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🍣 Portland’s best-reviewed sushi is from a food cart?
June 12, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning! Want to get your next outfit or home furnishings on the cheap? Check out today’s fun recommendations for the region’s best thrift stores and other tips! ⬇️
What's CITY Talking About?
Writers To Work at Ursula K. Le Guin’s Home
The Northwest Portland home of the late, great writer Ursula K. Le Guin is going to host writing fellowships. Her family has donated Le Guin’s home to the nonprofit Literary Arts, which will begin fundraising to bring writers from around the world to Portland. [Associated Press via OPB]
Plastics Recycling Is “Largely Futile”
The Center for Climate Integrity analyzed plastics recycling and determined that “it’s largely futile,” Portland Monthly reports. There are exceptions, including a program to recycle clamshell-type containers at the grocery store New Seasons. [Portland Monthly]
3 Local Sushi Restaurants in Yelp’s Top 100
Bluefin Tuna & Sushi (No. 75, in Portland), Koya Sushi (No. 24, in Beaverton), and Yoshi’s Sushi (No. 7, a food cart in Portland) were among the 100 best sushi restaurants in the United States, according to Yelp. The company analyzes Yelp ratings to determine rankings. [KOIN]
- Related: Another take on Portland’s best sushi. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
Where Is It?
Portland’s Mill Ends Park is the smallest in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Check out the story I ran earlier this week on it for more on its history. Also: the park has its own website now.
A shoutout to our readers who knew the location: Rick, Mike Rogers, Erica Blair, Derek B., Weston Ruter, Phil Hubert, Kerstan Ruffer, Linda Christian, and Claudia.
For this week’s scavenger hunt: The lack of a statue is notable. Do you know the spot? Totally unofficial bonus points for: What statues have been there?
What To Do
Wednesday, June 12
- 🍹 Summertime Mixology Class | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. | $85 | Straightaway Cocktails (Buckman neighborhood)
- ✂️ Lino Cutting Workshop | 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. | $103.22 | Vancouver Art Space
- ⚾ Portland Pickles Firefighter Appreciation Night | 7:05 p.m. | Free - $12 | Pickles-Walker Stadium (Lents neighborhood)
- 🪧 John Malkovich in 'The Music Critic' | 7:30 p.m. | $48+ | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
- 😆 Live Queer Comedy | 8 - 10 p.m. | Donation Based | Portland Pickles Public House (Boise neighborhood)
Thursday, June 13
- 🎬 ‘Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers’ (Church of Film screening) | 7 p.m. | $10 | Clinton Street Theater
- ❓ Classic Simpsons Trivia | 7 - 9 p.m. | Free | Beaumont - Wilshire neighborhood
Friday, June 14
- 🧁 Bu-Tai-Tian Dessert Nights | 7 - 9 p.m. | $27 | Lan Su Chinese Garden
- 🇰🇷 KPop Night | 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. | $12.51+ | Elevate Nightclub (Old Town neighborhood)
- 🍺 Fruit Beer Fest | Various Times (through June 17) | $28.52 | Pine Street Taproom (Old Town)
- 🤣 Tits Up Comedy | 5 - 7 p.m. | Suggested Donation | Alberta Street Pub
- 🪗 Intocable in Concert | 8 p.m. | $154.80+ | Roseland Theater
Today on City Cast
If you go to an estate sale on a Sunday and it’s not half off, walk out the door.
The Ultimate Guide to Portland’s Thrift Shops
Whether you’re trying to limit your impact on the environment or are just into scoring deals, our city has an overwhelming amount of good thrift stores for you — so many, in fact, that it can feel overwhelming. Jay Flewelling, a self-proclaimed “thrift store junky” and a local comedian, is sharing all his best thrifting tips on where to go, for whatever you’re hoping to find, without having to spend too much.
I’ll see you tomorrow!
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