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Ya Hala
Ya Hala Lebanese Cuisine, or simply Ya Hala, is a Lebanese cuisine, Lebanese and Middle Eastern cuisine, Middle Eastern restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. The business was established as a deli counter in 1999. Description Ya Hala ("welcome" in Lebanese) is a Lebanese cuisine, Lebanese and Middle Eastern cuisine, Middle Eastern restaurant in the Southeast Portland, Oregon, southeast Portland part of the Montavilla, Portland, Oregon, Montavilla neighborhood. Martin Cizmar of ''Willamette Week'' has described the restaurant as "cavernous". Lauren Carlos and Michelle DeVona of ''Eater (website), Eater Portland'' wrote, "Huge murals grace the walls at this homey... standby, where visitors find homestyle Lebanese food as well as classic street fare". In 2013, ''The Astorian'' said the menu "offers Lebanese food that you might eat in someone's home, rather than the more standard fare". The menu has included falafel, shakshuka pita and hummus, lamb bacon and shanks, meatba ...
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Lebanese Cuisine
Lebanese cuisine is the culinary traditions and practices originating from Lebanon. It includes an abundance of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fresh fish and seafood. Poultry is eaten more often than red meat, and when red meat is eaten, it is usually lamb and goat meat. Dishes include copious amounts of garlic and olive oil, and dishes are often seasoned with lemon juice. Chickpeas and parsley are also staples of the Lebanese diet. Well-known dishes include '' baba ghanouj'', '' tabbouleh'', '' sfeeha'', ''falafel'' and '' shawarma''. An important component of many Lebanese meals is ''hummus'', a chickpea puree dish, and many dishes are eaten with flatbread. Well-known desserts include ''baklawa'', '' sfouf'' and '' ka'ak''. Some desserts are specifically prepared on special occasions; for example, '' meghli'' (rice pudding dessert, spiced with anise, caraway, and cinnamon) is served to celebrate a newborn baby in the family. '' Arak'' is an anise-flavoured liquor, and ...
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Tahini
Tahini () or tahina (, ) is a Middle Eastern condiment made from toasted ground hulled sesame. It is served by itself (as a dip) or as a major ingredient in hummus, baba ghanoush, and halva. Tahini is used in the cuisines of the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean, the South Caucasus, as well as parts of North Africa. Sesame paste (though not called tahini) is also used in some East Asian cuisines. Etymology ''Tahini'' is of Arabic origin and comes from a colloquial Levantine Arabic pronunciation of (), or more accurately (), whence also English ''tahina'' and Hebrew ''t'china'' . It is derived from the root , which as a verb means "to grind", and also produces the word , "flour" in some dialects. The word ''tahini'' appeared in English by the late 1930s.Mariposa, ''Hollywood Glamour Cook Book'', 1940, p. 101. ''Tahini'' is a loanword from modern Greek ''tachíni'' () which was originally adopted from the Ottoman Turkish ''"tahin"'' . In Turkish and also in Italian, ...
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Baba Ghanoush
Baba ghanoush (, ;"baba ghanouj"
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), also spelled baba ganoush or baba ghanouj, is a Levantine appetizer consisting of finely chopped roasted , , , various

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Thrillist
Thrillist is an online media website covering food, drink, travel and entertainment. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in New York City, United States. In October 2016, Thrillist merged with internet brands '' The Dodo'', NowThis News, and Seeker to form the digital media holding company Group Nine Media, which has since been acquired by Vox Media in 2022. History Thrillist was founded in 2004 by Ben Lerer, son of media executive Kenneth Lerer; and Adam Rich, his friend from college. They graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003 and moved to New York City. Rich initially served as president, and Ben Robinson served as the Chief Creative Officer. Lerer and Rich sent the first Thrillist e-mail newsletter in 2005 to 600 friends. In early 2017, following layoffs of more than 25 employees, the Thrillist editorial, video, and distribution staffs announced plans to unionize with the Writers Guild of America East. In response, Lerer refused to voluntarily recogn ...
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Redd On Salmon Street
The Redd on Salmon Street is a "campus" for food businesses and event space in southeast Portland, Oregon's Buckman, Portland, Oregon, Buckman, in the United States. The $25 million project was started in September 2015 and completed in December 2018. In 2021, the space was featured on ''Top Chef: Portland''. Meals 4 Heels is a tenant. Kann (restaurant), Kann Winter Village operated in the parking lot during the COVID-19 pandemic. References External links The Redd on Salmon Street
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Hoda's
Hoda's (sometimes Hoda's Lebanese Restaurant, Hoda's Middle Eastern Cuisine, or Hoda's Middle Eastern Restaurant) is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Hoda's is a family-owned Lebanese cuisine, Lebanese restaurant and catering service on Belmont Street in Southeast Portland, Oregon, southeast Portland's Sunnyside, Portland, Oregon, Sunnyside neighborhood. The menu includes shawarma, pizzas, spinach pies, breads, baba ghanoush, and hummus. History The business is owned by spouses Hani and Hoda Khouri, who opened the original restaurant in 1999. The Khouris, who are Catholic, received "several menacing anti-Muslim/Arab" phone calls at the restaurant following the September 11 attacks (2001). In 2010, Hoda's filed a liquor license application and secured a location for a second restaurant in Northeast Portland, Oregon, northeast Portland. The second restaurant, called Hoda's Middle Eastern Cuisine, opened in early 2011 and closed in 2014. In 2020, during the COVID-19 ...
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Nicholas Restaurant
Nicholas Restaurant is a chain of three Lebanese restaurants in the Portland metropolitan area, in the United States. It is one of the oldest Lebanese and Middle Eastern restaurants in Portland. The business also operates in Gresham. History Nicholas and Linda Dibe opened the first restaurant in 1987. The Dibes fled Beirut, Lebanon in 1982, immigrated to Portland with their four young daughters. Five years later they opened the restaurant. Nicholas invested his entire pension in the restaurant, which first served pizza and calzones. Later, the Dibes started adding some of their favorite Lebanese dishes to the menu, which became popular with customers. The restaurant is now owned by one of the Dibes' daughters, Hilda. There are several locations which are operated by different extended family members. The business also operates in Gresham. In 2020, Nicholas announced plans to relocate the flagship location to 1109 Southeast Madison Street, in the Buckman neighborhood, in 2021. ...
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Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary television and radio public broadcasting network for most of the U.S. state of Oregon as well as southern Washington. OPB consists of five full-power television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, and over 20 radio stations and frequencies. Broadcasts include local and regional programming as well as television programs from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and American Public Television (APT), and radio programs from National Public Radio (NPR), American Public Media (APM), Public Radio Exchange (PRX), and the BBC World Service, among other distributors. Its headquarters and television studios are located in Portland. OPB is also a major producer of television programming for national broadcast on PBS and Create through distributors like APT, with shows such as ''History Detectives'', ''Barbecue America'', ''Foreign Exchange'', ''Rick Steves' Europe'', and travel shows hosted by Art Wolfe. , OPB had over one millio ...
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The Oregonian
''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850, and published daily since 1861. It is the largest newspaper in Oregon and the second largest in the Pacific Northwest by circulation. It is one of the few newspapers with a statewide focus in the United States. The Sunday edition is published under the title ''The Sunday Oregonian''. The regular edition was published under the title ''The Morning Oregonian'' from 1861 until 1937. ''The Oregonian'' received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, the only gold medal annually awarded by the organization. The paper's staff or individual writers have received seven other Pulitzer Prizes, most recently the award for Editorial Writing in 2014. ''The Oregonian'' is home-delivered throughout Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, and Yamhill ...
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