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Pasture PDX, or simply Pasture, is a butcher shop and delicatessen in Portland, Oregon's Alberta Arts District. Kei Ohdera and HJ Schaible are co-owners. Pasture has garnered a positive reception and was named one of Portland's best new restaurants of 2022 by The Oregonian.
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- ↑ "Roslyn Hill, "Queen of Alberta," honored by AARP". The Oregonian . Portland, Oregon: The Oregonian. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
- ↑ Bjork, Nick (2011-08-10). "PDC trying to assist developers in URA expansion". Daily Journal of Commerce . Portland, Oregon . Retrieved 2014-09-13.
- ↑ Neill, Bill (1999-04-25). "Alberta Street's business face being polished". Portland Business Journal . Portland, Oregon: Portland Business Journal . Retrieved 2014-09-13.
- ↑ "Black Heritage Markers -". Alberta Main Street. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ↑ Treen, Joe (January–February 2008). "Roslyn Hill, Urban-blight Fighter". AARP The Magazine . AARP . Retrieved 2014-09-13.
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