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THE BEE
COMMUNITY CLASSIFIEDS
THE BEE's "want ads" are called "Community Classifieds".
An important innovation is that classified ads placed in THE BEE may also be available at the special Community Classifieds website, at the HotLink below!
In addition, Community Classifieds now offer the additional service of in-column photographs of vehicles and homes for sale. The photos can not only appear in THE BEE, but on the website as well.
Community Classifieds appear each month in THE BEE, and can also reach up to a half million additional readers by being published in any combination of the 24 other newspapers in the "Community Newspapers" group of Carpenter Media, including the weekly Clackamas Review, Oregon City News, Lake Oswego Review, and West Linn Tidings; the monthly Sherwood Gazette, and Southwest Community Connection; the weekly Gresham Outlook and Portland Tribune; and the other newspapers in the group.
To get information or place your classified ad by phone, here's the number to call: 503/620-7355!
Now, click on the logo directly below, and read the Carpenter Media online "Community Classifieds"!
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INNER SOUTHEAST PORTLAND'S
BUSINESS NEWS!
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| This past spring “Viking Soul Food” closed its food cart on S.E. Belmont, and now this tiny restaurant on Woodstock Boulevard is their full-time home – in which they create traditional and unique Norwegian comfort food. Co-owners Jeremy Daniels and Megan Walhood stand in front of their restaurant. (Photro by Elizazbeth Ussher Groff) |
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Woodstock ‘Soul Food’ – comfort, and culinary exploration
By ELIZABETH USSHER GROFF
For THE BEE
It might be described as a “hole in the wall”, but there are a whole lot of tasty things to order inside this tiny Woodstock restaurant. Squeezed between Piccolina’s Re-sale Boutique for Children (next to Grand Central Bakery) and Woodstock Ace Hardware, it might be easily missed.
Viking Soul Food at 4422 S.E. Woodstock Boulevard is the “brick and mortar” restaurant for owners Megan Walhood and Jeremy Daniels. They’ve been serving what they describe as Norwegian soul food for thirteen years, starting first with a food cart on S.E. Belmont which they permanently closed this past April, and opening on Woodstock in November of 2022 as reported in the February 2023 BEE.
For first-time diners, the restaurant might be the start of an education in Norwegian food. The restaurant’s fare is called soul food because it is soothing home-cooked comfort food – sometimes both sweet and savory – representing Norwegian culinary culture.
The very traditional “lefse” is a homemade tortilla-like flatbread made from potatoes, butter, cream, sugar, and flour. When wrapped around house-smoked salmon or Norwegian meatballs, it is a meal in itself. The meatballs’ beef and pork main ingredients are steeped in a nutty, caramelized, slightly butterscotch-flavored gravy made of gietost.
Don’t know what gietost is? Gjetost cheese is a soft and creamy goat cheese with a velvety texture and a slightly nutty taste. Norwegians eat it on crackers or lefse, but the restaurant blends it into entrées.
You can spice up your own home-cooked omlette, scrambled eggs, fish, chicken, or beans, with Viking Soul Food’s unique beet sauce which comes in a jar. Called Mjolnir (that’s the name of Thor’s Hammer) it is made of beets, chilis, onions, garlic, spices, vinegar, and sugar. This one is their own recipe, and not one of Nordic origin.
Owner Walhood says of this sauce, “We wanted something fun that reflects our eccentric/irreverent approach to Nordic cuisine.” (And it doesn’t taste like beets at all!) She especially likes it on a burger with blue cheese and bacon.
For snacks there are traditional bites – “kracken”. That’s herring, cream cheese, horseradish on Scandinavian rye toast, topped with melty Jarlsberg cheese, and “troll” – which is Jarlsberg cheese spread with roasted garlic and shallots.
And what in the world is the menu item “Bird Brain Lefse”? It is a lefse wrap of slow-roasted chicken, bacon bits, chevre, smoked fig and caramelized shallot relish, with arugula, walnuts, surkal, and cabbage.
A recent published Jumble – a small written game of unscrambling letters to form ordinary words – began with this clue: “I always love dishes that make your mouth feel like it’s the first time it’s tasted food.” This just might that be your experience at Viking Soul Food.
The small restaurant is open every day of the week from 11:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. For more information, or to order online, visit – http://www.vikingsoulfood.com
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| With the new Canon production printer in the background and a photo print of parrot at left, Woodstock UPS Store owner Kelly Keogh holds a sample architectural plan printed on it, and Printmaster Terill Ketcham holds a sample of its fine art reproduction. (Photo by Elizxabeth Ussher Groff) |
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Full print shop reopens at Woodstock’s UPS Store
By ELIZABETH USSHER GROFF
For THE BEE
As detailed in a prior article, three years ago the west side of the building housing the Woodstock UPS Store on Woodstock Boulevard (the space now occupied by “Musical Monsters and Budding Bookworms”) had a full print shop – and then the wall went up to open the space for the new store, well before Kelly Keogh became owner at UPS Woodstock.
But Keogh told us, in the prior profile of the shop, that he wanted to somehow re-create the printing possibilities that the in-house print shop had made available.
And now he has done it. A new printer has been installed in the UPS Store, and it provides the same services as the previous print shop and more, because the new Canon “Image ProGraf” offers the same “Giclee” printing, meeting the international Giclee requirements for printing: Ink that uses pigment instead of dye; top quality inkjet ink; and use of a print paper that is a watercolor cotton rag, of museum and archival quality.
However, there still is an important difference, said the store’s print artist, Terill Ketcham: “Our new printer exceeds the previous one because it has an amazing twelve ink colors! Regular color printers have four. Much like when you make an image with paint, having more colors to work with gives you a much wider range of hues. We have been astonished by the bright yellows, vibrant light blues, rich and neon purples, and deep magnetic black that this machine can produce.”
Original artwork can be scanned to produce digital files, large format inkjet prints, greeting cards, or postcards. Artists can make prints to hand sign, and to use for limited-quantity runs for sale or display in galleries or museums. High quality architectural plans, mural templates, sewing patterns, high quality prints of personal photos or posters for science or economic presentations are possible. Architectural plans are priced at $4 for the first page, $2 per page for following pages, and can likely be ready the same day.
For a Holiday gift, Ketcham suggests: “Classical art more than a hundred years old is in the public domain, and high-resolution files are often available in archives online. Perhaps the art lover in your life would enjoy a top-quality, archival print of Van Gogh’s Irises, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, or a gorgeous portrait by Klimt.”
Both Terill Ketcham and Ashlyn Jenkins at the store have been trained to operate the new printer, including making prints using very large formats – 42 inches in width, by virtually any length – and, using a variety of papers. Terill is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for printing, and print jobs can be initiated outside of those hours as well. Call the store at 503/788-1400 for more information.
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| At right is Pete Hoppins, the owner of Away Days Brewery & Taproom – with his wife and manager, Niki, at left in front of the historic Brooklyn mural in the rear open space. (Photo by Rita A. Leonard) |
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‘Away Days Brewery & Taproom’ opens in Brooklyn
By RITA A. LEONARD
For THE BEE
Pete Hoppins, owner of “Away Days Brewing” – which was previously situated at S.E. 10th and Hawthorne Boulevard – has finally opened his new Brewery & Taproom at 1234 S.E. Cora Street, adjacent to the new Brook Land Apartments, in the Brooklyn neighborhood. The Cora Street building at that address was formerly identified with “Don Entwisle Painting Contractor”, but had been empty for over ten years.
Remodeling by Brooklyn’s “Deform” took longer to complete than initially expected, due to the discovery of extensive paint and equipment found on the site, which had to be disposed of before remodeling for the new business could begin.
The new brewery and taproom, painted a bright yellow color, comprises a large open area under cover, as well as a covered section at the back with tables and a large mural where customers can enjoy sipping during nice weather. The atmosphere there is inviting, despite on-street parking being limited nearby. The space adjacent to the main entrance is planned for a small business with design and set-up assistance to help other small businesses get established.
Hoppins manages a core staff of four, which includes himself; his wife and manager Niki; tap manager Bryan; and Marshall, who will be the brewer. The business will be open six days a week, Tuesday through Sunday, with hours similar to those at his former location on Hawthorne Boulevard. Specifically, the hours for the new “Away Days Brewing” are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 3-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 12-10 p.m.; and Sunday: 12-8 p.m. To learn more, go online – http://www.awaydaysbrewing.com
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BEE owner acquires more Oregon newspapers: An Oregon family-owned media company, whose portfolio includes over two dozen newspapers and magazines, is now being acquired by Carpenter Media Group (CMG). EO Media Group confirmed their acquisition by CMG in a press release on October 23rd. This comes after Pamplin Media, Oregon’s largest newspaper group, also sold to CMG in early June. As a result, CMG will acquire EO’s assets, including their flagship newspapers the East Oregonian and The Astorian, as well as The Bend Bulletin, the La Grande Observer, the Baker City Herald, and others. Founded in 1908 as “East Oregonian Publishing Company”, EO has been owned by four generations of the Aldrich and Forrester families. The company even went through a recent expansion, acquiring the Bend Bulletin and Redmond Spokesman in 2019, as well as launching the Rogue Valley Times after the 2023 closure of the Medford Mail Tribune. In a statement, CMG Chairman Todd Carpenter expressed his wish to continue the EO newspapers’ legacy. With the recent acquisition of EO Media Group, CMG now owns more than 250 newspapers and other publications in the United States and Canada.
Attorney Denise Stern announces retirement: The message to THE BEE read, “Well-known attorney Denise L. Stern, Attorney at Law, is retiring after practicing in the Sellwood-Westmoreland neighborhood for 30 years. Her clients will be cared for by attorney Veronica Smith, who is with the law firm of Merkel & Conner. Veronica’s telephone number is 503/222-0056.” Stern advertised in the “Here’s My Card” section of THE BEE for a quarter century, and we wish her well.
Expert writer offers classes: A “Writing Your Memories” class, in which would-be writers of all ages write weekly about their childhood memories and family stories, will be taught online each Wednesday, January 8 through February 26 from 10 a.m. to noon by Emily Aulicino. In the class, students are invited to explore their memories and chronicle them into amusing, interesting, moving, and touching stories, to be shared as gifts to themselves or others. Aulicino is a retired teacher, a genetic genealogist, and a longtime teacher of writing memoirs. To sign up, email – aulicino@hevanet.com – and put “Wednesday Writing Class” in your subject line. Each Sunday a new ZOOM link will be sent out for the Wednesday class. This eight-week class costs either $40, or paid by donation.
“Sellwood-Moreland Dog Walking” announces Puppy Parade: Joshua Correll tells THE BEE, “I am writing on behalf of my business, Sellwood-Moreland Dog Walking, to inform you of our second annual Holiday Lights Puppy Parade on December 14th. We have been established in the neighborhood for about three years now, but have recently opened a storefront for our business across the street from QFC. We are excited to continue being a positive force in the neighborhood’s thriving local community, and also bring a few smiles while we trot our furry friends around the neighborhood.” As for that parade: “We will be starting the parade at 6 p.m. from our office at 6426 S.E. Milwaukie Avenue. From there we will be walking south to Tacoma, then west towards 13th, then north heading towards the SMILE Christmas Tree. After the tree, we will head back to Bybee and Milwaukie intersection where we will disband. We imagine the parade will take between 40-60 minutes. The parade participants are set, but we encourage all spectators to come and cheer us on as dogs and people alike will be electrically lit up for the Holidays.” The business’ number is 593/559-0157.
Windermere Real Estate in charity effort: Windermere Real Estate brokers are again teaming up to Share the Warmth by providing essential winter items for those in need. As part of the annual campaign, the Windermere Moreland office, and other offices throughout Portland, will be collecting donations from from now through December 20 to benefit “Transition Projects”. This year, the organization is asking for new or gently used adult-sized coats, blankets, scarves, gloves, hand warmers, knit caps, and new adult underwear. Those who wish to contribute can stop by the Windermere Moreland office at S.E. 16th and Bybee Boulevard, across from the Westmoreland Post Office, during office hours, to do so.
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