Taking the Temperature On Portland's Restaurant Industry - Spring Reawakening 2021
by Mercury EverOut Staff To put it mildly, Portland’s restaurant industry has been through the wringer in the past year. We’ve lamented the closures of many beloved eateries, said goodbye to some food titans (for the best, in some cases), and wondered where the hell government assistance was. In March the United States Senate finally passed the American Rescue Plan, which includes $28.6 billion in funding to support independent restaurants and bars. It might be too soon to say the industry is in recovery mode, but for the most part it appears that we’ve made it past th...
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