Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Latest reporting from the Business desk.

Business
Alberta Donut Cafe plans to open in fall 2026 at 2805 NE Alberta St., bringing craft donuts, specialty coffee and ice cream to a storefront previously home to Angel's and Tonalli's donut shops.

Business
Alberta Donut Cafe plans to open in fall 2026 at 2805 NE Alberta St., bringing craft donuts, specialty coffee and ice cream to a storefront previously home to Angel's and Tonalli's donut shops.

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View MoreRose City Social Club, a Roaring Twenties-themed speakeasy, opened Saturday, Aug. 29, at 203 S.E. Grand Ave. in Portland's Central Eastside, replacing Doc Marie's, the city's only lesbian bar, which closed in October 2025 amid a wave of LGBTQ+ bar closures.

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View MorePortland Syrups, a SE Portland drink-mixer company, lost more than $50,000 in Canadian orders overnight after the U.S.-Canada trade war escalated, compounding over $100,000 in prior tariff losses on imported ingredients.

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View MorePortland's Converge 45 arts triennial opens Thursday under new director Amanda Donnan and curator Lumi Tan, who scrapped the imported-blockbuster model in favor of works commissioned specifically for Portland across more than 15 venues.

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View MoreBossa, a Brazilian cafe and cocktail bar owned by Emanuelle and Tilion Lieberman, plans to open in mid-October at 305 NW 21st Ave. in Northwest Portland, bringing specialty coffee, Brazilian street food, and nightlife programming to a space vacant since 2022.

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View MoreJade Rabbit, Portland's queer-run, worker-owned vegan Pan-Asian restaurant, reopens Thursday, Aug. 27, at 3632 SE Hawthorne Blvd. in a larger space with expanded dim sum and teahouse offerings.

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View MoreAfter a customer in mental health crisis kicked through the glass door at Heretic Coffee on SE 28th Avenue, Portland's nonprofit coffee shop stayed open and the community raised more than $10,000 in less than a day to keep its free-meal mission alive.

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View MoreLatino-owned businesses across the Portland metro area report 30–50% sales declines this summer as a less-visible wave of federal immigration arrests continues, with 43 verified detentions in Oregon as of mid-August and advocates warning the economic damage is deepening even as media attention fades.

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View MoreA permit application filed Aug. 11 proposes transforming the fire-damaged Elephants Delicatessen flagship at 115 NW 22nd Ave. into a food hall with kitchens, a bar and event space, plus an 18-cart food pod on the adjacent lots.

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View MoreCo-owners Khang Duong and Jun Robles opened Two Roosters, a Vietnamese iced coffee café, on July 25 at 11937 NE Halsey St. in Parkrose Heights, with plans to expand the menu in fall 2026.

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View MoreTop Chef Season 12 winner Mei Lin and runner-up Gregory Gourdet both appear in Portland on Aug. 15-16 for collaboration dinners, while a new Harlem Renaissance-inspired dinner series called Birdfat launches in the Central Eastside.

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View MoreMatta Café in Portland's Pearl District is donating 10% of proceeds to Red Cross earthquake relief in Colombia through Aug. 18, as owner Aura Matta supports her homeland after a magnitude 7.4 quake killed at least 281 people.

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View More100 Lives Theatre, a new company championing women artists over 40, opens its 4,500-square-foot SE Portland venue in a former winery with an open house Saturday, Aug. 15, and its first production Oct. 23.
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