by Janey Wong • Apr 27, 2021 at 10:00 am
“Millions of peaches, peaches for me!” Janey Wong Part restaurant, bar, market, bakery, and café, Elephant’s Delicatessen is a food lover’s playground or an indecisive person’s nightmare. The Portland institution has been around for 42 years and counting, serving everything from freshly baked giant cookies to ratatouille.
When owner Elaine Tanzer opened the doors to the original location in Northwest’s Uptown Shopping Center in 1979, curated specialty markets weren’t at all common as they are today Portland had yet to develop the food-centric identity we’re now known for. In this respect, Tanzer was a pioneer. She passed away last fall at the age of 77, leaving behind a legacy that includes eight Elephant’s Deli locations.
2020 Richland Art Commission STAR Award Winners Announced
The Richland Art Commission STAR (Supporting The Arts Recognition) Award Winners were announced at Tuesday night s Richland City Council Meeting.
This year, the commission received eight nominations that recognized all forms of artistic contribution, including visual, music, dance and performing arts.
For her efforts in bringing small businesses to life during the COVID-19 shutdown, local photographer and long time Columbia Basin art scene connoisseur Courtney Jette, received the individual award.
Using her talents behind the lens, Courtney highlighted many of the small businesses that were impacted, bringing shuttered business owners to a personal level. These efforts created an awareness that seemed to begin the healing process. These beautiful photographs can be seen here.
Ammon Bundy-founded group organizing Tri-Cities branch By Cameron Probert, Tri-City Herald
Published: February 15, 2021, 8:24am
Share: FILE - In this Jan 8, 2016, file photo, Burns resident Steve Atkins, left, talks with Ammon Bundy, center, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, following a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore. Cliven and his sons Ryan and Ammon have engaged in armed standoffs with the federal government, first in a fight over grazing permits on federal land in Nevada in 2014, and then in a 40-day occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in 2016. Those standoffs drew the sympathies of some Western ranchers and farmers who feared they were losing the ability to prosper financially. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
The latest round of restaurant restrictions have proven too much for one small Richland business.
Kagen Coffee & Crepes in the Uptown Shopping Center is closing its doors â at least for now. Owner Kagen Cox said they will reevaluate next month.
âWe donât have the ability or resources for big tent dining,â Cox told the Herald.
âBecause we are a destination location, our sales are down nearly 80 percent, but our food costs â food also being disposables and to go containers â have tripled,â he said.
Heâs not alone in the struggle.
In Benton and Franklin counties, 40 restaurants have permanently closed since March, according to the Washington Hospitality Association.