This formerly 24-hour diner, known as a haven for LGBTQ Portlanders of all ages, closed on March 20 after 27 years in business. This Sellwood-Moreland pizzeria and restaurant closed indefinitely in June, announced in a now-deleted Instagram post. After over a year, I feel that we earned a place in your heart and I thank you for being our supporters. Lam is planning to move to San Francisco. Oops. Yoshimoto left in 2018, which caused some conflict within the shop; still, the restaurants reliance on sustainable and wild fish and serious sake collection kept its devotees coming back. Owners Eric and Nicole Gitenstein have sold their North Williams Avenue set-up to the Marble Queen and will transition to doing events and pop-ups out of a catering trailer. Of course, 2020 was a historic and catastrophic year for the restaurant industry, so our questions this year hinge on that reality. We hoped a winter break would restore us, but it just crystallized our feeling that this industry is so broken, so out of step with the rest of the economy, so harmful to many of the people in it that have love and integrity to share. In a letter to its members, Food Front announced that its general manager has resigned and the current board also intends to step down. As we all know, the last several months have been challenging and unpredictable, Biga says. This is another really difficult question to answer. It may be the end of Hogans but it isnt the end of delicious food coming out of this space We would like to introduce @vincenzospizzapdx! Physically and emotionally, we just need to look after ourselves a little bit more. Read more about the closure here. We had a good run. Thanks for everything, Portland, the Instagram post announcing the closure reads. The news of the Mocking Bird food cart closure is bittersweet: While the cart has closed in its Rose City Food Park location, the team behind the Mocking Bird is taking over Homegrown Smoker and keeping it alive. The casual Southern restaurant in the Pearl district has permanently closed its doors due to COVID-19 and an impasse on lease discussions with the buildings landlords. Every meal there surpassed the last smart, complex, unfussy food that I loved introducing to friends who hadnt yet eaten there.-Jonathan Kauffman, Portland-based food writer and author of A Place Is a Gift newsletter, I was heartbroken when Mitate announced their food cart closure at Core PDX. Portland Food Writers' Saddest Restaurant and Food Cart Closures of Dishes at the now-closed Paley's Place. This Oregon brewerys Pearl District pub has closed permanently after 20 years open. They all added something distinct to the narrative of the city: The impact of Beast on communal dining culture in Portland, the casual hominess of Liberty Glass, the long history of Wongs King as a dim sum destination. Read more about the closure here. This Naito Parkway cafe closed March 31 after almost seven years downtown. The upscale Mexican restaurant closed on March 14. Read more about it here. This local Thai chains downtown location closed in early 2021. This has proven to not be a temporary situation and it is not a situation we can manage. Its possible Century will reopen in a new location the bars Instagram accounts bio still reads, Temporarily closed. A late-night pizza standby, Hammys closed for good on December 29, according to Willamette Week. We have brought all the resources to bear that we have access to: doubling up on shifts, locking one entrance, de-escalation training, hazard pay, and heightened management oversight, a closing announcement reads. A new, as yet announced tenant is already lined up for the space. One of the earlier additions to the Alberta Arts restaurant boom, Helsers opened 16 years ago serving breakfast and lunch in a bright and cheery space. A combination of our lease drawing to a close, a need to downsize, and economics has necessitated a move to the Eastside, owner Ken Gordon writes in an official statement on the website. The 10 Saddest Restaurant and Bar Closures of 2014 - Eater SF Rally Pizza served its last frozen custard on December 31. Alma, the 14-year-old chocolate and candy company known for its bonbons and salted caramel sauce, ceased operations in July. Part of Eater SF's Year in Review, 2020. European-inspired rotisserie chicken restaurant and market Rotigo closed on October 22. However, it looks like Random Order will not reopen at its Alberta Street location, if at all: Bagel shop Ben & Esthers will open a new location in the former Random Order space, according to an Instagram post. Relaxation and trips to visit loved ones are on the horizon, as well as catering crpe events! The restaurant had been open for 12 years; a new vegan restaurant, Daily Fuel, will open in its place. Portlanders didnt have to wait long to find out about the changes the bar will undergo the Oregonians Michael Russell reported on the day of the closure that Rally Pizzas Alan Maniscalco and Shan Wickham will transform the lounge into an Italian-inspired cocktail bar. Oops. A sign posted at the restaurant cites increased labor and food costs as reasons for the closure. Portland's saddest restaurant and food truck closures of 2022 There are many commonly cited factors that weighed into our decision, not least of all our ongoing difficulty staffing, and the rising costs of doing business, owner Bruce Carey writes in a closing announcement. Uno Mas Taqueria - West Burnside/Civic and SW Glisan - Instagram. This Rose City Park cafe closed in early March, as first reported by Bridgetown Bites. The women-owned distillery closed its Lake Oswego tasting room on February 25. Vegan sushi cart Mitate has closed at the end of April. Its just taken its toll, Pickett says. And the death of its owner, the Lovely Suzanne, mere months later was devastating as well. Though wildly different, Omas Hideaway kind of fills that void, though. -Krista Garcia, Eater Portland contributor, Biba Chamoru Kitchen.