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The Departed: Sorrowful for Portland's Restaurant Scene Portland tragically lost nearly 100 food and drink spots this year. For PoMo's food critic, some felt like old friends. By Karen Brooks 12/29/2020 at 3:40pm Also coming this week from PoMo:  our favorite openings, closings and pivots of the year, our best chef interviews, and a conversation with Naomi Pomeroy on the future on independent restaurants. Typically, this is the time of year for sleuthing and predicting—the dining trends, rising stars, and food-altering kitchen gizmos on the horizon for next year. Instead, we're more ...

And I'll never forget the haunting words of In order to survive, Ghaith Sahib has opened two new DarSalam locations during the pandemic. The upshot: as of December 2020, downtown's DarSalam remains temporarily shut after three window smashings and a break-in. Take-out income from the family's original Alberta spot was not enough to support the multi-generational clan that worked at the two restaurants. So Sahib, who is 37, tapped his credit cards to launch small DarSalam satellites in the Pearl District and on SE Hawthorne. “It's very tricky, very scary,” he tells me. “All ...