ALBERTA — The remaining outpost for Portland’s only Black-owned-and operated brewery has closed. George Johnson’s Assembly Brewing closed its six-year-old original location in May 2025. Now KOIN 6 reports the 2934 NE Alberta Street location is done, too. In a farewell note posted to the website, Johnson wrote “unfortunately, the hits kept coming and we no longer have a financial cushion to weather the storms ahead.”
BUCKMAN — Smash burger phenom Hit the Spot has closed after seven years in business, three inside the former Brunch Box space on Southeast Morrison. The food cart-turned-restaurant was a local innovator in the burger game. Moreover, Jeremy Sivers’s business was a mainstay for
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