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Portland’s hard-won identity as a food city is here to stay An abundance of local food, eager diners and ambitious chefs built the city's restaurant scene, and they're not going anywhere. Share Bernard Cabrera of Portland warms his hands by a fire in the Oxbow beer garden in Portland on a Friday evening in early February. He and his wife, Jennifer Wolcott, were enjoying dinner at the brewery. They love Portland's food scene and are hopeful it will survive the pandemic. "I have faith, seeing the entrepreneurial spirit in this town, and the creativity, and the incredible talent of the chefs ...

Created: April 12, 2021 06:41 PM Community leaders from Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department Monday. Some are demanding the officer who shot Daunte Wright be fired and charged and say systemic changes need to be made. "We need to create a public safety department that doesn't use use-of-force in these manners, and unless we do something about it and hold some accountability, I'm afraid to say this will continue," said Jaylani Hussein, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Minnesota. People gather in protest, Sunday, Apr...

The Wrap: Online Kneading Conference, arrest made in Whitefield farmstand destruction More Thai and more brunch for Portland diners, plus beer-guzzling dogs (OK, not exactly, but gotcha to look). Photo courtesy of Brian Hanson Rigby Yard, at 50 Wharf St. in Portland, which opened for weekends as a beer hall and restaurant in October, launched Sunday brunch on March 7. It plans to open weekdays, too, beginning Monday, as a “third space” concept providing a casual space to meet, relax and work, according to Brian Hanson, co-owner of Rigby Yard and Independent Ice Co. Rigby Yard’s new hou...