Meals 4 Heels

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Meals 4 Heels
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Restaurant information
Street address831 Southeast Salmon Street [1]
City Portland
County Multnomah
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97214
CountryUnited States
Website meals4heels.com

Meals 4 Heels is a food delivery service and restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Nikeisah Newton founded the food delivery service catering to sex workers and strippers in 2019, [2] [3] and Meals 4 Heels began operating from Redd on Salmon Street in 2021. [4] [5] [6] The company's tagline is "Pro Black, pro Brown, pro trans, pro science, pro hoe." [7] The menu includes vegan noodle bowls. [8] Beth Nakamura of The Oregonian described the food as "health-minded". [9] It is a lesbian-owned business. [10]

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References

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  3. Sevcenko, Melanie (2019-10-30). "America's strip club capital sees push for fair terms, labor rights … and food". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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