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Here Are Five Makeshift Picnics Perfect for a Portland Summer The best takeout food items near some of the city’s best parks. The pork katsu at Tokyo Sando. Updated 6:17 PM There’s very little scientific evidence that the coronavirus spreads outdoors when you stay socially distanced, and there’s plenty of tasty science to say that a meal enjoyed on a picnic blanket at one of Portland’s iconic parks is a solid move. Here are a few menu items to grab and enjoy al fresco.
Travel Oregon Gives Feed the Mass $50,000 to Host a Family Friendly Food Event
Plus, a new restaurant in Vancouver pulls in talent from Nomad Las Vegas, and more news to start the day
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Travel Oregon Doles Out More Than $2 Million in Grants to Bolster Tourism
This week, Travel Oregon announced which city governments, organizations, nonprofits, and businesses would receive funds as a part of its Competitive & Recovery Grant Program. The grants were meant to “enhance and expand the visitor experience and prepare communities and visitors for COVID-19 safe travel,” according to the Travel Oregon website; grants went to organizations and cities hoping to restore trails, create outdoor dining and event spaces, and fund community events like drive-ins and parks. Nonprofit kitchen Feed the Mass and food festival Feast Portland received $50,000 to hold a “family-friendly, outdoor food event” at The Redd on Salmon Street; Prosper Portland received $20,000 for My Peop
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PORTLAND, Ore., May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Oregon Tourism Commission, dba Travel Oregon has awarded $2,408,264.67 through its Competitive & Recovery Grant Program to support economic recovery by investing in projects that enhance and expand the visitor experience and prepare communities and visitors for COVID-19 safe travel. For this grant cycle, Travel Oregon received more than 400 applications with a request greater than $18 million. These projects directly support Oregon s tourism economy, from iconic Oregon attractions like the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to outdoor trail development, to retrofitting outdoor events to meet public health standards, said Todd Davidson, CEO of Travel Oregon. Many of these entities have been closed or were unable to hold their event in the last year because of Covid. Our goal is to support these businesses, events and attractions as they operate safely, restore vibrancy and create economic stability
Travel Oregon awards more than $2.4 million in COVID-19 recovery grants, several in C. Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Tourism Commission, doing business as Travel Oregon, has awarded more than $2.4 million through its Competitive & Recovery Grant Program to support economic recovery by investing in projects that enhance and expand the visitor experience and prepare communities and visitors for COVID-19-safe travel.
For this grant cycle, Travel Oregon received more than 400 applications with requests greater than $18 million.
“These projects directly support Oregon’s tourism economy, from iconic Oregon attractions like the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to outdoor trail development, to retrofitting outdoor events to meet public health standards,” said Todd Davidson, CEO of Travel Oregon. “Many of these entities have been closed or were unable to hold their event in the last year because of Covid. Our goal is to support these businesses, events and attractions a
‘Top Chef’ Portland: Chefs visit restaurants specializing in Pan African cuisine, for education and inspiration
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Gregory Gourdet, at the center head of the table, with, on the right, Kiki Louya, Maria Mazon and Chris Viaud in Top Chef Portland Episode 3, Season 18. (Photo by: David Moir/Bravo)David Moir/Bravo
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The “Top Chef” season based in Portland continued Thursday with an episode that combined an awkwardly obvious product-placement Quickfire challenge, and a far more serious-minded look at food from the African diaspora, with visits to Portland-area restaurants and food carts specializing in cuisine with roots in West Africa, Jamaica, Haiti and Guyana.