| Restaurant information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1997 |
| Closed | 2012 |
| State | Oregon Washington |
| Country | United States |
Typhoon! was a Tigard, Oregon-based Thai restaurant with seven locations in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, including Beaverton, Bend, Gresham, and Redmond. The restaurant closed in 2012. [1] [2]
Bo and Steve Kline opened the original restaurant in northwest Portland in 1995. [3] The restaurant was charged with unfair labor conditions in 2010. [4] [5] In early 2014, after the restaurant had closed, an executive was accused of stealing $1 million. [6]
Typhoon! Has been sued multiple times by their employees, have been delinquent on their taxes and in September 2010, the state filed a civil suit claiming the restaurant discriminated against Thai chefs. One of their locations was seized by the landlord in February 2011 for non-payment of rent. The following month, some of their vendors sued because they weren’t being paid. [7]
The discrimination suit also alleged human trafficking violations. A federal arbitration panel found in favor of the chef and awarded them $268,000. They found no evidence of human trafficking. Arbitrators award damages to former Typhoon! chef but found no evidence on the human trafficking claims. [8]
The Pamplin Media Group (PMG) is a media conglomerate owned by Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. and operating primarily in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of 2019, the company owns 25 newspapers and employs 200 people.
Pok Pok was a group of Thai restaurants based in Portland, Oregon, founded and led by chef Andy Ricker. Pok Pok won both local recognition and major industry awards, with The Oregonian describing the restaurant as "one of those quintessentially Portland institutions, a sort of rags-to-riches story of the street cart that became a restaurant that became a legend." The main restaurant was located on Southeast Division Street in Portland; with its success Ricker opened satellite locations elsewhere in Portland, and at various times in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Its remaining locations closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Centennial Mills, originally known as the Crown Mills, is a complex of twelve buildings along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, in the United States. The Portland Development Commission has owned Centennial Mills since 2000. The buildings are slated for demolition, except for the flour and feed mill buildings. Between Summer 2015 and Fall 2016, most of the buildings on the property was demolished.
Marvin Alvin Clark was an American man who disappeared under mysterious circumstances while en route to visit his daughter in Portland, Oregon during the Halloween weekend, 1926. Clark's case has the distinction of being the oldest active missing person case in the United States.
Grüner was an "Alpine" restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Clyde Common was a restaurant and market in Portland, Oregon, United States. The business opened in 2007. In 2020, Clyde Common closed temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening in July with outdoor dining and as a market. The bar and restaurant became known as Clyde Tavern, and the part of the former dining area was called Common Market. Clyde Common closed permanently in January 2022.
Dóttir was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon's KEX Hotel, in the United States. The restaurant closed on January 1, 2022.
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Genoa was an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Housed in the Genoa Building, the restaurant closed permanently in 2014. Laurie Wolf said Genoa "was at the forefront of Portland's changing food scene".
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Ping was an Asian restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Chef Andy Ricker and restaurateur Kurt Huffman opened the original restaurant in Old Town Chinatown in 2009. In 2010, Ping was a semifinalist in the Best New Restaurant category at the James Beard Foundation Awards. It was also named a best new restaurant by GQ and earned a Rising Star award from The Oregonian.
Mike's Drive-In is a small chain of drive-in restaurants, based in the U.S. state of Oregon. There are currently restaurants in Milwaukie, Oregon City, and Tigard; Mike's previously had a location in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland and currently has plans to open a location in North Portland.
St. Jack is a "Northwest French" restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Cafe Azul was a Mexican restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, in the United States.
Pizza Thief is a pizzeria in Portland, Oregon. The restaurant has a "sibling" adjacent bar called Bandit Bar.
Baby Blue Pizza was a vegan pizzeria in Portland, Oregon. The restaurant operated from July 2019 to January 2022, closing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yonder was a Southern restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Chef Maya Lovelace opened Yonder in northeast Portland's Cully neighborhood in 2019. The business was named one of the city's ten best new restaurants of 2019 by The Oregonian and was featured on an episode of the Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives in 2020. Yonder closed on June 26, 2022, when Lovelace converted the space into Hissyfit.
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Isabel Pearl, or simply Isabel, was a Latin-Asian fusion restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, in the United States.
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