September 2011

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September 2011

september ’11
VOLUME 26, ISSUE 1
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Mean
sidewalks
Lax enforcement of sidewalk café
regulations has consequences.
Neighborhood woman
has the injuries to prove it.
By Allan Classen
Marilyn Davis tried to maneuver around the sidewalk tables at Urban Fondue/Bartini last
month and wound up in the emergency room with a broken finger and multiple bruises.
Sidewalk café tables clogging Northwest Portland sidewalks are nothing new,
but the city of Portland doesn’t consider
the matter a high priority.
After developing stronger, clearer rules
for use of the public sidewalks a couple of
years ago, enforcement has been relegated
to one employee who responds only when
a citizen complains. Perhaps sensing the
disregard amid widespread violations, only
one citizen has complained about such
obstructions in the Northwest District
this year.
Restaurants that fail to get a permit
aren’t tracked down; it’s more like a menu
option. If someone complains about them,
they can apply for a permit after the fact
without penalty.
If no one seems to care, does that mean
we don’t have a problem?
Consider the case of Marilyn Davis,
a longtime Northwest Glisan resident
who tried to squeeze around the tables at
25 t h Anniversary Feat ure
The middle years, 1996-2001
Urban Fondue, 2114 NW Glisan St., Aug.
19, a Friday evening. The sidewalk was so
constricted, due to two rows of tables and
clusters of pedestrians, Davis had to turn
sideways to push ahead.
“It was an obstacle course,” she said.
“People had their chairs turned sideways
with their legs sticking everywhere.”
This time a momentary annoyance
turned into something more serious.
“All of a sudden, kapow!” she recalled.
Davis’s foot caught in a divot in the
sidewalk, and she fell hard on her right
side, breaking a finger and bruising her
right knee, hip, arm and shoulder. She
spent most of the night in the Good
Samaritan emergency room.
Now she fears some of these bruises
may be more serious than initially thought.
“My arm is hurting so bad, it woke me
up last night several times,” she said the
following Tuesday.
Davis, who has no health insurance,
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inside
By Allan Classen
The years from 1996-2001 were a period of steady growth for the
Northwest Examiner. That’s in part because growth and development in many of our readership areas was far beyond steady.
Forest Heights and other West Hills developments mushroomed
with thousands of new homes. The Pearl District was being transformed from a warehouse district to an artsy community with loft
housing and plans for massive construction around the corner. We
created a special section for Pearl news as the neighborhood association there became one of the most active in the city.
Examiner circulation, which was about 14,000 in 1996, rose with
the population. Blanket mailing of the paper to new and existing
homes in greater Northwest Portland was stepped up regularly.
Every time we extended the mailing, it seemed that more advertisers
came out of the woodwork. Monthly sales jumped from an average
of about $7,000 a month to $13,000.
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History on move?
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Editor’s Turn
By Allan Classen
Editor & Publisher
Vista Bridge story helpful
Since your June cover story on the Vista Bridge [“A Bridge Too High”], I
have reluctantly passed under regularly looking up hoping to not see anyone
contemplating the worst. Today my fears were realized as my son and I came
upon a jumper on the street just moments after his fall (there was only one car
on the scene). I have been so upset today wondering what can be done. Your
story was a huge step in the right direction—burying our heads in the sand is
clearly not the solution.
Thank you for getting this out into the open and I hope something is being
done to improve the situation. I would love to see a follow-up, and now that I’ve
found the archived article, I’ll be contacting the city as well.
Amy Risch
NW Skyline Crest
Cars, not skateboards, the problem
Regarding your story on the kids that skateboard down the hill from Washington Park [“Arlington Heights neighbors back plan to curb skateboarder
abuses,” August 2001]: The neighbors have their priorities backwards. It is they
who are causing problems with their automobiles. This is a city that is attracting
people who are looking to find the new way that humans need to learn to live
together if life is to survive.
I am a 69-year-old woman who chose to live in Portland because of its alternative to accepting the death and destruction of a motorized life. Along with
all the wonderful public transport systems, we should be creating an example of
streets used for wheels without motors. Participating in the Bridge Pedal and
the Sunday Bikeways has given me an indication of how many folks would like
to use healthy and clean transportation. Maybe someday the quiet riders will
not need numerous police and barricade protections from the world-destroying
oil monsters.
Martha Van Dyke
NW Ninth Ave.
Centennial Mills opportunity lost
I haven’t followed the Centennial Mills project all that closely, yet I have to
say that what Shaheen Sadeghi [president of LAB Holding LLC] has planned
closely resembles another project that could have easily gone the way of the
Embarcadero Freeway that it adjoined in San Francisco. I am talking about
the incredible transformation of the Ferry Building into an economic, forwardthinking renovation. Anyone who has visited the Ferry Building in recent years
can well attest to how vibrant it has become, following much in the same vein
of what Mr. Sadeghi wants to do with the Centennial Mills buildings.
I ask the Portland Development Commission to reconsider its decision on
this and, better yet, to visit the Ferry Building soon.
Sean Doyle
NW Thompson Rd.
index
Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Going Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Community Events. . . . . . . . . . 22
Business & Real Estate. . . . . . . 24
They may be dead wrong,
but they’re never ashamed
I’m speaking of the stance the Oregon
Zoo and city of Portland take with their
neighbors.
To unravel this story, we need to go
back to 1993, when the city got approval
to create a temporary 129-car auxiliary lot
at the zoo to compensate for loss of spaces
in the main lot during construction of a
light rail station.
(The city owns the main parking lot
at the zoo and leases it to Metro, which
operates the zoo.)
The adjacent neighborhood associations
opposed paving over grassy open space,
but they accepted the arrangement under
the promise that the auxiliary lot would
be removed when construction was completed.
But the city didn’t live up to its end
of the bargain. After the MAX stop was
finished, the zoo found the auxiliary lot
was useful during peak periods, when the
129 spaces were not only filled but it was
necessary to lease additional parking lots
further off-site.
People kept driving to the zoo and
other adjacent attractions because parking
was free. The zoo, World Forestry Center,
OMSI and other facilities that shared the
main parking lot understood that they
could maximize attendance and charge
higher admissions if their visitors didn’t
also have to pay to park.
This approach, however, was terrible
public policy. The MAX stop was built
at extraordinary expense (it required a
260-foot elevator) because neighbors and
public decision-makers believed it could
deliver a large share of visitors, obviating
the need for total reliance on vehicles to
bring people to the zoo. Why else was $40
million invested in the station? The city
obviously bought into this logic, setting
a goal that 20 percent of zoo trips be via
MAX.
After the station was built, however,
they never got around to removing the
auxiliary lot. Not coincidentally, transit
ridership goals never approached 20 percent.
It’s not as if neighbors forgot about the
deal. The Arlington Heights Neighbor-
hood Association and several individuals
took the city to the Oregon Land Use
Board of Appeals and won a clear victory in 2001. The Portland City Council
simply defied the decision, leaving the
auxiliary lot in use for another decade and
counting.
They’ve apparently gotten so comfortable with their ill-gotten parking lot, they
think it’s theirs. But a day of accountability is coming. As part of a 2008 bond
measure approved by voters, the zoo will
have to meet landscaping requirements
for its parking lot, requirements that could
reduce the number of stalls by 10 or 15
percent.
Where are they looking to make up for
that loss? If you’ve been paying attention
at all, it should not surprise you to learn
that they now want to make the illegal
auxiliary lot a permanent fixture.
How do you go about asking for something you’ve already stolen?
Cheryl Twete, who is managing this
project for Metro admits it’s a dicey question. She understands that her agency and
the city deserve the neighborhood’s distrust “for not honoring past agreements.
“We fully acknowledge that we need to
address that,” she told the Examiner.
In the next breath, however, she
explains how important it is to keep the
auxiliary lot as a buffer against potential lost stalls in the main lot. While she
denied that the decision has already been
made, I see no reason to expect a reversal
of form. It’s a little late to factor in that
nebulous concept known as honor.
Anyone attaching substance to the
claim of “addressing” the issue needs to
look up the definition of “weasel word.”
The issue has been taken to court, and
the city lost. Instead of complying with
the decision, they’re holding it hostage to
gain new concessions, chief of which is to
negate the decision itself.
While the neighbors played by the
rules, even trusted the city and Metro to
eventually do the right thing, they have
been taken for fools. They were dealing
with folks who think they have a coin that
says, “Heads we win, tails you lose.”
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Yvonne Miller-Ross
— O B I T UA RI ES —
Donovan D. Fellows.
Yvonne “Eve” Miller-Ross, a former
Donovan Dewey Fellows, an
nursing student and nurse in Northemployee of Consolidated Freightwest Portland, died July 27 at age 62 seven grandchildren, David, Michael, Scott, Sean, Samanways for 45 years, died July 28 at age
of cancer. She was born Feb. 18, 1949, tha, Erin and Kelsey; and two great-grandchildren.
83. Mr. Dewey was born Aug. 25,
in Portland and graduated from Rex
1927. He served in the U.S. Navy
Denise Amato
Putnam High School. She received a
and Naval Reserve. He retired from
Denise Amato, who owned an art
registered nursing degree from Good
Consolidated Freightways as director
gallery in Old Town for many years,
Samaritan School of Nursing in 1970
of internal audit. He is survived by his
died July 30 at age 60. Denise Regina
and a bachelor’s degree from Linfield School of Nursing
wife of 62 years, Rose; sons, ChrisJameson was born in South Australia
in 1986. She worked for many years in clinical nursing,
Oct. 16, 1950, and moved with her topher, Jeremy and Bradley; five grandchildren; and two
nursing management and as a program director for Legafamily in the late 1960s to Las Vegas, great-grandchildren.
cy Health System. She married Dennis Ross in 1983. She
where she completed her education.
M. Craig Weatherford
is survived by her husband; daughter, Danielle; mother,
She worked for architectural firms as
M. Craig Weatherford, a former corporate credit
Lorraine Miller; and sister, Sandi Miller.
a designer in Las Vegas and later in manager for Van Waters & Rogers on Northwest Yeon
Portland.
She
and
her
husband also had several art galler- Avenue, died Aug. 21 at age 78. Mr. Weatherford was
Richard D. Hall
ies
and
frame
shops
in
California and Oregon, including born Dec. 7, 1932. He competed in many races, including
Richard D. Hall, a manager at
their
main
gallery
in
the
Merchant Hotel Building in Old the Boston Marathon, Portland Marathon and Hood to
Linnton Plywood for 35 years, died
Town,
where
they
specialized
in contemporary Chinese Coast. After retiring from Van Waters, he sold real estate
Aug. 16 at age 77. Mr. Hall was born
Nov. 24, 1933, in Sheyenne, N.D., and art. She was also a dance instructor. She married Steven for 10 years. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; daughter,
moved to Portland when he was a child. Amato in 1981. She is survived by her husband; brother, Debra Breese; sons, Mark, Todd and Paul; eight grandchilAfter graduating from Roosevelt High Michael Jameson; and sister, Vivian Ziedman.
dren; and two great-grandchildren.
School in 1952, he served in the U.S.
Isabelle Turner
Army in Korea until 1955. He was
Isabelle Hill Turner, who lived more than 40 years on Death notices:
an active member of the American Legion. He mar- Southwest Madison Street, died Aug. 2 at age 91. She
Beverly Jo Nelson, 89, a volunteer at Sisters of the Road
ried Patricia Wilson in 1957. He is survived by his wife; was born Jan. 23, 1920, in Pendleton. She earned a bachCafé since its beginning in 1979.
daughter, Tracey Hill; son, Craig; six grandchildren; and elor’s degree at Whitman College. She was a longtime
one great-grandchild.
member of Trinity Episcopal Parish. Mrs. Turner moved Beverly Jean Cross, 84, co-namesake of Providence St.
from Madison Street into assisted living nine years ago. Vincent Hospital’s Travis & Beverly Cross Guest HousRichard H. Mathews
Richard H. Mathews, a West Hills She married Richard J. Turner; he died in 1988. She is ing Center.
resident who served on the West Slope survived by her daughter, Darcy; son, Robert; and four Phil Hobson, 86, who worked for 36 years at Centennial
Water District board for several years, grandchildren.
Flour Mills.
died Aug. 16 at age 87. Mr. Mathews
Alyce S. Hanzel
was born June 6, 1924, in Portland. He
Alyce Sue Hanzel, a Northwest Portland resident the The Northwest Examiner publishes obituaries of people who
graduated from Jefferson High School past 19 years, died Aug. 3 at age 59. Ms. Hanzel was lived, worked or had other substantial connections to our readerand attended Oregon State University. born April 2, 1952, in Rupert, Idaho. She graduated from ship area, which includes Northwest Portland, Goose Hollow,
He served in the U.S. Army during Minico High School and the University of Idaho before Sauvie Island and areas north of Highway 26. If you have
World War II as a medic. He later worked as an accoun- attending the Institute of Design in New York City. After information about a death in our area, please contact us at
tant for TriMet. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, working in New York City, she relocated to Portland to [email protected]. Photographs are also welcomed. There
Virginia; daughters, Debbie, Mary and Molly; son, David; work for Nike.
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25th anniversary continued
The paper grew to a typical size of 28-32 pages, not
counting a four-page pullout section purchased by the
local neighborhood coalition.
The last vestiges of competition from an earlier neighborhood paper, The Neighbor, disappeared in 1997 after
two rapid ownership changes.
A few main stories dominated the front pages. Parking
regulations in the Northwest District—already an old issue
in 1996—were bitterly contested. The proposed Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park Heights was taken to
court by Arlington Heights neighbors and delayed several
years. Control of the Northwest Neighborhood Cultural
Center was a white-hot issue for many months, triggering
rival membership drives and a public meeting attended by
400 people. Due to last-minute compromising, no clear
resolution was achieved.
Key issues, 1996-2001
1996
news
1998
• November: New Uptown Shopping Center owners
won’t renew lease on Baskin-Robbins. Senators Mark
Hatfield and Bob Packwood issue statements advising
Federal Realty not to replace local businesses with national
chain stores. Several business owners quoted in the story,
including owners of Este’s Men’s Clothing, Bee Cleaners and Uptown Hardware, have since left the shopping
center.
1999
• June: John Bradley wins contested election for presidency of Northwest District Association 114-50 over
Chris Smith. Smith was supported by local business
people who organized to defeat Bradley, an advocate
of a residential-preference parking permit program.
• August: Murders fail to curb Burnside crime
scene. Bodies of three victims who accepted rides
on West Burnside found in Forest Park. Examiner
story about drugs, prostitution and assaults wins
Bruce Baer Special Recognition award.
2000
• October: Permit parking advocates hope to divide and
2001
conquer. Cadre of residents warn of consequences of not
• February: Power struggle for control of Northwest
relieving residential parking pressures. Negotiations broke
Neighborhood Cultural Center pits neighbor associations • January: Northwest Children’s Theater falsely charges
off in 1996. “Your worst nightmare squared,” said Dan
against the building’s main tenant, Northwest Children’s neighborhood representatives would demolish Northwest
Anderson.
Theater.
Cultural Center in desperate bid to win membership vote
for control of building. Hundreds show up for the election,
1997
• March: Self-described “gourmet bum” gains media but a compromise reached just days earlier produces a slate
• September: Sidewalk cafés not a problem to city regula- attention over broken promise to share Lottery winnings. committed to conciliation and no resolution of competing
tors. Fee is only $10 a year and few restaurants bother to Sympathetic readers donate thousands of dollars, which claims.
David Venti uses for fatal overdose of drugs and alcohol.
get one. City doesn’t mind.
• July: Big Business Rules. CNF (now known as Con• November: Neighbors leery of Holocaust memorial in • October: Durst’s Thriftway, a three generation grocery way) demands special zoning treatment or it will expand
store at 2122 NW Glisan St., closes to staunch mounting out of state. Despite concessions by city planning officials,
their backyard.
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Could 19th century houses around Besaw’s be moved?
By Allan Classen
Several Northwest Portland professionals are looking into the possibility of moving four Victorian houses at Northwest
23rd and Savier streets rather than see
them demolished for a proposed mixed-use
development.
The houses surround Besaw’s Café,
2301 NW Savier St., and were built in the
same era. Developer C.E. John Co. intends
to save the restaurant building but not the
three row houses to the west or the house
to its north.
Rick Michaelson, principal in Inner
City Properties, has moved many houses
in Northwest Portland in the 1970s, ’80s
and ’90s.
“In general, there is no real problem in
moving that type of house,” he said. “The
hardest part is always finding the land.”
Although no willing landowner has been
identified, Con-way owns about 15 acres
immediately to the east that are ripe for
development. A preliminary master plan
calls for devoting most of it to new multistory buildings, but the head of Con-way’s
property division believes his company may
be able to help, even if only for the interim.
“The idea of moving a few older Victorian houses to Con-way land is very
interesting to us, provided they are structurally sound homes,” said Con-way Vice
President Craig Boretz. “To the extent that
they are solid structures, it might be nice
to temporarily ‘warehouse’ them on the
Con-way site and make them available to
mike ryerson
be stitched into future
developments.
“They could perhaps
be placed next to new
buildings in an artful
way and be very much
in keeping with the
overall character of the
neighborhood. Keeping them on blocks
(temporary site) for the
time being would avoid
the up-front site and
remodeling costs,” he
said.
Interim
storage
would also allow developers to wait for favorable market conditions,
he added.
Realtor Dan Volkmer, the leader in creation of the Alphabet
Historic District south
of Lovejoy Street, has
contacted C.E. John’s Three 19th century row houses on Northwest Savier Street are attached to Besaw’s Café. All of the homes would be
Vice President of removed if a proposal by C.E. John goes forward. The development company says it intends to retain the restaurant
Development, Thomas building.
DiChiara.
Volkmer said he had a “very receptive neer and Northwest resident, is attempt- Slabtown grew from the intersection of
discussion” with DiChiara.
ing to bring interested parties together to 23rd and Savier. Trolley lines met and were
stored/serviced at this point. He believes
“He is willing to work with us in moving facilitate a move.
the … houses around the Besaw’s restau“My hope would be that the houses the houses and commercial building still
rant,” said Volkmer. “I think if we brought could be saved,” said Pierson. “They’re part standing at this corner represent the earliest private development in the area.
him a plan, he’s open.” of the history of Northwest Portland.”
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Mayor to present draft parking
plan for Northwest District
Mayor Sam Adams will present a draft
of the Northwest District Parking Plan at
two community meetings this month.
He will speak to the Northwest District
Association Monday, Sept. 19, 6-8 p.m.,
at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in
the Building 2 auditorium, 1040 NW 22nd
Ave.
On Wednesday, Sept. 21, 8:30 a.m., he
will speak to the Nob Hill Business Association at Holiday Inn Express, 2333 NW
Vaughn St.
Both meetings are open to the public.
The plan has been developed by a
stakeholders advisory committee that
includes representatives from the neighborhood and business associations. The
plan involves parking meters along and
slightly beyond Northwest 21st and 23rd
avenues, a permit program for residents
and employees throughout the district and
establishment of a transportation and parking management association that would
govern parking programs.
The association would also control the
spending of 51 percent of net meter revenues for local transportation projects.
Those revenues are estimated to average
more than $500,000 a year.
The plan will be finalized after a community open house in November. Adams
intends to present a plan for adoption by
City Council in December. He would not
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Portland history book
By Allan Classen
Jane Comerford has come by her love of Northwest
Portland history naturally. In 1871, her great-grandfather
immigrated to Portland from Ireland, eventually settling at
Northwest 21st and Glisan streets.
Her grandfather and father later lived in the same
house, and all of them pronounced the street named for
Rodney Glisan to rhyme with “listen.”
Naturally enough, Comerford is also a stickler for historic accuracy, and she cannot hear the street called “Gleason” without alarms going off in her head.
Comerford has poured three years of passion for history and attention to detail into a book to be released in
November. “A History of Northwest Portland: From the
River to the Hills” will include about 200 historic photos
obtained from many collections, many of which haven’t
been published before.
“I love the research,” said Comerford, who retired as
administrator of the community education program at
Portland Community College. “I love to know the roots
of things, and I want to share my excitement with people
who are new to the neighborhood.”
Although she grew up in the Irvington neighborhood
and didn’t move back to the Northwest District until the
1970s, this part of the city has always attracted her. She
remembers seeing exotic Chinese people, gypsies and
transients in Old Town. The Forestry Center, billed as the
world’s largest log cabin, which remained in place for 59
years as the last vestige of the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition, was an unforgettable phenomenon. Montgomery
Ward (now Montgomery Park) was not only a regional
distribution center but a major retail store until the 1980s.
The Vaughn Street Ballpark was home to the Portland
Beavers until 1956.
While these structures are gone, many remnants from
our past endure. There are still many iron rings for tying
up horses embedded in curbs, and some curbs still have
metal edges at corners to protect them from carriage
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wheels. In Old Town/Chinatown,
glass blocks in sidewalks allow
light into basement storage areas,
and elevators under metal plates
bring inventory from the street to
basement level.
“Many people walk over them
not knowing what they are,” she
said.
Connecting people to local history, whether by telling the story
of landmarks or explaining small
things underfoot, “helps people
appreciate where they’re living.”
Her research sometimes starts
close to home. She lives in an
1890s working class house on
Northwest Savier Street, and her
next door neighbor has a brick
engraved “E.J. Jeffery 1871.”
“That piqued my interest; I
wanted to find out more,” she said.
Some investigating revealed
that the Jeffery brickyard was once
“just around the corner.”
Her book, which will have
Author Jane Comerford at her 1880s home on Northwest Savier Street with an 1871
fewer than 200 pages, about 60
Jeffery Brick, which was manufactured “just around the corner.”
percent of which will be in photographs, is intended to give a broad
overview of Northwest Portland,
from the hills to Old Town.
“What I hope is to spark an interest in looking deeper book online.
into small parts of our history,” she said.
She has been promised a spot at the Oregon Historical
The book is being designed by Giuseppe Lipari, who Society’s annual authors‘ party Dec. 4.
lives in Arlington Heights.
This is not Comerford’s first book on history. She
Preorders will be taken through Oct. 31 at a discount edited and published “At the Foot of the Mountain,” an
price of $24.95. After that, the price will be $29.95. An early history of Neahkanie and Manzanita, in 2004. The
order form will be inserted in the October Northwest book is in its second printing.
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Despite assaults on bookstores,
Powell vows, ‘We’ll still be standing’
But Powell does not lament the
times.
“That’s the competitive world of
capitalism,” he said of Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes and Noble’s Nook,
devices that cannot accept books from
independent sources.
“I’m not here to whine about it.
We will try to find ways to survive.
We will find our way. We will. If
there’s any bookstore still standing in
America, it will be Powell’s.”
A world without printed books,
however, would be chilling.
“The world will be poorer,” he
said. “I can’t see a kid at age three or
four picking up and reading ‘Pat, the
Bunny’ on a tablet.”
While Powell has passed some of
the day-to-day reins to his daughter,
Emily Powell, he’s far from retired.
He spends time in the warehouse,
pricing books: “I really enjoy doing that!”
He recently acquired a treasure-trove of Oregon history
material. He’s often quoted in the media about the state
of his profession.
He sees the publishing world from all sides.
“Writers and publishers are caught in a tight spot. They
can’t walk away from this opportunity. They’ve got to
market their books where they’re being sold—and that’s
on tablets.”
Whatever the technology, his job is the same.
“They write and these other guys publish ’em. Now,
how do I sell them?”
Donald Q. Smith
by Donald Q. Smith
The farthest Michael Powell has
read into an electronic book is 40
pages.
The owner of the “largest new and
used independent bookstore in the
world” was addressing the question:
“What would Gutenberg read—book
or Kindle?” at a breakfast meeting of
Pearl Rotarians this summer.
He knows he must get beyond his
personal preference for “real” books.
“I’m 70 years old, but I’ve got to
reach an audience that’s 20,” he said.
“It’s a generation whose hands are
welded to technology.”
He repeatedly affirmed that his five
stores, including the flagship Powell’s City of Books at 10th and West
Burnside, operate in “a strong, com- Michael Powell talked to the Pearl Rotary about the book business this summer.
petitive environment” that is increas There’s not a day he does not feel the impact of new
ingly challenging to traditional booksellers with brick and
technology on the traditional way we buy and read books.
mortar stores.
Powell’s was among the first bookstores with a website
“The advent of e-books like Kindle and Nook has had
the greatest impact,” he said. “Books on these electronic in 1994. Today that website is filled with 21st century stratreaders, computers and cell phones have proven to be very egies, including applications for Apple products.
popular.”
Powell is excited about getting into international
Just three years after their advent, he said Amazon now books. There are 300,000 Spanish readers in the Portland
sells more electronic books than traditional print copies. area, some with fourth and fifth generation Hispanic roots.
For Powell’s—a four-decade business that succeeded
This “enormous shift” has impacted the largest nationwith the novel concept of putting new and used, hardcover
al chains and the smallest corner-store independents.
Borders has “lost its way,” he said, and may not recover and paperback on the same shelf—these are “tumultuous times,” he said. Growth is difficult; prices have been
from bankruptcy protection.
The non-chain bookstore? “Many are gone, yet new forced downward. It costs substantially more, he said, to
ones open, some in niches in neighborhoods, some in hire web-focused employees than store clerks. Even this Editor’s note: Donald Q. Smith has been a resident of Northsmall towns. It remains to be seen if that’s a viable strat- venerable institution (with $45 million in sales in 2009, west Portland for six years; he’s the former editor and publisher
according to Wikipedia) was forced to lay off 31 employ- of the Monticello Times, a weekly newspaper in Minnesota.
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Close a street, help a child
Block by Ramona Apartments not needed for traffic
We’ve been listening to “Really Rosie”
at my house lately. The children’s record,
passed along in my show tune-loving family, was a ’70s Broadway hit about an aspiring starlet named Rosie. Voiced by Carole
King, Rosie sings paeans to her Brooklyn
neighborhood in songs like “Avenue P as it
Ought to Be,” which ends with a vow: “I’ll
make it like that some day.”
Here’s a plan Rosie and her neighborhood gang might approve: Let’s cap off
the street on the east side of the Ramona
Apartments for a “pop-up park” or playground extension for Ramona families and
the rest of us to use.
Here’s why: This section of Northwest 13th Avenue between Quimby and
Raleigh streets, about 75 paces on foot,
is hardly critical to cars. The road really
leads nowhere anyway, dwindling into a
Pearl backwater of weeds and feral cats.
Barricading it on either end does not block
residents’ access to their parking garages,
which have entries on the other sides.
This occurred to me even before reading
about New York City’s “pop-up parks,” the
latest effort to curb obesity in neighborhoods where playing outside is deemed
unsafe. This makes sense in the Pearl
because there just aren’t many places to run
around. Games of Kick the Dog Crap at
the Fields just haven’t caught on.
Cathedral School, a private Catholic
School, blocked off Northwest 17th Avenue
between Couch and Davis streets decades
ago. No parking is allowed there between
7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on school days, and
unmovable cement
planters close off Michaela Bancud
one end of the
street. The Ramona
planters, if we went
that route, could be
more flamboyantly
planted than theirs,
but don’t sweat the
details.
More than 70
children now live in
the Ramona apartments, and while
its present courtyard playground is great
for younger kids, more recess space will be
needed once two new schools open this
September. Portland Public Schools, of
course, has leased two ground floor spaces
for its programs. Their classrooms would
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Northwest 13th Avenue beside the Ramona
doesn’t go anywhere, and it might be better
used for a playground. A company nearby had
the same idea, converting another block of 13th
into a basketball court.
building’s other side, so we know more
children are coming.
As for the neighborhood, I think it’s fair
to say that we’re fed up with waiting for
whatever will happen at Fields Park. We’ve
made the best out of what we have. There’s
a basketball hoop anchored to a 13th Avenue loading dock, presumably put there by
Keen footwear staff. Pick up games and
cries of “car coming!” are common. Tennis
players use the back of Cash n’ Carry as a
backboard, and skateboarders gather there
in the evening.
Closing this section of 13th would be an
easy back-to-school gift for neighborhood
kids and future students who need a place
without cars to play.
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GladYou
Asked
Answering your questions about
Northwest Portland history
By Mike Ryerson
Rose’s comes and goes!
Question:
Courtesy of Gloria Alten
The original Rose’s Restaurant on
Northwest 23rd Avenue closed in the
early 1990s.
Restoration Hardware now occupies
the building where Rose Naftalin
opened the original Rose’s Restaurant
and Delicatessen in 1956.
mike ryerson
mike ryerson
“When Rose’s Restaurant on Northwest
23rd Avenue closed in June, they placed a
sign in the window saying goodbye and
thanks for 60 years of patronage. Did I
miss something? They weren’t in Northwest Portland when I moved here 15
years ago.”
Answer:
mike ryerson
The reincarnation of the Rose’s Restaurant on
Northwest 23rd Avenue was never adopted by regulars of the original Roses. It quietly closed in June.
–Judy Nguyen
That sign was misleading in so many
ways. First, by any form of math it has
only been 55 years since Rose Naftalin
opened the original Rose’s Restaurant &
Delicatessen in 1956 on Northwest 23rd
Avenue near Flanders Street. The tiny
woman from Toledo, Ohio, struggled at
first but gained strong support from Portland’s Jewish community and eventually
thrived.
Naftalin sold the business in 1968 to
Max Birnbach, a dignified man always
dressed to the tee as he greeted customers.
He sold the business in 1992 when he was
80 years old. The next owner closed the
23rd Avenue location a year later.
A new Rose’s eventually appeared at
Northwest 23rd and Kearney after the turn
Courtesy of The Oregonian
of the century.
Say what you will about the health
effects of giant-sized desserts and sandwiches stacked high with meat, the first
owners lived long and prospered. Birnbach died in 2008 at age 95, and Naftalin
was 100 years old when she died in 1998.
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Max Birnbach, who escaped
from a Nazi concentration camp
in Austria during WW II, paid
attention to detail at his 23rd
Avenue restaurant. He was
particularly proud of the handcarved sign, set in stone.
Rose Naftalin loved to show off
her fine cakes and pastries. Her
giant cinnamon rolls could satisfy
a truck driver’s appetite, but she
barely weighed 100 pounds and
she lived to be 100 years old.
Then &Now
In this 1930s photo, the Uglesich Brothers ( Joe and Chris) grocery store occupied the
southeast corner of the Northwest 23rd and Thurman Street intersection and Hugh
Earl’s Barber Shop, a lunch café and Otto Hagen’s Drug Store were in the building
(far right) on the southwest corner. A Safeway grocery store was also out of this frame
in the same building. A large Victorian home is seen in the center, with another business to the right, Ben Casper’s Saw Shop. Photo courtesy of The Earl Family.
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Current photo of the same intersection shows Homer Medico’s 23rd Avenue Market (far
left) on the southeast corner. The Northwest Library now occupies the entire building
on the southwest corner. One house and the business next door to the right are now
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Dining & Entertainment
p. 15-23
Tastes great … less filling
The Bent Brick’s small plates leave diners hungry for more
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By Wendy Gordon
I’ve long been a fan of Scott Dolich’s
inventive Park Kitchen, so I was excited to
try his new Slabtown venture, The Bent
Brick. After many years in the kitchen, the
43-year-old Dolich is concentrating on
training staff and managing both restaurants, with head chef Will Preisch handling
most of the cooking at The Bent Brick.
The Bent Brick is admirable and grand
in concept. Now every burger joint in
Portland is “local and sustainable.” They
are extending local sourcing another step
further, by only serving food produced in
the United States, preferably the Pacific
Northwest. No Parmesan cheese—only
domestic hard cheeses. No prosciutto—
only Virginia ham. No imported olive oil,
no saffron, no olives, no citrus. To compensate, the kitchen is making as many items
in-house as possible, experimenting with
infused vinegars, pickles, and even homemade capers from nasturtium flowers. All
the liquors served at the bar are distilled
locally. All the wines are from Oregon and
Washington, and many of them are served
on tap, beer-style, to keep them at their
freshest.
The restaurant is lovely to look at and
relaxing to sit in. Its structure, the Slabtown Building, has served many purposes
over the past 90-some years, as a private
residence, a garage and most recently the
home for Oddball Shoes. Dolich’s renovation radiates an industrial chic spirit but
more warmth than that commonly implies.
Large slabs of wood recall Slabtown’s logging history. On the rare summer evening,
open windows let the light and air in. The
mood is lively but still intimate; booths
and intelligent acoustics allow for private
conversation.
The problem begins when you move
from the conceptual and the aesthetic to
the visceral. The chef seems to be having a lot of creative fun here, but like an
experimental filmmaker who forgets that
moviegoers first and foremost want to be
entertained, he’s forgetting that restaurant
diners first and foremost want to eat. A
“tavern” implies a casual watering hole; the
industrial look promises hearty meals for
folks relaxing after a hard day’s work. The
meals here not only wouldn’t satisfy a manual laborer, they wouldn’t satisfy someone
who spent the day staring at a computer
screen. God forbid if he commutes by bike.
Our meal began reasonably promisingly.
The Bent Brick’s all-Oregon signature
cocktails are inventive and excellent. My
husband didn’t care for his wine, but that is
a matter of taste. Non-drinkers can choose
from a variety of artisan sodas and nonalcoholic mixed beverages.
Sipping our drinks, we perused the
deconstructed menu, a conceit that does
the food items described a disservice. Food
sounds strange when broken into its component parts. Picture your Thanksgiving
turkey described as “turkey, bread cubes,
salt, gravy.” Then imagine menu items such
as “blood sausage, stone fruits, kernels, ice
plant” or “egg, country ham broth, peas,
favas, snaps.”
We settled on kale and quinoa fritters
as an appetizer. The quinoa was an odd
match for the kale and the combination
tasted a bit too much like health food, but
was saved by a crispy, savory breading and
a rich carrot cream. “Mussels on the half
shell, smoky mussel aioli, tabasco mignonette” were fantastic and briny, the smoky
shellfish arrayed on rocks as if they’d just
washed up from the ocean. Both of these
plates were small, but, hey, they were listed
as “snacks.”
Unfortunately, when our “plates” arrived,
they were hardly bigger than the “snacks,”
despite being three or four times the price.
The “crab, louie sauce, cucumber, gooseberry, sorrel” amounted to three teaspoonfuls
of crab salad artfully distributed atop sliced
Ivette Soler (L-R),
Emma Alpaugh and
Juree Sondker enjoyed
their time at The Bent
Brick.
A small plate of crab.
cucumbers, accompanied by a dime-size
dollop of louie sauce. It looked like something you might eat at a Southern California spa after an herbal wrap and hot yoga.
The gooseberry and sorrel were nowhere
to be seen. The “albacore, fennel, unripe
strawberry, green goddess watercress” consisted of—I’m being generous—two ounces of admittedly exquisitely fresh fish, a
thin sprinkle of green goddess dressing,
and slivers of fennel. I don’t know where
the unripe strawberry and watercress went.
My son’s “beef, smoke, onions, saltbaked potato” sounded hearty, but proved
to be a Weight Watchers portion of perfectly cooked, tender steak, a few spoons
of smoky caramelized onions, and a potato
so miniscule he popped it in his mouth in
one bite.
Our waitress encouraged us to order
more plates, saying with a straight face that
the portions were so small so you could
“try lots of things.” The couple next to us
were working on their ninth plate. I am a
fan of tapas-style eating, and enjoy trying a
variety of things, but not at this price point.
The “plates” ranged in cost from $13 to
$17; were we to double them we’d be paying in the high 20s and the low 30s for our
entrées. That’s a price you might expect to
pay for a special occasion dinner at a white
tablecloth restaurant, but not for a casual
weekday meal at a tavern. The albacore
plate in particular grated on me. This was
albacore tuna, mind you, not ahi. Local
albacore is currently retailing for $10.99 a
pound at Whole Foods.
So we decided to share a dessert. Our
“xocatl de david cake, bourbon glaze, rhu-
barb, honey nougat” deserved display in
the Portland Art Museum’s contemporary
wing. A chunklet of chocolate cake provided a raised rectangle of brown, and an
orange glaze extended rightward, punctuated by a white strip of nougat and a red
strip of rhubarb. It could have used a larger
canvas, though. We devoured it in a few
bites. The chocolate cake (a rare exception
to The Bent Brick’s local sourcing rule) was
rich and dense, but marred by an excessively salty caramelized glaze.
We paid our $82 bill (not including tip),
went home, and raided the refrigerator.
The Bent Brick’s local, DIY ethic is
in tune with Portland, but its pretentious
architectural take on food is not. Portlanders like to work hard, exercise hard, and
eat and drink hard. They appreciate value.
The restaurants that are making Portland
famous as a food town combine artisan
sourcing and preparation with old fashioned nourishment.
I hate to dismiss The Bent Brick entirely. It’s such a pretty place to hang out, the
cocktails are great, and the food, albeit
microsized, is delicious. Maybe I would
stop by again for a drink and a “snack.” Or
if I ever go on a strict weight loss diet, I will
come here for a special meal.
The Bent Brick
1639 NW Marshall St.
503-688-1655
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drink & dine in your neighborhood
The NW Examiner’s Neighborhood Food & Beverage Guide
The NW Examiner’s Neighborhood
Food & Beverage Guide is published
each March and September to encourage readers to patronize their local
businesses. It includes listings of our
regular advertisers and others who have
paid a $50-per-listing fee.
BAKERIES
The Dragonfly Coffee House & Bakery
2387 NW Thurman St., 503-224-7888
www.thedragonflycoffeehouse.com
A locally-owned coffee house and bakery
serving a luscious latte and their date bars
are famous. Stop in for comfort, camaraderie and a darn fine cup o’ Joe. Traditional
and gluten-free pastries.
Elephants Delicatessen
(See listing under Delicatessens)
Kettleman Bagel Company
2314 NW Lovejoy St., 503-295-2314
www.kettlemanbagels.com
Undeniably addicting, delicious bagels made
from the finest ingredients. Locally-owned,
operated and dedicated to bringing the
best New York-style bagels, coffee and
“schmears” to Northwest Portland.
Papa Haydn
701 NW 23rd Ave., 503-228-7317
www.papahaydn.com
Portland’s favorite desserts since 1978.
Open every day. Lunch, dinner and Saturday
and Sunday brunch. Full bar. Wedding cakes
and catering.
St. Honore Boulangerie
2335 NW Thurman St., 503-445-4342
www.SaintHonoreBakery.com
An authentic French bakery and café featuring handcrafted artisan breads, pastries
and savories. Excellent coffee drinks made
from Caffe Umbria beans. Wines and beers.
Outdoor seating. Open daily from 7 a.m.
BARS & LOUNGES
Bastas Trattoria and Bar
410 NW 21st Ave., 503-274-1572
www.bastastrattoria.com
Bastas uses local, organic ingredients.
All the fresh pastas, as well as sausages,
pancetta, breads, desserts and infusions,
are made in-house. Happy hour all day in the
lounge and special discounts 5-6:30 p.m. and
10 p.m.-closing.
Le Happy
(See listing under Restaurants-French)
Melt
716 NW 21st Ave., 503-295-4944
www.meltportland.com
Casual bistro and bar serving lunch and dinner. Happy hour 2-10 p.m., all day Saturday
and Sunday. 20-plus items, microbrews, full
bar and outside tables. Famous cupcakes.
Moonshine Kitchen & Lounge
1020 NW 17th Ave., 503-943-2780
Comfort food and fresh cocktails in a casual environment. Outside seating. Revenge
from Mars and “Star Wars” pinball games.
Open 4 p.m.-2:30 a.m. 7 days a week. Food
‘til 1:45 a.m.
Nob Hill Bar & Grill
(See listing under Pubs, Brewpubs and
Taverns)
21st Avenue Bar & Grill
(See listing under Restaurants)
former Mayor Bud Clark, featuring toothsome breakfast sandwiches, Ristretto
Roasters and baking by Marlys Mick. A
cobblestone patio and many nooks encourage customers to stay a while.
(See listing under Bakeries)
World Cup Coffee & Tea
1740 NW Glisan St., 503-228-4152
www.worldcupcoffee.com
Locally owned with over 10 years serving
locally roasted, direct-trade coffee, fresh
pastries and housemade sandwiches. Free
WiFi. Private room available. Now serving
beer and wine.
Powell’s Books.
1001 W. Burnside St., 503-228-4651,
ext 1234
DELICATESSENS
CaféS
Food Front Cooperative Grocery
2375 NW Thurman St., 503-222-5658
www.foodfront.coop
Custom sandwiches, traditional and specialty salads and savory soups. We offer great,
wholesome foods prepared from scratch
using organic ingredients wherever possible.
Grab-and-go selections also available.
(See listing under Bakeries)
PUBS, BREWPUBS
& TAVERNS
The Bent Brick
1639 NW Marshall St., 503-688-1655
www.thebentbrick.com
New upscale neighborhood watering hole.
Snacks, small plates and $6 kid’s menu.
Sixteen wines on tap and delicious domestic
cocktails. All locally sourced. Private dining
available.
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Besaw’s
Fuller’s
136 NW 9th Ave., 503-222-5608
Since 1941. Breakfast and lunch at the
counter. Bread baked daily for toast and
French toast. Basic plate of ham and eggs,
omlettes, breakfast sandwiches and much
more.
Industrial Café & Saloon
Laughing Planet Café
COFFEE & COFFEE HOUSES
The Dragonfly Coffee House & Bakery
2387 NW Thurman St., 503-224-7888
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Elephants’ employee
Aaron Pruner serves
up fresh items from
the deli case.
www.thedragonflycoffeehouse.com
A locally-owned coffee house and bakery
serving a luscious latte and their date bars
are famous. Stop in for comfort, camaraderie and a darn fine cup o’ Joe. Traditional
and gluten-free pastries.
Fehrenbacher Hof Coffee House
1225 SW 19th Ave., 502-223-4493
www.goosehollowinn.com
A 10-year old hidden treasure owned by
115 NW 22nd Ave.,
503-299-6304
www.elephantsdeli.com
Portland’s favorite specialty food and catering company, serving everything for the
gourmet since 1979. Full bar, patio, pizza
oven and private-events room. Wine, artisan
cheese, charcuterie, gifts and more.
A couple enjoys the
summer ambiance at
Cha Taqueria.
RANCH to TABLE
100% grass-fed beef
raised on our family ranch
Serving Breakfast
8 a.m.-11 a.m. Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday & Sunday
Serving Lunch & Dinner
11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday
2572 NW Vaughn Street
503-227-7002
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Blue Moon Tavern & Grill
432 NW 21st Ave., 503-223-3184
937 NW 23rd Ave., 503-274-9616
www.mcmenamins.com
www.nobhillbarpdx.com
This welcoming NW 21st hangout is the perfect spot from which to watch the comingsand-goings of locals and tourists alike while
enjoying McMenamins handcrafted ales,
wines, spirits and pub fare.
National award-winning hamburgers. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Soups and salads.
Daily homemade lunch specials. Monday
night 50-cent tacos 6-9 p.m. 12 beers on
tap. Sports on TV. Full bar. Open 8 a.m.2:30 a.m. every day.
Goose Hollow Inn
1927 SW Jefferson St., 503-228-7010
www.goosehollowinn.com
North 45 Pub
517 NW 21st Ave., 503-248-6317
Whether you are looking for a soulful
escape in the heart of the city or a merry
night out among Timbers fans, you will be in
your element at the Goose. Spacious deck,
13 cold taps and “The Best Reuben on the
Planet.”
www.north45pub.com
Upscale neighborhood pub. Full-service bar
with 100-plus whiskeys. House specialty is
mussels and frites served 8 ways. Belgian
beer menu. Happy hour 4 p.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Tented, heated patio.
The Leaky Roof Gastro Pub
1538 SW Jefferson St., 503-222-3745
Northwest Public House
2327 NW Kearney St., 503-228-5553
www.theleakyroof.com
www.northwestpublichouse.com
A neighborhood favorite since 1947. Full
service restaurant and bar. Try the happy
hour Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Visit
them online for more details.
Gastro-pub and sports lounge, featuring
local, organic and natural cuisine. Three
outdoor decks. Full bar with specialty cocktails, wine, 11 beers on draught and a large
selection of craft cans. 13 HDTVs showing
all games.
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The Rams Head
2282 NW Hoyt St., 503221-0098
www.mcmenamins.com
Settle in after an afternoon
of shopping on NW 23rd.
Relax with the handcrafted
McMenamins ales, wines and
spirits paired with salads,
burgers, sandwiches and
more. Admire original artwork
inspired by the pub’s history.
Rogue Public House & Distillery
1339 NW Flanders St.,
Dorio Café owner Taki
Chalkiopoulos greets Saturday
night guests at his 23rd Avenue
Greek restaurant.
503-222-5910
www.rogue.com
Located in the heart of the Pearl. Offering
distillery tours, 36 taps, award-winning ales
and spirits, outside seating, family friendly
atmosphere, dog menu, happy hour, catering
and Tiki Tuesday.
Marathon Taverna
1735 W. Burnside St., 503-224-1341
The best gyros and great burgers. Breakfast specials. Kitchen open ‘til 2 a.m. Free
popcorn. Big-screen TVs with all the games.
Four pool tables and Oregon Lottery games.
Full bar and 19 beers on tap. Open every
day 7 a.m.-2:30 a.m.
McMenamins Tavern & Pool
1716 NW 23rd Ave., 503-227-0929
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Schmizza Pub & Grub
320 NW 21st Ave., 503-688-5394
www.schmizza.com
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It’s Pizza Schmizza all grown up. Expanded
menu, 15 beers on tap with a full bar. Happy
hour twice daily. All-ages karaoke on Fridays 9 p.m. ‘til 1 a.m.
RESTAURANTS
Beau Thai Restaurant
(See listing under Restaurants-Asian)
www.mcmenamins.com
This neighborhood pub at the north end of
NW 23rd is the ideal spot to gather with
friends for a couple pitchers, a round of
pool, some food and lively conversation.
Celebrating 26 years in the neighborhood.
New Old Lompoc Pub & Brewery
1616 NW 23rd Ave., 503-225-1855
www.newoldlompoc.com
Serving excellent burgers and beers for
over 15 years. Come visit the brewery or sit
out on the back patio and soak up the sun or
rain. Full bar.
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The Bent Brick
1639 NW Marshall St., 503-688-1655
www.thebentbrick.com
New upscale neighborhood watering hole.
Snacks, small plates and $6 kid’s menu.
Sixteen wines on tap and delicious domestic
cocktails. All locally sourced. Private dining
available.
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721 NW 21st Ave.
503-222-4121
Open 3pm weekdays
11am weekends
FROM FARM-TO -TABLE
Meriwether’s Skyline Farm yields fresh vegetables grown exclusively
for the rustic cuisine at Meriwether’s Restaurant.
“Northwest Portland’s Favorite
Thai Restaurant”
Vegetarian Dishes Our Specialty
Try Our Fast Take Out Service
Open Monday-Friday for Lunch & Dinner • Weekends All Day
730 NW 21st Ave • 503-223-2182
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Besaw’s
2301 NW Savier St., 503-228-2619
Papa Haydn
701 NW 23rd Ave., 503-228-7317
www.besaws.com
www.papahaydn.com
Delicious, refined Pacific Northwest cuisine.
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Patio
seating.
Portland’s favorite desserts since 1978.
Open every day. Lunch, dinner and
Saturday and Sunday brunch. Full bar.
Wedding cakes and catering.
Dick’s Kitchen
704 NW 21st Ave.
Paragon
1309 NW Hoyt St., 503-833-5060
www.dkportland.com
www.paragonrestaurant.com
Diner favorites: burgers, shakes and “not
fries’ from locally-sourced ingredients, making for more healthful (but still delicious)
meals. A welcome to eaters
of all kinds with options
for vegetarian, vegan or
gluten-free. Opening in
October.
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Industrial Café & Saloon
2572 NW Vaughn St.,
503-227-7002
Classic comfort food featuring 100% grass-fed beef from
their own ranch. Full bar, 8
beers on tap and wine by the
glass. Outdoor seating. Breakfast served daily.
Meriwether’s Restaurant
has one of Northwest
Portland’s most spacious and
colorful garden settings.
Jo Bar & Rotisserie
715 NW 21st Ave., 503-222-0048
www.papahaydn.com
borhood restaurant and bar featuring
American brasserie-style cuisine and
signature house cocktails. Happy hour
nightly and farmer’s market menu available Thursday-Sunday.
Rotisserie and wood oven-fired specialties.
Cozy and unpretentious. Full bar, happy hour.
Open every day for lunch and dinner.
Laughing Planet Café
922 NW 21st Ave., 503-445-1319
Park Kitchen
422 NW 9th Ave., 503-223-7275
721 NW 9 Ave. Suite 175, 503-505-5020
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www.parkkitchen.com
www.laughingplanetcafe.com
Quick-service café serving nutritious fare
in the form of tasty burritos, bowls, soups,
salads and smoothies. Dedicated to making
wholesome food accessible to time-constrained
folks, keeping it affordable, fun, and socially
responsible. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.
Local and seasonally driven menu. Awardwinning chef. Full-service bar with creative cocktails. Dinner 7 nights a week.
Private room available.
RingSide Steakhouse
838 SW Park Ave., 503-223-1513
www.ringsidesteakhouse.com
Meriwether’s Restaurant
2601 NW Vaughn St., 503-228-1250
www.meriwethersnw.com
Farm-to-table menu from their own 5-acre
Skyline Farm just 20 minutes from Portland.
Gorgeous outdoor patio, gardens and gazebo.
Open every day for lunch, dinner and weekend
brunch.
New Old Lompoc Pub & Brewery
(See listing under Pubs, Brewpubs & Taverns)
Olympic Provisions
1632 NW Thurman St., 503-894-8136
www.olympicprovisions.com
Olympic Provisions is the home of both a European-style restaurant and deli serving lunch,
dinner and weekend brunch as well as Oregon’s
first USDA certified meat-curing facility.
Since 1944, RingSide has been renowned
for great steaks, impeccable service and
an unmatched wine list. Happy hour featuring a delicious menu starting at $2.25.
Serratto
2112 NW Kearney St., 503-221-1195
www.serratto.com
Northwest Portland’s neighborhood
restaurant. Serving seasonally inspired
Italian, French and Mediterranean cuisine. Lunch, dinner and happy hour every
day. Full service bar. Extensive wine list.
Outdoor seating. Private rooms accommodating groups up to 50.
21st Avenue Bar & Grill
721 NW 21st Ave., 503-222-4121
www.21stbarandgrill.com
Selected the “Best Hamburger” by the
Northwest Examiner in 2003. Happy
hour food menu 3-6 p.m. Mon-Fri. Still
serving a wide-ranging food menu and
cocktails to the wee hours. Selected
“Portland’s Best Outdoor Patio.”
Best Breakfast in Town!
GermanPancakes
10Omelets
BreakfastWraps&Skillets
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Great Lunch Menu!
25Sandwiches&Wraps
12Burgers
Salads
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all Timber games
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Golf - Darts - Pool - Buckhunter
Video Poker & All Lottery Games
2021 SW Morrison St. | 503-224-2115 | Next to Jeld-Wen Field
kingstonsportsbar.com
Serving Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner | Open 7am - 2:30am
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RESTAURANTS-ITALIAN
23Hoyt – A New American Tavern
529 NW 23rd Ave., 503-445-7400
www.23hoyt.com
American Tavern, gastro-pub and restaurant bar. These describe the casual but
high-quality way of dining and snacking that
23Hoyt embodies.
Uptown Billiards Club
120 NW 23rd Ave., 503-226-6909
www.uptownbilliards.com
Enjoy outdoor summer seating on NW 23rd
Avenue! Half off à la carte menu during
happy hour, Tues-Sat 4-6:30 p.m. Try the 5
course tasting menu 6-9 p.m. open Tues-Sat
at 4 p.m.
RESTAURANTS-ASIAN
Beau Thai Restaurant
730 NW 21ST Ave., 503-223-2182
Bastas Trattoria and Bar
410 NW 21st Ave., 503-274-1572
www.bastastrattoria.com
Bastas uses local, organic ingredients.
All the fresh pastas, as well as sausages,
pancetta, breads, desserts and infusions,
are made in-house. Happy hour all day in the
lounge and special discounts 5-6:30 p.m. and
10 p.m.-closing.
Coppia
417 NW 10th Ave., 503-295-9536
www.coppiaportland.com
Specializing in the cuisine and wine of Piedmont, Italy, Coppia excels in pairing food
and wine. Wines from all over, as well as a
full bar, are available.
RESTAURANTS-MEXICAN
www.beauthai.com
Year after year, Beau Thai is still the
Northwest’s favorite Thai restaurant. Try
the best salad rolls in Portland or one of
their always exciting dishes.
Lela’s Bistro
1524 NW 23rd Ave., 503-719-4744
www.lelasbistro.com
Freshly made Vietnamese sandwiches (banh
mi) with a twist. Vermicelli noodles, salad
rolls, Vietnamese coffee, espresso, beer,
wine and a full bar with more Vietnamese
fare on the way.
Soi 9 Thai Eatery
1914 W. Burnside St., 503-994-9153
www.soi9pdx.com
Southern-influenced Thai-style comfort
foods. “Our goal is to share our culture
through food.” Home-cooked dishes, tasty
happy hour menu and specialty cocktails.
Cha! Cha! Cha! Mexican Taqueria
1208 NW Glisan St., 503-221-2111
www.chaportland.com
Authentic Mexican food to eat-in or takeout. Serving Cha burritos, tacos, tortillas,
quesadillas, chimichangas, chili rellenos,
salads and more. All natural meats. Open 7
day a week.
Cha Taqueria & Bar
305 NW 21st Ave., 503-295-4077
www.chaportland.com
Real Mexican dining at NW 21st and Everett. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. All
natural meats with Painted Hills Beef, Carlton Farms Pork and natural chicken. Happy
hour 3-6 p.m. and 6 p.m. to close at the bar.
Outside patio.
Santa Fe Taqueria
831 NW 23rd Ave., 503-220-0406
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www.santafetaqueria.com
RESTAURANTS-FRENCH
Le Happy
1011 NW 16th Ave., 503-226-1258
www.lehappy.com
Now serving cocktails. Savory dinner and
sweet dessert crepes served up the original
Portland Frenchy-style way. Fine wines too.
Closed Sunday.
RESTAURANTS-GREEK
Portland’s first taqueria. Extensive authentic menu or customize your own meal. Ample
indoor and outdoor dining space or to go
service. Kids eat free every Wednesday.
Full bar with 4-7 p.m. happy hour Mon-Fri.
Open late every day.
RESTAURANTS-MOROCCAN
Best Happy Hour
in Town Since 1944!
Marrakesh Restaurant
1201 NW 21st Ave., 503-248-9442
www.marrakeshportland.com
Dorio Café & Taverna
1037 NW 23rd Ave. #200., 503-219-0633
www.dorionw.com
Authentic Greek cuisine. Full bar. Serving
lunch and dinner. Take-out. Seasonal outdoor seating. Catering for private functions
available.
Traditional Moroccan cuisine. Sultan’s tent.
Cozy, ethnic oasis with traditional Moroccan seating. Nightly 5-10 p.m. Belly dancing
Wed-Sun. Located at the corner of NW 21st
and Northrup.
#2
RESTAURANT-PERUVIAN
Eleni’s Philoxenia
112 NW 9th Ave., 503-227-2158
Limo Peruvian Restaurant
www.elenisrestaurant.com
www.limorestaurant.com
Delicious, healthy and authentic cuisine
from the Greek island of Crete in an elegant urban setting. Reasonable prices.
Traditional Peruvian dining in an intimate
setting. Enjoy happy hour every day on the
deck.
2340 NW Westover Rd., 503-477-8348
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Menu Starting at $2.25
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5-10 pm
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N.W. 22nd & W. Burnside
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503-223-1513
www. R ING S IDE S TEAKHOUSE .com
Take a trip to Morocco, or better yet
come to ...
Celebrating 21 years
An exotic dining experience
offering the finest in classic Moroccan cuisine
Ala Carte Dinner menu
starting at $9.50
Traditional Moroccan Seating
Reservations Recommended
Featuring
“Belly Dancing”
Wed-Sun
503-248-9442
1201 NW 21st Ave. at Northrup
www.marrakeshportland.com
Royal Banquet Room Available • Catering for all occasions
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RESTAURANTS-PIZZA
ALL AGES
KARAOKE
Fridays 9pm-1am
320 NW 21st Ave
Eat Pizza!
2037 SW Morrison St., 503-243-FOOD
(3663)
www.eatpizzaportland.com
Stop in or have delivered remarkable pizza,
sandwiches or salads. Offering traditional
and gourmet pizza including vegan and
gluten-free options. Catering available.
Outside seating.
503-688-5394
Escape From New York Pizza
622 NW 23rd Ave., 503-227-5423
www.efnypizza.net
HAPPY HOUR
NW Portland’s favorite pizza stop for over
25 years. By the slice or by the whole pie.
Open 7 days a week.
DAILY 2pm-6pm and 10pm-CLOSE
Expanded Menu - 15 Beers on Tap - Full Bar
Schmizza Pub & Grub
320 NW 21st Ave., 503-688-5394
www.schmizza.com
It’s Pizza Schmizza all grown up. Expanded
menu, 15 beers on tap with a full bar. Happy
house twice daily. All-ages karaoke on Fridays 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
SPORTS BARS
Live DJ on Friday & Saturday nights
All Major Sports
on 20 HD TVs
Full Bar Open 7:00am - 2:30am
Kingston Sports Bar & Grill
2021 SW Morrison St., 503-224-2115
www.kingstonsportsbar.com
Portland’s Best Sports Bar! Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week. Special tailgate menu for Timbers home games.
Next to Jeld-Wen Field.
Marathon Taverna
THE BEST M ICROBR E WS - 19 DR AFTS - F U LL BAR
3 POOL TABLES - ALL OR EG ON LOTTE RY GAMES
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On Deck Sports Bar & Grill
910 NW 14th Ave., 503-227-7020
www.ondecksportsbar.com
The Pearl’s original and best sports bar!
With 9 new flatscreen HDTVs, including a
3D TV, it’s the place to watch all the games.
All major sports viewing packages.
TEA & TEA HOUSES
Tea Chai Te
734 NW 23rd Ave., 503-228-0900
www.teachaite.com
A casual tea house nestled above NW 23rd
with a year-round outdoor balcony. Portland’s largest selection of organic teas. 15
handmade chai blends. Daily soup and vegan
red beans and rice. Free WiFi.
1740 NW Glisan St., 503-228-4152
www.worldcupcoffee.com
Locally owned. Outdoor seating. A wide
variety of loose leaf teas available. All
vendors are local. Great location. Relaxing
atmosphere. Also serving coffee, pastries,
sandwiches, beer and wine.
Powell’s Books.
1001 W. Burnside St., 503-228-4651,
ext 1234
WINE & WINE BARS
Boedecker Cellars
2621 NW 30th Ave., 503-866-0095
www.BoedeckerCellars.com
Portland’s own Wine Spectator Top Values
winery. Boedecker Cellars crafts critically
acclaimed Oregon wines in the heart of
Portland. Visit the tasting room on weekends or call for a personalized tour.
Northwest Public House
503-224-1341
Keeping the Peace:
A conversation on the Portland Police
and use of force
Friday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m.
Portland Mennonite Church
SE 35th and Main
Northwest Examiner Editor and Publisher Allan Classen moderates a
panel discussion on the Portland Police and use of force
Panelists:
Don Clark, former Multnomah County Sheriff
Officer Mathew Wagenknecht, Portland Police Bureau Training Division
Concluding with audience question and answer period
Public invited / free admission
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Sarah K. Pitman, D.M.D. and Ryan S. Pitman, D.M.D.
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going out
Festival celebrates often-ignored Slabtown history
By Carol Wells
The Fifth Annual Slabtown Community Festival will celebrate the area’s past with
music, food, children’s activities, a raffle,
a large historic photo exhibit, a new slide
presentation by Slabtown Picture Shows
and a short walking tour.
The festival is moving half a block north
from its previous home and will straddle
Northwest 23rd Avenue. The main site
will be in the Northwest Library parking
lot, and the other will be across the street
between McMenamins Tavern & Pool and
23rd Avenue Market.
Slabtown is the lesser known half of the
Northwest District. Most Portlanders are
more familiar with Nob Hill, also known
as the Historic Alphabet District, and its
still-remaining Italianate mansions, perhaps assuming that the entire district was
once inhabited by the mustachioed, cigarsmoking politicians and railroad tycoons
whose world of stuffy luxury these edifices
evoke.
Slabtown, however, has a different history and flavor. Starting roughly at Lovejoy
Street and radiating north, Slabtown was a
working class area whose down-to-earth
atmosphere provided fertile ground for
characters and heroes. It was characterized
by neat houses, their front yards stacked
with “slabs” (log remnants from milling,
used for fuel), their front porches regularly swept by apron-clad Eastern European housewives. The dome of St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church, still an active house of
worship, rose above the neighborhood as a
center of spirituality and community.
The Slabtown Festival celebrates this
spirit of community and family. The event
kicks off at 11 a.m. with a Friendly House
Kids & Pets Parade starting at Wallace
Park and running down Thurman Street
to the library. Its arrival will signal the start
of the stage entertainment, and festivities
that will go on until 6 p.m. All who wish
to participate in the parade should arrive in
front of the Chapman School main steps
by 11 a.m.
Especially for the kids, there will be
puppet shows, a giant slide, face painting,
story time at the library, and a balloon animal maker. Alotto Gelato will offer frozen
treats for children. Adults can also enjoy
them without guilt since all proceeds will
be donated to Friendly House.
The Friendly House Raffle will offer an
abundance of gift certificates from local
restaurants, hotels and merchants, including $159 for overnight lodging at the Inn
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at Northrup Station, two $50 dinners at
Meriwether’s restaurant, massages and veterinary services.
There will be music throughout the
afternoon at both venues. The master
of ceremonies will be actor and comedian Brian Bressler, husband of a Slabtown
business owner and a former cast member
of the wacky 1960s-70s television show
“Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.”
Featured musical acts include the Portland Ukulele Association, Boy and Bean, a
swing/jazz trio, the Red Yarn Puppet Band,
The Bleuphonk 5+, the Tucker one-man
band, the Café Cowboys and the Bi-Polar
Bears.
Food will be available at Slabtown-area
restaurants and cafés, including The Dragonfly Coffee House, St. Honoré Bakery,
New Old Lompoc, McMenamins Tavern
& Pool, Kenny & Zuke’s Sandwichworks
and Besaw’s. All are within one block of
the festival.
Last year’s Slabtown Community Festival drew about 1,000 visitors.
Andy Furgeson, with the help of a rotating cast of musicians and puppeteers, leads
the Red Yarn Puppet Band. He will also lead the Friendly House Kids & Pets
Parade highlighting the beginning of the Slabtown Community Festival.
Local history will come alive with a
slide show, photo exhibit and walking tour.
Starting in 1901, the best-known sons of
the Slabtown neighborhood were shaped
by proximity to a baseball stadium. The
Portland Beavers made their home at the
Vaughn Street Park at Northwest 24th and
Vaughn. More than 25 Slabtown boys were
launched into professional baseball careers,
the best known of whom were Johnny
Pesky, a shortstop and third baseman for
the Boston Red Sox, and Mickey Lolich,
who spent most of his career pitching for
the Detroit Tigers and was the MVP of the
1968 World Series.
Possibly the most forward-thinking
inhabitant of Slabtown was Johanna Ritter. In 1885, she and her husband Charles
Duhrkoop built the house next door to
Besaw’s as their home. Within the next few
years, they added a cluster of houses and
commercial buildings, making them candidates for the title of founders of Slabtown.
The two were married for 25
years and had seven children,
but after Charles died, Johanna
discovered he’d had a wife all
along in New York whom he
had never divorced. The daughter of this marriage stepped forward to claim the entire estate, which was
valued at $30,000 (about $720,000 in
today’s dollars).
In a remarkable move, Johanna sued the
estate for “services rendered,” according to
an article in the Aug. 11, 1895, Oregonian.
She made the case that she deserved compensation because she “did work and rendered services for Duhrkoop … in taking
care of his house as housekeeper; caring for
his family; performing all the housework,
sewing and repairing for him and family;
doing all of the washing, ironing and outside work; and taking care of and feeding
a horse; splitting and carrying in wood,”
as well as taking care of his children and
“nursing them during illness.”
Johanna Ritter Duhrkoop prevailed in
court, winning seven-eighths of the estate.
Johanna Ritter’s house is on the walking
tour. Knowing the history of the area helps
to imagine her world, which might begin
with the smell of onions wafting from the
house as she fried them for her family’s
dinner. Her world would have been the
sounds of children playing in the yards, or
of the cheering coming from the ballpark
as people crunched over a groundcover of
peanut shells to get to their seats in the
bleachers. It would have been the sound of
street peddlers and the clang of the streetcar bell. This world is gone, of course, but
we can celebrate the achievements of the
gutsy, colorful people who started it all for
us to enjoy.
Please bring a nonperishable food item to
be donated to Northwest Portland Ministries
or a school supply (they are most in need of gift
cards, scientific calculators and watercolors) to
be donated through Friendly House to children
from low-income and homeless families.
Slabtown Festival
Saturday, Sept.17
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
NW 23rd and Thurman
Free
Your Neighborhood Grocery Store
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going out
Community
Events
Goose Hollow history
Local author Tracy J. Prince will present
an interactive slide show on her new book,
“Portland’s Goose Hollow,” Monday, Sept.
19, 6:30-8 p.m., at Mission Theatre and
Pub, 1624 NW Glisan St. Former Portland
Mayor Bud Clark will also speak. The book
covers the history of the neighborhood and
includes many historic photos, some never
before published. The event is free; doors
open at 5:30 p.m. The City Club of Portland has chosen the book as the September
selection for its book club.
Slabtown Festival
every Tuesday at 7:25 a.m. Meetings are
open to the public. A $10 charge includes
breakfast. For information, contact: George
Wright, [email protected] or 503223-0268.
Sept. 6: “Health care reform: It’s not
brain surgery,” Samuel Metz, M.D., Oregon Health and Science University.
Sept. 13: “Seniority-based Hiring/Firing and the High Cost to Student Learning,” Peyton Chapman, Principal, Lincoln
High School.
Sept. 20: “We Create, Play and Care.
It’s a way of life,” James Curleigh, CEO,
KEEN Footwear.
Sept. 27: “Getting ‘Traction’ in the
Footwear Marketplace,” Sean Beers, CEO,
Korkers Shoes.
Oct. 4: “Purposes and Functions of the
Federal Reserve,” Lorraine Thayer, Public
Information, Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco.
The Fifth Annual Slabtown Community Festival is Saturday, Sept 17, 11 a.m.-6
p.m., near Northwest 23rd and Thurman
streets. Instead of the parking lot at 23rd
and Savier, where past festivals were held,
this year’s event will be in the lot next to
the Northwest Library and the lot between
23rd Avenue Market and McMemamins
Tavern & Pool. There will be history tours 9/11 remembrance
and exhibits, live music, children’s activiZion Lutheran Church at Southwest
ties, food, beverages, a raffle and entertain- 18th and Salmon will observe a Service of
ment. For information, visit Slabtownfesti- Remembrance Sept. 11 to mark the 10th
val2011.com.
anniversary of the attacks. First responders,
members of the fire and police bureaus,
Rotary speakers
paramedics and others have been invited as
Portland Pearl Rotary Club meets at the guests of honor. Rev. Tyrus H. Miles, pastor
Ecotrust Building, 721 NW Ninth Ave., of Zion, will preach on the theme, “Great
love has no one than this; that he lay down
his life for his friends.” The service will be Instructor Andy Furgeson, in character as
“Red Yarn.” At the festival, The Red Yarn
at 11 a.m. and the public is invited.
Puppet Band be the first performance on
New history series
stage.
A new monthly history series sponsored
by McMenamins Pubs and the Northwest Senior field trips
Senior field trips, sponsored by Friendly
Examiner kicks off with a talk by historian and archeologist Jeff LaLande, “How House and Northwest Portland Ministries,
Southern Oregon Got Its Ornery Streak: will visit four sites this month: Beaverton
The Politics of Dissonance and Resent- Thrift Stores (Sept. 9); Timberline Lodge
ment.” A resident of the Rogue River (Sept. 16); Bonneville Dam (Sept. 23); and
Valley for more than 35 years, LaLande Cape Meares Lighthouse (Sept. 30). To
has written many publications on the eth- sign up for a trip and for details, call Ride
nohistory and history of southern Oregon. Connection at 503-226-0700.
The free event will be held Monday, Sept.
26, 7 p.m., at Mission Theater, 1624 NW Pinot in the City
Glisan St. Doors open at 6 p.m. Minors
More than 100 Willamette Valley winwill be admitted with their parents.
eries will showcase their products at Pinot
in the City Sept. 10-11, 2-6 p.m., at
Friendly House
Northwest Ninth and Marshall streets.
Participants can see barrel making, learn
celebration
Friendly House will hold its annu- about soils and winemaking, and taste
al open house Thursday, Sept. 8, 4:30-7 wines. The cost is $60 for one day, $90 for
p.m., at 1737 NW 26th Ave. There will both days, and reservations are required.
be live music at 6 p.m. by folk-pop duo For information or tickets, visit www.wilAndy Furgeson and Jessie Eller-Isaacs, lamettewines.com.
face painting, balloon art, demonstrations,
children’s art activities and a rock climbing Emergency workshop
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wall. Food from neighborhood restaurants
and
Resource Fair will be held Saturday,
will be available for purchase. Sept. 24, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Ecotrust
Conference Center, 721 NW Ninth Ave.
Kid & Pet Parade
Children are invited to wear a costume Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The free
or bring an instrument or a pet to the Kid event is co-sponsored by the Pearl District
& Pet Parade Saturday, Sept. 17, to kick Neighborhood Association and Ecotrust
off the annual Slabtown Festival. Partici- to increase awareness of risks and provide
pants will meet in Wallace Park in front of tools for residential buildings, businesses
Chapman School at 11 a.m. The parade and individuals to prepare for natural or
will proceed down Northwest Thurman human-caused disasters. For information,
Street to the festival site on 23rd Avenue contact Jan Valentine at 503-715-2822 or
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business
Finance & Real Estate Violations aplenty, but complaints are rare
mike ryerson
By Allan Classen
While some say sidewalk cafés in Northwest Portland have gotten out of hand, restaurant operators have
no complaints. Very few, anyway.
That goes both ways: few gripes about the way sidewalk cafés function and few official complaints lodged
against them.
Mike Conklin, who recently sold Lucy’s Table at
Northwest 21st and Irving, served on the stakeholder’s
task force that helped develop the city’s current ordinance regulating sidewalk cafés. He likes the complaintdriven enforcement process in which the city does not
inspect compliance unless a citizen complains.
“I think it’s fair,” he said.
The new rules replaced a meager $10 annual fee for
sidewalk seating with a formula based on linear feet of
sidewalk space used. Now most restaurants pay about
$150 a year.
“They listened to us and came to their senses,” said
Conklin, noting that the city initially proposed fees
about three times higher.
Only seven complaints had been filed with the city
concerning sidewalk café obstructions in Northwest
Portland in 2011. Four were in the Pearl and two were in
Allan Classen
Muu-Muu’s on Northwest 21st Avenue has the only sidewalk café in Northwest
Portland to draw multiple complaints. The city accepted owner David Chien’s claim
that the bicycle rack (left) was causing the obstruction problems.
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the Northwest District. None have been deemed serious
enough to warrant a penalty.
Muu-Muu’s, 612 NW 21st Ave., is the only restaurant of the seven to draw two complaints. The Portland
Bureau of Transportation sent Muu-Muu’s a warning
letter about inadequate clearance in July, and in August,
a second complaint about illegally restricting passage on
the sidewalk was registered.
In response, a PBOT official said the business is
“working to move a bike rack that is causing the clearance issues.”
A photograph in front of Muu-Muu’s shows that
bike racks are not at the choke-point. Although the
restaurant has a current sidewalk café permit, it does
not display a diagram of its sidewalk furniture or have
sidewalk markings showing where tables may be placed.
Muu-Muu’s owner David Chien did not return messages from the Examiner to comment.
PBJ’s, a food cart at 917 NW 23rd Ave., was notified
of a complaint for failure to take out a sidewalk café permit. Food carts are not eligible for sidewalk seating permits. While PBOT considered the complaint resolved
because the owners promised to remove the tables, they
were actually moved next door in front of a retail shop,
where they remain.
The other complaints related to Pearl establishments.
Deschutes Brewery, 210 NW 11th Ave., received a
staff visit in June for not providing adequate pedestrian
clearance. The company satisfied the inspector that the
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problem was corrected.
Lovejoy Bakers, 939 NW Ninth Ave., was sent a
warning letter Aug. 22 regarding insufficient clearance.
Shiraz Grill, 1140 NW Everett St., received a letter
July 25 for failure to provide adequate clearance. There
has been no follow-up.
Life of Riley, 300 NW 10th Ave., drew a complaint for
not having a permit, and has since applied for a permit.
Greg Hermens, co-owner of Nob Hill Bar & Grill at
937 NW 23rd Ave., resents the fact that it’s OK to not get
a permit. While he spent the time and money to obtain
a permit, the only penalty for blowing off the whole
process—if you’re caught—is having to get a permit.
“That’s what’s been so frustrating,” said Hermens. “I
see these other places not even having permits.”
One reason he and many other restaurants go
through the trouble is to satisfy the Oregon Liquor
Control Commission, which requires compliance with
all local ordinances.
To find blatant violations of the ordinance requiring 6
feet of clearance (on sidewalks within the typical range
of 10 to 15 feet wide), it is not necessary to comb city
complaint logs. Restaurants that comply may be rarer
than those that do.
The Examiner photographed several apparent violations in front of Northwest District restaurants and
asked the owners to explain.
Café Mingo
Owner Mike Cronan did not respond.
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Papa Haydn/Jo Bar
Owner Michael Gibbons replied:
“We do our best to ensure our compliance with all
city codes and requirements. When management sees
violations of the 6-foot clearance, we always politely
ask our customers to comply. We are sorry we missed
the customers in this photo who appear to be in violation of that clearance.”
p. 24-28
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Mio Gelato
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Bastas
Owner Bob Lightman replied:
“I am not sure why this article is being published.
We have not received any complaints regarding the
sidewalk seating that I am aware of. On the contrary,
sitting on our corner with a coffee or gelato and watching the world go by is cherished activity in the neighborhood. Many of the Northwest neighborhood residents are out there every day rain or shine, with their
friends enjoying conversation.
“The picture you sent is not typical in that the
A-board is almost always placed on the other side of
the pole, closer to the street. We have had our umbrellas lengthened so that pedestrians can walk under them
unimpeded. The tables are as close to the building as
possible. What’s the issue?”
Owner Bruce Carey replied:
“The spatial limitations of the sidewalk are definitely
very challenging in some areas, especially when customers tend to make themselves comfortable outside of the
acceptable realm (such as with the dining room chair
sitting in the aisle-way in the photo). On a rare warm
day when everyone wants to be ‘al fresco’ the limits are
stretched. But on these occasions the street displays a
great convivial spirit that is what first attracted us to
the neighborhood back in 1990. We do everything we
can to keep the 6-foot pathway clear.”
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“I haven’t had any complaints. Sometimes there’s a
lot of people sittng outside, and they move the chairs…
“It’s hard to force them not to, but we try to have
our waiters keep aware of this. … If you have any complaints, let me know.”
Bastas is the only one of the six restaurants photographed that does not have a current sidewalk café
permit.
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hasn’t seen the bill for her emergency room
visit yet, but she knows it won’t be cheap.
“I shudder to think of it,” she said.
She called Urban Fondue/Bartini,
adjoining restaurants both owned by Mark
Byrum, the following week and asked to
speak to the owner about her accident. She
was given the name of a corporate agent.
Davis may not have health insurance,
but she has something that may prove to
be even more valuable in this instance: her
daughter is an attorney.
Davis also has good reason to believe she
has a good case. Her trip was caused by a
pothole in the sidewalk (which in Portland
is the property owner’s responsibility to
maintain), the sidewalk was constricted far
below the 6-foot clearance required under
city ordinance, and the establishment was
not adhering to terms of its sidewalk café
permit, which require markings on the
sidewalk showing the extent of sidewalk
furniture and a diagram of the layout
posted in the window.
Whether the city of Portland could also
be in line to pay up is another good question. Certainly, it did nothing to monitor or
enforce terms of the sidewalk café permit,
which may have contributed to the unsafe
conditions in the public right of way.
Mark Lear of the Portland Bureau of
Transportation described the current sidewalk café program as a balance between
the needs of pedestrians and restaurant
operators.
Jeanne Harrison, a former PBOT
employee who now volunteers for citizen
organizations, can’t see the balance in the
city’s current approach to enforcement.
“As a pedestrian, I feel I have a right
to walk on the sidewalk that is first and
foremost,” said Harrison, an officer for the
Willamette Pedestrian Coalition. “Instead,
others seem to have the right to be there
and you as a pedestrian seem to come second or third. That’s what irks me the most:
I’m not allowed to be on the sidewalk.
“Yes, people love their sidewalk cafés—
and that’s great—but there needs to be a
balance,” she continued. “When regulation
isn’t effective, there isn’t that balance. To
me that’s a big deal.”
Harrison also serves on the Northwest
District Association Transportation Committee, which is ramping up efforts to
reduce all types of sidewalk obstructions,
from cafés to newspaper boxes to A-board
signs.
“They are actually getting out of hand,”
she said. “The impacts are heaviest on the
disabled community that relies on wheel- The sidewalk pothole that tripped Marilyn Davis was about 6 inches across and several
chairs for passage.”
inches deep.
She acknowledges that budget constraints limit the program to one full-time
staff person.
“Still, the level of non-compliance sends
a message that the city doesn’t care,” said
Harrison.
This makes citizens less likely to make
To report a problem with a sidewalk café in Portland,
the effort to call the city.
phone, email or fax:
“The idea that this has to be driven
by complaints is a bit bogus because
people get tired of complaining,” said Phil
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Selinger, who chairs the NWDA TranssidewalkCafé@portlandoregon.gov
portation Committee.
Fax 503-279-3968
Furthermore, people don’t know how to
complain. No phone numbers are included
in the sidewalk café permits posted in resDigital photos with time and date embedded are
taurant windows, and no other publicity
especially useful in substantiating the complaint.
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business
Trilogy Video kept up appearances until final months
Courtesy Frank McCullar
The original Trilogy store at Northwest 25th and Thurman streets has been replaced by row houses.
Bhu kept a lookout for more customers, but they never came.
Courtesy Frank McCullar
By William Cornett
Trilogy, Northwest Portland’s movie and
book on tape rental store, closed in June
after 22 years in business. Neighborhood
residents likened the event to the departure
of Music Millennium in 2007. Like Music
Millennium, a combination of technology,
changes in consumer behaviors, and high
rent, ultimately led to Trilogy’s demise.
Frank McCullar, his wife Mary Wells
and her brother Tom Hull opened Trilogy—named for the three of them—at
Northwest Thurman and 25th Avenue in
1989.
“It began because there was no really
good video store in Northwest Portland,”
McCullar said. “We were all busy and
didn’t have time to go to the movies.”
More specifically, Wayne Wang’s “Chan
is Missing” served as the catalyst. He had
to see it and video was the only alternative.
That led to a conversation with the
owner of Lasky’s Video Library, who asked,
“Why don’t you just buy my collection to
start your store?”
“And the store was a success right from
the start,” said McCullar. “Didn’t lose
money from day one.”
McCullar attributes the success of the
store to the avid film community in the
neighborhood and the friendly atmosphere
of the store. Film buffs also wanted to work
at the store, and at times the staff reminded
him of the employees at the fictional music
shop in the film “High Fidelity.”
As a result, Trilogy tended to favor
foreign films over formulaic Hollywood
movies.
“We always bought all the Criterion
films,” he said, of the noted distributor
of classic films. “The other thing we did
that was really good was we got into Film
Movement,” he added, referring to the
distributor of pictures rarely seen in the
United States.
Though the store made money, there
was a certain looseness about business
practices. Neighborhood resident Christine Peterson remembers having a late fee
excused not for her knowledge of films, but
of music. One of Trilogy’s first customers—her account number was in the mid-
Trilogy co-founder Frank McCullar manned the grill for a barbecue at the old
store. The barbecue was organized to promote the sale of obsolete laser discs.
40s, she recalls—she walked into the store
one day in the ’90s carrying a late video,
and recognized the music playing.
“Parsifal was playing, and I said, ‘Ah,
Wagner!’ The man behind the counter said
I didn’t have to pay my late fees because I
recognized Wagner.”
McCullar said it seemed the whole
neighborhood came in every day. “It was
like Facebook, only in person. The movies
were the greatest thing. That and talking
with people about movies.”
Trilogy occasionally held parties, such as
the time when the owners decided to sell
off the obsolescent laser disc stock at the
store. McCullar grilled hamburgers and
hotdogs, and the sale was a success.
In 2004, Trilogy moved two blocks east
on Thurman after losing its lease at the
original location.
“We wanted to sell it before we moved,
but that didn’t work out,” said McCullar.
“After we moved and got organized, we
actively started looking for a buyer. We sold
it because we’d done it long enough. We
wanted to have time for ourselves.”
Ann Panayiotou, who had moved to
Portland from Seattle, heard of the opportunity and grabbed it.
Trilogy changed hands in 2006, but the
transition did not go smoothly.
“It was terrible,” said Panayiotou. “I
was so ill-prepared for that job. So I tried
to make up for that by working twice as
hard.”
Many longtime staff members left, and
Panayiotou’s attempts to organize the
computer files met with resistance from
customers.
“Perhaps I was a bit too heavy handed
at times,” she said. “But we had people in
the database who were dead. And we had
people coming in to use those accounts,
and we had no way of knowing who they
were or how to contact them. How could I
even do something like a mailing?”
Panayiotou also accommodated customers who did not have credit cards, some
of whom did not return videos.
McCullar understands Panayitou’s decisions.
“She really whipped the store into shape
as a business,” he said.
In an era where people increasingly
turned to Netflix, such changes were necessary to remain competitive. Ultimately
Trilogy outlasted two national chains in its
neighborhood. Trilogy also remained one
of the more dog friendly businesses in the
neighborhood because owners and staff
kept treats on hand for cinephile canines.
Panayiotou thought the business was
solid until the economy plunged in 2008.
“I chose not to cut back on purchases,”
she said. “I wanted to try to operate the
store to keep people coming in. The only
place I had any leeway was payroll.”
She reduced staff positions and began
to work more hours herself, averaging
60-hour weeks by the beginning of this
year.
“I have a big streak of tenacity,” she said.
“If it hadn’t been me, the store would’ve
closed three years ago.”
This April, she noticed another alarming decline in business. When the trend
continued into May, she realized she no
longer could continue.
“My intent was always to keep the store
open as long as possible,” she said. “I didn’t
arbitrarily close the store.”
She would have preferred to find a
buyer, but “who’s going to buy a business
where the owner’s already working over 60
hours a week?”
Relationships with customers were the
best part of the experience.
“I encountered so many brilliant customers through the store,” she said. “It just
made my day when they dropped by.”
She also feels grateful for the expressions of sympathy when her dog, Maggie,
the “host dog” in a dog-friendly establishment, passed away. Customers brought
cards, flowers, donuts and made contributions to Dove Lewis in Maggie’s name.
“That outpouring so touched my heart,”
she said.
All of the store’s owners will miss the
opportunity to watch great movies.
“You could stand at the front door and
look at the shelves and learn something
about the history of cinema,” said McCullar. “You could see the transformation of
Michael Caine from young man to old, and
think about all the films he had acted in. I
don’t know that you could do that online.”
Former Trilogy employee Jamie S. Rich
agreed.
“We are losing public spaces where
we can go and have a conversation about
movies and then take those movies home
with us,” said Rich. “No matter how good
Netflix’s recommendation engine gets, it
can’t really talk back, and giving something a star rating is not quite the same as
harassing the person who put that film in
our hands.”
Panayiotou is thankful that Frank
McCullar and Mary Wells took part in
the inventory liquidation sale. “I thought it
seemed appropriate for them to offer and
for me to accept. For one thing they were
giving their okay for the store to close. And
it provided closure for them, too.”
McCullar also appreciated the opportunity. “We were emotionally and artistically
attached to the store.” He admits that he
couldn’t resist buying a few films himself.
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and imaginative use of color. She created
the paint 20 years ago and just brought it
to the U.S. this year.” Only two products
are needed to create a range of effects on
wood or metal. The paint does not require
priming. Linens, decorative items and gifts
that follow French-inspired décor are also
for sale. Asked why she chose to locate her
business in ActivSpace, facing 18th Avenue,
de Vries said, “I love the environment,
being around other creative people and
stimulating ideas.”
Hillary Day
Richard Satnick, Dick’s Kitchen
Dick’s Kitchen NW
925B NW 19th Ave.
www.hillaryday.com
Fashion designer Hillary Day will open
a retail store in the newly remodeled Film
Exchange Building in October. Her forte
is elegant, feminine fashion design combined with tough, high-tech fabrics. Hillary has been selling “bulletproof ” raincoats,
durable and stylish, online for almost two
years. After studying at the Rhode Island
School of Design, Day studied with Vera
Wang and Dana Bachman, worked for
Ralph Lauren in New York and designed
at Adidas in Portland. She has also created
a line of hats inspired by her grandmother’s
button box.
Courtesy of Typhoon Restaurant
704 NW 21st Ave.
www.dkportland.com
After starting with Laughing Planet,
Richard Satnick opened the first Dick’s
Kitchen on Southeast Belmont a year ago.
Now he’s opening a second one in the former Lucy’s Table building. His vision is to
create a Paleo-diet menu based on anthropological studies of human consumption
over centuries. Dick’s Kitchen will feature
smaller portions of quality foods, including
wild salmon, venison, bison, no-fry fries,
house-made sauces, hamburgers and local
Hala’s Lebanese Grill
produce. A full bar will include regional
1203 NW 23rd Ave., 503-464-9222
beer. A former Northwest Portland resiHusband-wife team Eli and Hala
dent, Satnick is looking forward to moving
Khoury
plan to open a Lebanese restauback and sharing the sense of community
rant
in
the
former BeWon location Sept.
he remembers.
9. Hala has worked in Mediterranean
restaurants in Portland owned by her relaThe Purple Pear
tives, but this is the first venture as owners
1720 NW Lovejoy St., #120, 503-206-6554 for either of them. The menu will feature
www.moonstone-designs.com
shish kabobs, hummus and other tradiPhyllis de Vries features Annie Sloan tional Mediterranean food plus fresh bread
paints, with their unique chalky finish, baked on site. Hala’s will be open for lunch
and other home interior products. “I have and dinner six or seven days a week, and
followed Annie Sloan for years, purchased they have applied for a license to serve beer
her books and was inspired by her ideas and wine.
Steve Kline, who co-founded the Typhoon restaurant
chain in 1995, died Aug. 25 of a heart attack at age 65.
He had previously been a television screenwriter and
producer who wrote for “The Cosby Show” and “Lou
Grant.” He and his wife, Bo Lohasawat-Kline, opened
the first Typhoon at Northwest 23rd and Everett, and later
expanded to seven locations in Oregon and Washington.
Last month, a federal arbitration panel awarded a former
Typhoon employee $268,000 for discrimination, worker’s
compensation and unpaid overtime.
— BUSI NESS BRI EFS —
Crossroads Trading Co. has leased 4,800 square feet on the ground floor under
Uptown Billiards in the Kailes Building at 118-128 NW 23rd Ave. The Berkeley,
Calif., based company has 27 stores across the country, including one on Southeast
Hawthorne Boulevard. The stores buy, sell and trade new and used clothing. ... Fantasy Video moved from 1512 W. Burnside St. to 1703 W. Burnside St. in the former
A-Ball Plumbing space. ... The former home of the short-lived Anatomy Clothing
at 2285 NW Johnson St. will become a wine bar and shop called Taste of 23rd. A
mid-November opening is planned. ... Timothy Nishimoto has renamed his Vino
Paradiso Wine Bar & Bistro at 417 NW 10th Ave. A contest was held and the winner was Coppia, which means either “couple” or “pairing.” Nishimoto is also a singer
with Pink Martini. ... Sarah Bistue is closing Paseo women’s clothing and jewelry
at 2340 NW Westover Rd. after two years in business at the end of September. ...
The Northwest 23rd Avenue Kitchen Kaboodle store is now open seven days a week.
... Body Balancer, Vern Baker’s therapeutic massage practice, has moved from its
home for 18 years at 2113 NW Northrup St. to the medical office building at 2525
NW Lovejoy St. ... Red Robe Tea Shop opened at 310 NW Davis St., Suite A, last
month. ... Nuvrei Fine Cakes & Pastries has moved from its basement location at
404 NW 10th Ave. to an upstairs spot in the same building. The larger space will allow
the bakery to offer an expanded menu and a retail store. ... Landfair Furniture +
Design Gallery closed last month after 10 years in business, the last three in Raleigh
Square at Northwest 15th and Savier. ... REI donated $20,000 to Forest Park Conservancy for trail maintenance and habitat restoration. ... Correction: PBJ’s, a
23rd Avenue food cart, does not sell BLT or vegetarian sandwiches, as stated in the
August Examiner.
When the city threatened enforcement action against Silver
Dollar Pizza owner Sam Macbale for storing garbage receptacles on the sidewalk, he moved the containers across the
street to Underdogs Sports Bar, which he also owns. “I’ve got
our field person looking into this now,” said Kevin Veaudry
Casaus of the city Bureau of Planning. “If these are the containers from Silver Dollar we will take immediate action.”
After the city ordered food carts to remove their tables and
chairs from public sidewalks by July 4, PBJ’s Grilled owners are Shane Chapman and Keena Tallman moved theirs
in front of the retail shop next door.
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business
Former ESCO spokesperson
arrested in Newberg
Newberg-Dundee Police Dept.
Robert Charles Kenneth, a former ESCO corporate
communications officer and board member of the Nob
Hill Business Association, was arrested last month in
Newberg after he was found lying naked in a sleeping
bag with a 15-year-old male, according to the NewbergDundee Police Department.
The 50-year-old man was charged with third-degree
sexual abuse, public indecency, third-degree rape and
attempted sodomy, in addition to drug-related charges.
A small amount of marijuana and methamphetamine was
found with him, police said.
Kenneth told officers he met the teenager on Craigslist
two months ago, police said.
He was booked in the Yamhill County Correctional
Facility. Kenneth worked for ESCO from 2006 to 2009, the
same period he represented the business association. He
worked for The Neighbor newspaper in the 1990s.
What comes around …
mike ryerson
The old 23rd Avenue Trolley Stop
sign has come home.
In the late 1970s, Rick Roise
worked at the short-lived restaurant,
which occupied the southern third
of what is now the Nob Hill Bar
& Grill. When it closed in 1979,
he thought it would be a shame to
discard the hand-carved sign, so he
has stored it in his garage in Cedar
Mill since then.
Last month, he donated the sign
to the Nobby and posed for a photo
in the old doorway.
The former Trolley Stop cook
described the restaurant as “mostly
vegetarian before it was a fad.
“I made homemade buns and
bread every morning,” he said.
“They had wonderful soy burgers
that tasted like soy beans; not to
imitation meat.
“I remember meeting Bill Walton after his win [in the 1977 NBA
finals]. He used to come in for soy
burgers and before he left Portland
he ordered five to go.”
The sign was made by an older
man who remembered when the
original streetcar went down 23rd
Avenue, he said.
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Survival Skills Week camp at Linnton Community Center was staffed by volunteer Matt
Ward, who attended LCC’s preschool as a child. Here he teaches tracking, and later he took the
children to Forest Park to practice their skills.
“Leverage” star Timothy Hutton browses in a Pearl shop during First Thursday.
Joris Ryerson
Northwest Portland attorney Rich Rogers
was honored this summer with the Dan Cullan Memorial Award by the Birth Trauma
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families with children injured at birth.
Takohachi entertained Providence Bridge Pedal participants with traditional Japanese drums and dance on the Fremont
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