Portland Restaurants Expanding, Changing, and Moving

Portland’s dining options are always expanding and changing. Here’s this week’s update:

🍕 Baby Doll Pizza Opened Second Location

“Baby Doll has also been an important part of Portland’s recent pizza renaissance,” Willamette Week argues, citing ”its consistent quality.” Now it’s got a second location — at Old Town Brewing’s Northeast Location, on MLK (in the King neighborhood). [Willamette Week]

• Related: For excellent pizza, I recommend a recent favorite, Pan Con Queso, which you can visit or order while at Holy Ghost Bar. Which I learned about from:
• Listen: Oregonian food critic Michael Russell discussed his picks for the top pizza in town. [City Cast Portland 🎧]

🍕 You Can Now Dine In at Tastebud

The popular Multnomah Village pizza spot Tastebud has reopened its dining room after five years of only doing takeout. [Eater Portland]

✅ Pay a Visit to Plaza Coyoacán

The Oregonian recommends a meal at the Mexican restaurant Plaza Coyoacán, which has been open on Southeast Hawthorne for the last two years: Order a pastor taco. [Oregonian 🔒]

🇯🇵 Another Japanese Restaurant Chain Comes to Portland

The Portland area is getting a couple locations of the Japanese chain restaurant Pepper Lunch. It’s known for its “fast-casual” meals that can be had “in 20 minutes for under $20.” [KOIN]

🍸 Palomar Quitting the East Side

Palomar, the beloved Cuban cocktail bar, is moving from its spot under a flashy Portland mural (but also a dead stretch of Southeast Division Street). It’ll close later this month and relocate to Northwest 23rd Street by April. [Oregonian 🔒]

☕ Tov Coffee Is Selling Its Iconic Bus

The Egyptian coffee shop Tov Coffee on Southeast Hawthorne has had a brick-and-mortar shop since 2023. So it makes sense the owner is ready to unload his iconic double-decker bus (for $50,000). Still, it feels like a moment the city is changing [KOIN]