Marco Bettolini, 46, was reaching for his colleague Alberto Pin, 31, when he was overcome with dizziness and lost his balance, falling into a vat of wine.
Rangoon Bistro started spreading the gospel of Burmese street food through pop-up dinners. It later became a fixture of the King Farmers Market, and shifted to a takeout-only concept operating out of the Gotham Building, during the height of the pandemic. That evolution has now culminated in a brick and mortar restaurant in Southeast Portland’s Breathe Building. “The way we’ve done everything is slow but deliberate,” co-owner Nick Sherbo told the Mercury. “Alex and I.