{"id":375235,"date":"2025-12-29T03:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T03:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/375235\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T03:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T03:36:12","slug":"portland-restaurant-2025-10-most-painful-shutdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/375235\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland restaurant 2025: 10 most painful shutdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

The days when a Portland restaurant closing could shock us appear to be in the past. Perhaps that\u2019s because dozens of local institutions \u2014 from Paley\u2019s Place to Pok Pok, Toro Bravo to Beast \u2014 have already called it quits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or it could be due to the fact that recent closures often end up being less permanent than originally feared. Over the past year, restaurants from 3 Doors Down Cafe to Epif to Sandy\u2019s Myanmar Cuisine to Slow Bar<\/a> have reopened after a menu change, with new ownership or in a new location. <\/p>\n

American Dream pizza became Original Dream<\/a> (then closed temporarily after an October fire). Quaintrelle became 82 Acres. Several old Shari\u2019s diner locations became Elmer\u2019s<\/a>. After public appeals for help, downtown legends Higgins<\/a> and Dan & Louis Oyster Bar<\/a> had some of their busiest weeks in history<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But there were still plenty of painful closures, from a landmark Oregon steak and seafood chain to a beloved neighborhood watering hole to a cafe that held down its Old Town Chinatown block for a decade. Here are the 10 most painful restaurant, bar and cafe closures in the Portland area in 2025.<\/p>\n

Bob\u2019s Red Mill<\/p>\n

During its final week, the line to get into Bob\u2019s Red Mill\u2019s cafe and retail store in Milwaukie stretched for hours<\/a>, with employees waving away cars at the parking lot gates by midday. The closure came almost exactly a year after the death of founder Bob Moore at age 94 and was followed a month later by the Oregon company putting its signature red building up for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cliff\u2019s<\/p>\n

This beloved Northeast Portland watering hole<\/a> announced in October that the building\u2019s owners had chosen not to renew its lease after six years under the Wonder Ballroom. \u201cSo many bars and restaurants have struggled throughout the years to stay afloat, and we\u2019ve lost so many great spots, yet we\u2019ve managed to hang in there with your support, which makes this an especially bitter pill to swallow,\u201d owners Josh and Sierra Luebke wrote. Cliff\u2019s hopes to reopen in a new location.<\/p>\n

\"ASteak frites and Santa pants mugs at Plumb, a former bistro residency at Deadshot.Michael Russell | The Oregonian<\/p>\n

Deadshot<\/p>\n

After more than seven years, this inventive Southeast Portland cocktail bar announced it would close at year\u2019s end<\/a>. \u201cThe truth is simple \u2014 sales just aren\u2019t there anymore, while costs keep climbing,\u201d owner Adam Robinson wrote. Over the years, the bar played host to several notable restaurant pop-ups, including Sun Rice<\/a> and Plumb<\/a>. After its final service in November, the Deadshot space has played host to the holiday bar concept Miracle. <\/p>\n

\"DeadstockIan Williams, owner of Deadstock Coffee, a sneaker-themed coffee shop in downtown Portland.Sean Meagher\/The Oregonian<\/p>\n

Deadstock Coffee<\/p>\n

One of Portland\u2019s most innovative coffee shops is closing at the end of the year<\/a> after a decade in Old Town Chinatown. Deadstock Coffee \u2014 the city\u2019s first sneaker culture-inspired coffee shop \u2014 opened 10 years ago, starting with a small stand inside nearby streetwear boutique Compound Gallery before moving to its current home at 408 N.W. Couch St. \u201cI know that we\u2019ve been in Old Town holding the block down for a long time, but it\u2019s time to move on,\u201d Deadstock owner Ian Williams said in an Instagram video earlier this month. \u201cSometimes real good things come to an end.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"YeastedYeasted waffles with hazelnut praline butter and Vermont maple syrup at Fair Weather, the brunch standout turned cafe from the seafood specialists at Southeast Portland’s Jacqueline.Michael Russell | The Oregonian<\/p>\n

Fair Weather<\/p>\n

Arguably Portland\u2019s best brunch restaurant \u2014 in fact, we argued just that in April<\/a> \u2014 Fair Weather closed unexpectedly in August, with owner Derek Hanson citing slow weekday sales as the cause. Hanson has dabbled in brunch at least three times since opening seafood restaurant Jacqueline on Southeast Clinton Street nearly a decade ago, from a short-lived (but notable) early menu that ran from 2016-17 to a pandemic-time reboot in 2021 to a surprise revival in early 2025. With its Olympics-like every-four-years cycle, we\u2019re holding out hope for a Fair Weather return in 2029.<\/p>\n

Jinju Patisserie<\/p>\n

This North Portland pastry shop, which won a James Beard award as America\u2019s most outstanding bakery earlier this year, announced its unexpected closure earlier this month<\/a>. \u201cWe have been so fortunate to accomplish our goals beyond our expectations over the past six years,\u201d Jinju owners Jin Caldwell and Kyurim Lee wrote on social media. \u201cNow it\u2019s time for a new chapter.\u201d Caldwell and Lee hope to find a new space for their beloved bakery.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn inexpensive chirashi sushi bowl from Kashiwagi in Southeast Portland.Michael Russell | The Oregonian<\/p>\n

Kashiwagi<\/p>\n

One of Portland\u2019s best inexpensive sushi restaurants will close its doors at the end of the year. \u201cAfter thoughtful consideration,\u201d chef-owner Takeo Kashiwagi wrote, \u201c(my wife and I) concluded that this is the right moment to take a step back from the restaurant and begin our semi-retirement.\u201d Kashiwagi opened his namesake restaurant in 2021 after years running Sushi Takahashi 2 in Southwest Portland. In our annual guide to Portland\u2019s best sushi<\/a>, we named Kashiwagi the best inexpensive sushi option in Portland.<\/p>\n

McCormick & Schmick\u2019s<\/p>\n

The last Oregon location of this landmark Portland steak and seafood chain closed its doors in March<\/a>, marking an end to the restaurant\u2019s once sprawling local footprint. The McCormick & Schmick\u2019s restaurant at Bridgeport Village followed two other Portland-area locations in closing over the past six years. The company founded by Jake\u2019s Famous Crawfish owner Bill McCormick and manager Douglas Schmick once boasted more than 100 locations nationwide.<\/p>\n

\"Reeva\"Reeva Cafe y Cocina a la Le\u00f1a, a food cart on Sandy Boulevard in Northeast Portland.Mark Graves\/The Oregonian<\/p>\n

Reeva<\/p>\n

The beloved wood-fired pizza cart \u2014 one of Portland\u2019s very best pizzerias<\/a> \u2014 has been closed since chef-owner Roberto Hernandez Guerrero traveled to Mexico for an immigration interview<\/a> in November and was denied reentry to the United States. Built inside a former FedEx truck repainted matte-black with orange accents, Reeva was the first food business owned by Hernandez Guerrero, a longtime Portland chef who spent time at the likes of Andina and Beast. A December fundraiser at Pizzeria Otto raised more than $5,000 for Hernandez Guerrero\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe eponymous xiao long bao from XLB in North Portland.Oregonian file photo<\/p>\n

XLB<\/p>\n

XLB, the homegrown Chinese restaurant behind some of the city\u2019s best soup dumplings, closed for good in April<\/a> after nearly a decade in North Portland. Former fine-dining chef Jasper Shen opened XLB in 2016 as a \u201cstraight-up Chinese\u201d restaurant with stir-fried greens, shrimp noodles and the soup dumplings he fell in love with as a young cook in New York City. \u201cThis decision was not made lightly, and we are incredibly grateful for the support, laughter, and memories we\u2019ve shared with all of you over the years,\u201d wrote Linh Tran, an XLB owner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The days when a Portland restaurant closing could shock us appear to be in the past. Perhaps that\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[32740,183596,28,183597,88,183598,2232,18223,183599],"class_list":["post-375235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-black-culture","tag-black-owned-businesses-in-portla","tag-business","tag-deadstock-coffee","tag-entertainment","tag-ian-williams","tag-oregon","tag-portland","tag-steven-green"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}