Event: Au Paon Dinner

Portland is getting a new cooperatively-owned vegan dessert bar and cafe from some folks you may know from The New Leaf, Portobello, and Red & Black. It’s called Au Paon and they’re hoping to land a space on East Burnside where they’ll be serving raw desserts and entrees, smoothies, juices, salads, snacks, and signature cocktails.

In the meantime, they are hosting a 3-course fundraising dinner featuring an organic, raw, gluten- and soy-free vegan menu (Aged Cashew Cheese w/ Apple, Pear, and Rosemary Crackers; Ravioli w/ Wild Arugula Salad; Strawberry, Chocolate & Banana Neapolitan) and a beverage of your choice.

Au Paon Fundraising Dinner
Saturday February 9th, 7pm-9:30pm
The Little Church, 5831 NE 23rd, Portland, OR 97211
donation $40-$100 per person (plus Eventbrite fee)

If you can’t make it on the 9th, not to worry as they are planning another event for February 22nd. More details to follow.

Event: Bagel Bonanza

Downtown culinary incubator KitchenCru is having their second Bagel Bonanza giveaway this Saturday, March 31st, from 11am-2pm (or until they run out). They are making NY style bagels which are all vegan and they will have a vegan schmear available. You can pick up a free bagel with schmear and/or buy a half dozen bagels to go for $5.

KitchenCru Culinary Prepspace
337 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209
503.226.1400
Saturday, March 31st, 11am-2pm (first come, first served until they run out)

Update 3/30: The Oregonian reported today that KitchenCru’s Michael Madigan (the man behind the Bagel Bonanza) will be opening a bagel shop called Bowery Bagels in June at 310 NW Broadway.

photo from KitchenCru’s Facebook page

Update: Sip Storefront (Canteen)

As we posted back in November, Sip has been working on opening a cafe in the old MoJo’s Coffee location at the corner of SE 28th and SE Stark. While it’s taken a bit longer than they had planned on, things are moving along. The exterior has been painted, a new patio has been built, they chose a name (Canteen), and are shooting to open next month. We’ll hopefully be getting a sneak peek of the new space and menu when they get closer to opening so stay tuned!

photo by Food Mountain

Update: Departure Launches Vegan Menu

We posted back in October that chef Gregory Gourdet of downtown’s Departure restaurant was working on an all-vegan menu (to go alongside their regular menu) and yesterday Eater PDX shared the details and that it is finally launching on January 23rd. Kick off the Year of the Dragon with a modern take on Asian cuisine which includes Sweet Potato Tempura Roll, Steamed Onion-Ginger Buns, Vegetable Udon Noodles, Bibimbap, and wok-fried Salt & Pepper Tempeh. You can check out the menu here.

Departure (vegan menu starting Jan 23rd)
525 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR 97204
503.802.5370
Mon-Thu 4pm-12am, Fri-Sat 4pm-1am
Happy Hour Mon-Thu 4pm-6pm and 10pm-close, Fri-Sat 4pm-6pm and 11pm-close


Preview of Korean BBQ Tempeh Buns, Spicy Slaw from Gregory Gourdet’s Twitter feed

news via Eater PDX

Update: Veggie Grill Beaverton

As we reported back in October, Veggie Grill is coming to Oregon and we’re just a few weeks away from their first location opening in Cedar Hills Crossing. The latest update is that they are finishing up construction and shooting for a January 23rd opening, assuming final construction and inspections go as planned. They should have more definitive info next week.

Veggie Grill
3435 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005 (shooting to open Jan 23rd, to be confirmed)

Moving: Suzette Creperie & Coming: Aladdin’s Castle Cafe

Suzette Creperie is making the move from NE on Alberta to SE on Belmont into the Hall of Records space (or where It’s a Beautiful Pizza used to be). Their last day at their current location will be New Year’s Eve and they hope to be open again in February. Aladdin’s Castle Cafe will be expanding the other direction by taking over their trailer while keeping their first location at the SE à la carts Food Pavilion. So SE will have another place to get vegan crepes in addition to Perierra Crêperie and NE will be getting Iraqi vegan options.

Suzette Creperie
2921 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211 (until New Year’s Eve)
503.473.8657
Wed-Fri 11:30am-9pm, Sat 9am-9pm, Sun 9am-4pm
3342 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97214 (opening in Feb 2012)

Aladdin’s Castle Cafe
SE 50th and SE Division Street (à la carts Food Pavilion entrance at Ivon), Portland, OR 97206
971.400.3447
Mon-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm

2921 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211 (2nd location opening in Jan 2012)

via Eater PDX with additional reporting by Food Mountain

Coming: Sizzle Pie West

It’s been a long time in the works, but Sizzle Pie has finally announced that the opening date of their 2nd pizza restaurant in the old Rocco’s Pizza location across from Powell’s downtown will be New Year’s Eve. They’re kicking things off with a grand opening party starting at 6pm with specials until midnight. At 8pm they will have a show and NYE celebration with local bands at the Star Theater.

Sizzle Pie West
926 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209 (opening 12/31)
Sun-Thu 11am-3am, Fri-Sat 11am-4am

Coming: The Cherokee Rose Inn

SE Portland gets its own vegan bed & breakfast and it opens just in time for the holidays on December 15th. The inn is run by proprietor Sandy Miller and she offers evening vegan sweet treats as well as a full vegan breakfast or a picnic lunch for an additional charge.

Cherokee Rose Inn

The Cherokee Rose Inn (opens 12/15; accepting reservations now)
2924 SE Alder St, Portland, OR 97214
503.477.9443

photo from the Inn’s website; news via Food Fight!’s Facebook page

Coming: Boke Bowl

Former ramen pop-up Boke Bowl will be opening their SE lunch counter this Friday (11/25). Today’s article about them in The Oregonian mentions that their base broth is a vegan kombu broth and they add caramelized fennel and lemongrass ginger for a seasonal vegetarian option. We’ll try to get more details of vegan options and if anyone has more info, please share.

Boke Bowl (opens 11/25)
1028 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214