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Arrosto
Ever since the market opened, I ve been skulking around Arrosto s bright-yellow window, waiting for the next entry in Portland s ongoing chicken craze. Finally, in mid-April, Arrosto arrived. Pastaworks co-owners Kaie Wellman and her husband Kevin de Garmo discovered their dream bird years ago vacationing on Italy s Ligurian Coast. The three-plus pound, free-range, antibiotic-free chickens are smoked as they luxuriate in the rotisserie, the skin laced with lemon and rosemary oil. The result is a moist bird with infused skin that s made all the better with a bright orange Calabrian chili dipping sauce. For two hungry or three peckish adults, a half bird plus sides ($18) will get the job done. Add the sauce liberally to the meat and the side of golden potatoes roasted in chicken fat. Arrosto is planning on bottling the stuff; I could not be more pleased. (Pro tip: Grab bottles of Grüner and rosé to-go for a reasonable $12 each.)
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Portland seafood restaurateurs weigh in on Seaspiracy documentary They don t take into account the positive examples, the sustainability success stories, says Lyf Gildersleeve, the owner of Portland s Flying Fish Company. Author: Drew Carney Updated: 12:32 PM PDT April 22, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Earth Day is today, but this entire week on KGW News at Sunrise, we’ve been talking about ways we can all be more environmentally friendly, from stepping up our recycling game to donating to nonprofits that focus on sustainability.
Today, we turn our attention to something that covers 71% of the Earth.
That something is the ocean, which has actually grabbed a lot of headlines lately, thanks to a controversial documentary that debuted on Netflix just a few weeks ago.
âs Lyf Gildersleeve opened his hybrid sustainable seafood market, oyster bar, and restaurant in the Laurelhurst neighborhood. But in his ten years as a fishmonger in Portland, this is perhaps the most change Gildersleeve has seen in a year.Â
Flying Fishâs first five years were spent in a little shack on SE Hawthorne and 23rd, followed by a four-year stint at Providore with a butcher counter, seafood counter, and raw bar serving oysters, poke, and ceviche. Then, in February 2020, Gildersleeve opened at his current location at 3004 East Burnside. The restaurant was inspired by the hybrid seafood market and fish and chips shop his family owned when he was growing up in the late 80s and early 90s, taking bits and pieces from seafood restaurants he admired up and down the West Coast and around the world.Â
MT. ANGEL, Oregon (KPTV) Restaurants and coffee shops are getting some extra help during the cold winter months, with some donations from a local patio heater manufacturer.
Wood Pellet Products in Mt. Angel has donated to two businesses so far, Gear Up Espresso in Silverton and the MarKum Inn in Mt. Angel.
Sitting outside in January is not ideal.
But in the pandemic, restaurants are doing everything they can to heat up business.
“It’s tough,” MarKum Inn owner, Mark Burnett said. “I mean we’re glad to be here but yeah we’ve lost tons of revenue.”
Burnett says outdoor dining has allowed the restaurant to stay in business.