‘You Don’t Need To Ride Economic Tide’
A restaurateur who founded a business during the Great Recession discusses opportunities created by COVID-19.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Sander Gusinow
Oregon Business - Restaurants and Retail
Out to Lunch
Once bustling downtowns are adjusting to the new work-from-home normal. Will our favorite restaurants survive?
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Amy Milshtein
Investors Save McMenamins From Closure
The iconic brewpub chain has successfully brought new money and new partners into the fold as the company adjusts to the evolving restaurant landscape.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Sander Gusinow
PHOTOS: A Restaurant Owner Adapts to COVID-19
How a Portland restaurant owner revives dine-in service.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Jason Kaplan
McMenamins Grows the Family
McMenamins, the iconic chain of hotels and brewpubs, seeks financial partners amid a pandemic that attacks its business model from all sides.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Sander Gusinow
Photos: Murals of Hope
An architecture and design firm partnered with small businesses to paint murals on boarded-up storefronts and offices as a promise of better times to come.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Kim Moore
Social-Gatherings Ban Tests Small Wineries
Sales plummet at the state’s small vineyards that rely on tasting-room visits to generate income.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Kim Moore
PHOTOS: The Covid-19 Impact On St. Johns
OB photographer Jason Kaplan shows how the pandemic has affected life in his North Portland neighborhood.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Jason Kaplan
Rapping Up Cold Brew
Dutch Bros Coffee hires rapper Macklemore to promote its new cold-brew offerings, a sign of the chilled coffee drink’s emerging dominance among consumers.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Sander Gusinow
Sushi Restaurant to Showcase Oregon Seafood
In the face of stiff completion, Hinoki will serve as an ‘R&D project’ to put Oregon coast seafood on the map.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
- Written by Sander Gusinow