Bridgetown Bites

This edition of Small Bites starts with the opening of Billy Ray’s Dive Bar, plus other openings, a number of closings, Fremont Fest, achievements, pizza and gelato, donuts, tacos, coffee and more. I hope this weekend is good to you. 

Marée, a new restaurant from Fantino’s Garret McAleese with the kitchen helmed by Jarrott Moonitz, soft opens Friday, July 31. Photo credit: Marée.

The Corner Shop is a small convenience store/grocery opening this weekend in the old Cal’s Pharmacy space on E Burnside and 14th Ave. 

Vancouver has a taphouse where they serve burgers, wings, and chicken tikka masala. Indian food and beer is one of the best combinations, so this is a perfect pairing. 

Pronto Gelato will open a second location in the old Staccato Gelato space on NE 28th Avenue. 

Great news - Grant’s Philly Cheesesteaks is back open! Unbeknownst to all of us, they were simply on hiatus after Diane Schuler passed away August 2025. 

A new restaurant called Sazanami from James Beard Award-winning chef Hajime Sato, offers sushi, sake, and kappo (omakase) in Beaverton.

It’s the final day of Portland Salad Week! Thanks for being here for all things salad. We hope you were able to try some salads, especially from our restaurant participants. We’ve got final thoughts, input from content creators and you, the readers.

See which store-brand ranch and Italian dressings impressed us … and the ones that most certainly did not. Photo credits: Bryan M. Vance of Sumptown Savings.

The Bridgetown Bites team headed to Vancouver to explore the salad scene to the north. Here’s what we found. 

We revised this roundup from 2022 with some new additions regarding that popular menu item, “the big salad.” Here’s where you can find a big salad around the Portland metro area. 

Today we are looking at the bounty of vegan salad options in Portland. From vegan Caesar salads (many with kale, ofc), to side salads, to big salads, we’ve got plenty of plant-based goodness for you. 

As we mentioned this morning, it’s Portland Salad Week. And we want to know, what are your favorite salads in the Portland metro area? We’ll share them on Friday on Bridgetown Bites. Note: all submissions are anonymous.

Portland Salad Week is here! This week, over a dozen local restaurants have salad specials, focusing on local ingredients. Here they are, ready to share their love of salad with you! 

This week’s edition of Small Bites starts out with Portland Pride and ends with “Champagne wishes and caviar dreams.” Plus openings, closings, anniversaries, a screening, bar signs and more. I hope this weekend is good to you. 

There’s a new sushi restaurant opening in the old Subway sandwich space next to the Safeway in the Woodstock neighborhood called Sushi Dash. Here’s what we know.

A new Vietnamese restaurant called Cay Bar & Grill will open later this year in the old McCormick & Schmick's Harborside space. This is located in the Riverplace Marina on the Willamette River at the bottom end of downtown Portland.