On a recent Sunday evening, I visited Saap Fusion Kitchen, which opened earlier this year in the space at Grand Central Retail Center that housed Lapellah for 12 years.
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Travel Oregon Doles Out More Than $2 Million in Grants to Bolster Tourism
This week, Travel Oregon announced which city governments, organizations, nonprofits, and businesses would receive funds as a part of its Competitive & Recovery Grant Program. The grants were meant to “enhance and expand the visitor experience and prepare communities and visitors for COVID-19 safe travel,” according to the Travel Oregon website; grants went to organizations and cities hoping to restore trails, create outdoor dining and event spaces, and fund community events like drive-ins and parks. Nonprofit kitchen Feed the Mass and food festival Feast Portland received $50,000 to hold a “family-friendly, outdoor food event” at The Redd on Salmon Street; Prosper Portland received $20,000 for My Peop
New Vancouver restaurant Saap fusing flavors, talents
Spanish-Asian restaurant first foray into dining by developer By Rachel Pinsky for The Columbian
Published: April 27, 2021, 6:04am
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8 Photos Bartender Kegan Duz-Aguilar and bar manager Oula Thepsouvanh prepare mint leaves for the afternoon rush at Saap Fusion Kitchen at Grand Central Retail Center in Vancouver. The restaurant recently opened in the space formerly occupied by Lapellah and has been transformed thanks to $500,000 in renovations. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery Photo
After developing many properties in the area, Ryan Hurley wants to fill some of these spaces with people food and drink. His first foray into the restaurant business is Saap, a Spanish-Asian fusion restaurant at Grand Central Retail Center in the space formerly occupied by Lapellah.