Exit Interview: Restaurateur Monique Siu on 36 Years of Portland Dining - Dining and Cooking

5 Portland restaurants and bars closing this fall

October marks the end for several prominent Portland restaurants and bars, including a wood-fired Italian steakhouse, a long-running pizzeria and cocktail bar, and the James Beard Award-nominated final restaurant from a legendary local restaurateur.

Exit Interview: Restaurateur Monique Siu on 36 Years of Portland Dining - Dining and Cooking

When Monique Siu announced late last month that OK Omens would soon close, it didn’t just mean that the wine-focused restaurant on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard at 17th Avenue would close. It meant the end of the legacy of Castagna, the trailblazing restaurant next door that closed during the pandemic, and Cafe Castagna, the previous iteration [...]