
According to a closing announcement, the business wasn’t financially viable, and the woman behind the market’s prepared foods “wants to slow down.” “Unfortunately, the financial goals have just not panned out,” the post reads. This Palestinian market, specializing in pantry items and staples necessary for Southwestern Asian and Northern African cooking, closed on May 28.

The cafe’s downtown location on SW Oak Street remains open. Rabbits, an all-vegan cafe serving bowls, salads, and smoothies, has closed its NE Killingsworth Street location. “We are actively looking to sell the brewery equipment and/or the entire business.” Rabbits Cafe “After working super hard for the last five years to create an incredible, inclusive, exciting new brewery in Portland, we’ve reached the end of the road,” the closing announcement reads. This brewery in the Northwest industrial district is calling it quits. It was not an easy decision for me but especially after the earthquake in Turkey, I realized I needed a little break from the industry.” Hammer & Stitch Brewing Co. Dishes that haven’t been served in Oregon and even some I would venture have never been served in the U.S. Dishes made with seasonal local ingredients employing traditional methods and recipes from Hatay to Samsun and from Izmir to Adiyaman crisscrossing the whole of Turkey. I’m super proud of what we have put on the plates at Lokanta. “I love the concept, the passing of plates to each other, the talking for hours, sipping raki, listening to music, truly sharing an experience with the people around you. From the closing announcement: “I would say it was never a financial failure but it was a conceptual mistake to open a meyhane in Portland,” writes owner Umut Matkap.

Southeast Clinton Street’s rustic Turkish restaurant will close at the end of June. 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. 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?
