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PORTLAND, Ore. — In what city officials are calling “a bold step forward for Portland’s ever-evolving culinary scene,” a new open-air dining concept has officially launched this week, offering guests the chance to cook their own meals over a shared barrel fire in what organizers describe as an “immersive, community-driven experience.”
The restaurant, known simply as Barrel, is located in a highly sought-after stretch of sidewalk just off a busy Portland corridor, where diners are invited to gather around a repurposed steel drum and prepare whatever ingredients they happened to bring with them that day.
“This isn’t just dining,” said one enthusiastic visitor while carefully rotating a
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