard and have been lucky to weather all kinds of changes. Read more about the closure here. Correction: This story has been corrected to show that Brad Root is no longer connected to Lapellah and Three Sixty Kitchen. The casual Southern restaurant in the Pearl district has permanently closed its doors due to COVID-19 and an impasse on lease discussions with the buildings landlords. But Ristretto announced that it would fold altogether in December 2020, roasting its last batch December 15. Legrottaglie said he did not come to an agreement with his landlord after the lease expired, which instigated the closure. We love all yall. The restaurant was known for its crispy pig ears and lobster rolls, as well as its bar program. Cheesemonger Steve Jones attributed the closure to the pandemic, and sold its last slabs of cheese on January 15, 2021. Pastry chef Cheryl Wakerhauser closed Portlands preeminent French pastry destination on August 22. As I continue to work through cancer recovery, I have concluded that it is time for me to take a different path in life, so after 34 years in the business, I will eventually be a guest rather than an operator! a closing announcement on the website reads. In case you missed it, Vitaly Paley is down to a single restaurant. Delores opened as an homage to Smiths mother, with things like pierogi filled with truffles or foie gras. Read more about the closure here. Owner Suzeanne Briede has made the decision to close Gustavs Clackamas location on July 11 and Bargartens Beaverton location on June 26. It was beloved by regulars for decades, a stalwart in a famously gentrified neighborhood. When it introduced its pastas, however, it began to turn the heads of diners across the city. The restaurants last social media post, from December 2020, said that it would temporarily close in January, but didnt make a clear permanent closing announcement. Indirect reasons include the extreme difficulty in finding people to work, the anemic economic support from both our local government and the federal government, and the sobering reality that its almost impossible to make a full service restaurant and bar in a high-rent district succeed without the tourism and office worker population required. Read more about the closure here. Luckily, fans of the place can look forward to Cooperativa, an Italian market and food hall from Sarah Schafer and Anna Caporael, the partners behind Irving Street Kitchen. This Ladds Addition sports bar closed with little announcement. Since the beginning of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Oregon, an ominous weight on the food and beverage world has been the potential for permanent closures: Which restaurants will be unable to hold out until the community settled back into normalcy? We are closing SXNW, (we are open to selling if anyone is interested), a closing announcement reads. However, a dispensary has opened in the space. 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. Chicken & Guns, the old-guard chicken-and-potato food cart at Cartopia, opened a second spot at the new Collective Oregon Eateries pod (CORE) less than a year ago. The doughnut brand is known for its brioche base doughnuts and posh flavors like passionfruit cacao nib. SHARE PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) A restaurant in Portland is closing its doors for the time being due to a rise in COVID-19 cases hitting staff and the community. The restaurants website simply stated that it was closed and that its adjacent pizzeria, the Crown, would be closing as well on October 8. Jackknifes Instagram page has added a link in its bio to a Poached job listing, advertising for positions at Fortune; the address listed is Jackknifes. In an announcement post, Zukin says the restaurant could not survive the economic impact of COVID-19: The restaurant business has been hit especially hard by this pandemic, as everyone knows, he writes. Updated: 2:41 PM PDT May 9, 2021. Unfortunately, the couple at the heart of the business has decided to take two different paths, and the cart closed without warning after service on February 27. Circa 33, the speakeasy-themed bar on Belmont, has permanently closed after a decade. They launched their chain in Portland, Oregon, in 1979. PORTLAND, Ore. As Black History Month comes to a close, Northwest Black Restaurant Week is starting.From Friday, Feb. 24 to Sunday, March 5, nearly 50 Black-owned food businesses in the region . "There's a lot of theft," local man Steve Goodwin told KGW. Readers have noticed that Fillss downtown Portland location has quietly closed a for lease sign has even popped up in the Fills window. At the end of the journey, we know we created something special here and enjoyed serving you all. Read more about it here. That grief is inseparable from an overwhelming gratitude to everyone who has made the past fifteen years and counting a time of immeasurable magic.. This hidden away tasting menu spot in Southeast Portland closed quietly on March 8, announcing via a posted sign and a voicemail recording. Going forward we restaurants have to be better, do better for our staff, our team, ourselves, but also as a financial business, he says. The bars lease ended at the end of September, and restaurant group Independent Restaurant Concepts chose not to renew. Our lease was up, the chef says, attributing the closure also to a drop in business related to the pandemic. Initially this was supposed to be a 3 month trial period for my self to see if yall would like my pies - 8 months later here we are, a post on the carts Instagram reads. Ramblin Rose has closed for the season, but may reopen in the spring in a new location. We rely on office workers, tourists, concert goers, and the like in Chinatown. Read more about the closure here. 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. The Northeast Portland location of this beer bar closed March 19, according to a Facebook post. We had some wonderful time with yall, but ultimately finances didnt match up to physical, mental, & emotional work that went into it.. Bittersweet to say goodbye to the last 13 years of wood fired fun, farm driven fare and all the culinary adventures this little space on MLK brought me, owner and chef Jason French wrote in an Instagram post. Beaux Berry anticipates kicking off its final season on the last weekend of April. One of Portlands finest Texas barbecue carts closed this month after a brief-but-mighty tenure in Southeast Portland. The cafe opened in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and, in the perspective of the team, never got the financial footing to keep things sustainable. The closure was confirmed by the restaurants parent company, which also operates other landmark Portland restaurants such as Portland City Grill and Jakes Grill. This Hawthorne whiskey bar has closed after four years, bartender Robert Volz confirmed today. The restaurant closed January 25, but the business plans to bring its Lil Puddins to markets around Portland in the near future. Celebrated Cajun-Creole restaurant Acadia, often considered the citys finest restaurant in the genre, closed permanently January 14. A late-night pizza standby, Hammys closed for good on December 29, according to Willamette Week. Eater has been unable to get in contact with the owners. Posted: Jan 24, 2023 / 02:25 PM PST. The Spanish-Mediterranean restaurant that sits at the corner of Northwest 23rd Avenue and Northwest Hoyt Street has shut its doors after 15 years. Owner Shahryar Houranpay attributed the decision to close to the financial strain of the pandemic, as well as vandalization and looting of the restaurant in the last year. After almost 20 years in the Pearl District, restaurateur Bruce Carey has announced the closure of Bluehour, one of his celebration restaurants. 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! Blog; Maine Beer This Week; Portland Best of 2022 Awards; Portland Best of 2021 Awards; Portland Best of 2019 Awards; . The saying is winners never quit, and quitters never win, but contrary to popular belief, I think quitting is for winners. This Naito Parkway cafe closed March 31 after almost seven years downtown. Root left the businesses in 2012, but Lapellahs wood-fired cooking made it a destination for Portlanders and others throughout Southwestern Washington. Read more about it here. The spot may reopen as a food cart in the fall/winter in the Cully neighborhood with a second cart in SE in a very pedestrian/bike oriented area, according to the closing announcement. At the very least, we know this South Indian cart-turned-restaurant will not reopen at its NE Killingsworth location. The news of the Mocking Bird food cart closure is bittersweet: While the cart has closed in its Rose City Food Park location, the team behind the Mocking Bird is taking over Homegrown Smoker and keeping it alive. There are so many added uncontrollable, arduous factors, let alone fundamental daily tasks, for one person to bear in this industry, writes owner Judith Stokes in an Instagram announcement. closing announcement on the website reads, the Instagram post announcing the closure reads, Its owners announced in late March via Instagram, Read more about the impending closure here, Mocking Bird is taking over Homegrown Smoker, Read more about the closure via the Instagram post, Read this story for a full rundown of the closure, pizzeria in the Killingsworth neighborhood last year, operating its tasting room out of the facility since June 2019, restaurants and food carts to visit in St. Johns, social media post from the restaurant reads, This longstanding Mediterranean restaurant on NE Alberta has closed in its current location, Instagram announcement, posted January 9, reads, Jojo will move in sometime this spring or summer. Today we announce our closure. 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. ROSEWAY One of Portland's oldest Vietnamese restaurants has closed. A new tenant, the Bend-based Bangers and Brews, will take over the former Open Tandoor space. The length of the Covid pandemic, along with ongoing decline in our downtown city core, are direct reasons that Clyde is closing for good, owner Nate Tilden wrote in a public statement. Homegrown Smoker served its last faux-mac and cheese under Ridabocks guidance on December 19, but should reopen soon under this new ownership. The Facebook post announcing the closure did not give a reason, but the restaurant has been closed since the dining room shutdown in mid-March. The Southwestern-inspired food cart complete with a dining room inside a shipping container ended its seven-year run on August 5. The restaurant was a neighborhood favorite, also known as the place chef Jos Chesas introduced himself to Portland. An understated sushi bar in the Foster-Powell neighborhood, Sushi Ichidai had been open for more than a decade when it closed its doors due to the coronavirus outbreak. Its cafe near the Tram continues to operate. Even though this is the end for Sharks Cove in Portland, I want to let you all know that the important concept of conservation behind Sharks Cove is not even close to ending, the Instagram closing announcement reads. PORTLAND, Ore. Several Portland restaurants are starting to feel the impact of the omicron variant, and some have temporarily closed because too many employees have tested positive for COVID-19. Random Order has not responded to multiple requests for comment. The Waiting Room never announced a formal closure, on the website or on Instagram. Industry hangout and beloved cocktail bar Shift Drinks will not reopen after the coronavirus crisis ends. Brunch Box has served burgers in Portland for 12 years, starting as a downtown cart before opening brick-and-mortars on both sides of the river. Communion had just been open for a year and was finally finding some footing when the pandemic hit. Jones Bar was a female owned nightclub, says owner Nikki Jones. Read more about the closure here. Since its opening in 2016, the Toffee Club has been the place to be for full English breakfasts, pies, beer, and soccer games. That means that the Pearl and Hawthorne locations of DarSalam have closed permanently. A popular food cart specializing in inventive takes on Nordic cuisine, Skidblanir announced via Instagram that it would be closing in late December rather than renew the lease. The fast casual Indian spot, which serves tandoor-cooked chicken, naan, and vegetarian dishes, has permanently closed its North Williams restaurant, but it appears that it will reopen in another North Portland location. A beloved Tuscan cart-turned-restaurant, Burrasca closed its doors for good on January 15. Brunch Box, the food-cart-turned-restaurant known for its burgers with grilled cheese buns, has permanently closed, according to owner Derek Coughlin. 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. Knowing when to stop and change direction, leave a toxic situation, or let go of what is no longer working is so crucial to the practice of discernment. In the Instagram post, Smith-McCarthy hinted that Drink Mamey may continue on in some other form, more closely aligned with its roots. Volz said that the layout of the bar didnt allow for easy social distancing, between Neats long bar and the pool table. 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