RadarĪfter 10 years on North Mississippi, Radar closed on April 15. “We hope this is not the last opportunity we’ll to serve each and every one of you.” Park Avenue had one of the best wine selections on the west side of the river, if not the city, including heritage wines and rare bottles. “This was not an easy decision to come to, but it is the prudent thing to do at this juncture for our company,” a newsletter read. Park Avenue Fine Winesĭowntown wine bar Park Avenue Fine Wines has moved out of the venerable location at the end of April. “With such leaping changes in the service industry regarding expectations and burn out over the past few years, it was important to us that what we do never outweighed the health and happiness of ourselves and those around us,” an Instagram post reads. The team was approaching the end of its lease at the CORE food cart pod, and instead of staying or even expanding, Mitate will roll out of the pod altogether. Vegan sushi cart Mitate has closed at the end of April.
Verdigris was open for eight years, and had its final meal on May 1. He plans to open a new project in Oregon City, though details are scarce at this point. From Southeast Portland breakfast cafes to North Portland watering holes, these are the restaurants that will permanently close as a result of the coronavirus crisis.Ĭhef and owner Johnny Nunn is leaving Portland, and has sold his celebrated French restaurant Verdigris in the process. Now, more and more business owners are coming forward, announcing that they will not be opening their doors to customers again. Since the beginning of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Oregon, an ominous weight on the food and beverage world has been the potential for permanent closures: Which restaurants will be unable to hold out until the community settled back into normalcy? Which bars will succumb to the overwhelming debt of unpaid rent?