A Deadshot Bartender and Celebrated Filipino Chef Will Take Over the Former Bit House Space
Bit House Collective will feature food from Magna’s Carlo Lamagna, cocktails from Deadshot bartender Natasha Mesa, and beer from Pono Brewing
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Bit House Saloon, the tavern in a historic brick building on SE Grand, won’t reopen as its previous incarnation; instead, the bar will reopen as a collaborative restaurant, taproom, and cocktail lounge with an all-star team. Bit House Collective will incorporate the talents of bartender Natasha Mesa (Deadshot, Raven and Rose), chef Carlo Lamagna (Magna Kusina) and local brewery Pono Brewing, with a menu of drinking snacks from the Philippines, all manner of wild and creative cocktails from a team of bar veterans, and Pono’s signature style of light and fruity beers.
Breaking: New Island-Inspired Bar Will Offer Adult Capri Suns and Filipino Bar Snacks
Bit House Collective, a collaboration between Pono Brewing, Magna, and Natasha Mesa, opens in SE Portland March 3.
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Katherine Chew Hamilton
2/23/2021 at 8:35am
Bit House Collective will feature Adult Capri Suns complete with bendy straws.
A new hotspot for locally brewed beer, island-inspired craft cocktails, and Filipino bar snacks is coming to SE Grand on March 3. Named Bit House Collective, the bar brings together a talented group of friends under one roof: Pono Brewing, a Lents brewery that hasnât had a taproom up until now; chefs Carlo Lamagna, Dante Fernandez, and Roberto Almodovar of Filipino restaurant Magna Kusina (a
Bit House Collective To Open Featuring Beers From Pono Brewing
Arriving on the Portland imbibing scene in mid-2015, Bit House Saloon became well known for its cocktail prowess and late-night hours set in a historic Nathaniel West Building that dates back to 1892. Now six years later the bar will receive a refresh with a new team taking over the location at the corner of SE Grand and SE Morrison that will now be known as
In forming the new Bit House Collective, three Portland food and drink innovators – Pono Brewing, Magna, and Mixtress Natasha Mesa (formerly of Deadshot) – have joined forces to operate a full service bar that’s dedicated to hospitality, inclusivity, creativity and island vibes. One will be able to get a first glimpse of the new Bit House Collective when it opens on Wednesday, March 3 at 4:00pm.
Bit House Collective adds ‘dive bar Filipino food,’ island vibes to old saloon
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Posted Feb 23, 2021
Magna Kantina at Bit House Collective will offer a chance to eat chef Carlo Lamagna s lumpia year-round.Courtesy of Magna Kusina
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What do you get when you combine island-inspired cocktails, Filipino bar food and beers brewed with mango and pineapple?
Bit House Collective is the answer. Opening next week, the new bar is a collaboration between award-winning bartender Natasha Mesa (Deadshot), critically acclaimed chef Carlo Lamagna (Magna Kusina) and Pono Brewing, makers of a notably crushable pineapple kölsch.
For cocktail nerds, Mesa’s involvement might be the most exciting part of the project. A talented bartender known for her technique-driven approach to drinks, Mesa bootstrapped her way from an industry outsider hosting a Tuesday craft cocktail night at the karaoke nightclub Trio, to spots at the Benson Hotel and Raven & Rose bars,