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HOLIDAY UPDATE: Mint/820 will be CLOSED on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day and will re-open on December 26th @ 4PM. Mint/820 will be OPEN on New Years Eve @ 4PM & New Years Day @ 5PM in 820. We would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays from Mint/820. See you in 2009/2010!

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Mint/820
816 North Russell
Portland, OR 97227
http://www.mintand820.com/
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A Firehouse New Year

Once again, we want to invite you to ring in the New Year at Firehouse, Thursday night, December 31st with a sumptuous five-course prix fixe dinner. We will have some special wines and sparklers to augment our wine list as well as a special selection of cocktails. Reservations are recommended.

New Year’s Eve - 2009

three small plates

pate de campagne with house made mustard and crostini

warm olives with herbs de provence and lemon

marcona almonds with Terre del Sole

sheep’s milk cheese

salad

arugula, shaved fennel and blood orange salad with sherry vinaigrette

pizza

pizza with bufala mozzarella and

Oregon black truffle

mains

(a choice of)

red wine braised beef cheeks with creamy polenta, porcini jus and gremolata

wood grilled thick cut pork chop with buttermilk mashed potatoes and greens

Firehouse bouillabaisse with local crab, mussels and rock fish

dessert

(a choice of)

chocolate cassata Siciliana

creme fraiche cheese cake

apple and walnut strudel

Happy New Year from all of us at Firehouse

reservations recommended 503-954-1702

(vegetarian requests honored at time of reservation)

$50 per person (beverage and gratuity not included)

(all menu items subject to availability)

Firehouse Pizza

711 Northeast Dekum Street

Portland, OR 97211

(503) 954-1702
Open Wed-Sun 5pm-10pm

Lovely Hula Hands to close & re-open as pizza place (Lovely’s Fifty-Fifty)

Hello friends and fans of Lovely Hula Hands-

Our new wood fired pizza restaurant, Lovely’s Fifty-Fifty, should be open sometime in January. There have been a lot of construction setbacks since the beginning of the project, but we are finally awaiting the arrival of the wood oven, ice cream case and other exciting things.

Also, at the end of this month, Lovely Hula Hands will be closing. The reasons for this are many, but in the end it comes down to one thing above all. When we first opened the restaurant six years ago, a family member was our chef. As time went on and this changed, we found ourselves in the position of running a restaurant from the front of the house. That is, we relied on someone from outside the family to direct the kitchen. As you know from the loyalty of our customers and the critical reception that Lovely Hula Hands has received, we have always been lucky with the talented people we’ve chosen. But now it just makes sense for us to focus on our new venture 100 % and have more of a hand in the production of the things we serve.

We plan to have a great final month at Lovely Hula Hands and finish strong with the same seasonal menu, cocktails, etc. New Years Eve will be our last night open. We hope to see many of you this month at least one more time and we hope to keep seeing you next door at Lovely’s Fifty-Fifty. It will have a lot of things in common with LHH- a seasonal menu, buying exclusively from local farmers and ranchers, a hefty list of salads and starters, and even one or two wood fired entrees along with the pizza offerings. We will also have six flavors of seasonal homemade ice cream in a big case up front and people can get a scoop or a pint to go. Our current staff will stay with us and work next door, so no one is being put out of work in this economy.

We want to deeply thank all of our loyal customers and staff for the last six years. It has honestly been a pleasure running this restaurant.

Finally, please note that we will be honoring Gift Certificates for Lovely Hula Hands next door at Lovely’s Fifty-Fifty. If you have one and can’t get in this month, please use it there.

Sincerely, Sarah and Jane Minnick

Please visit www.lovelyhulahands.com for updates and current menus.
You can find more in the coming days at our new website,
www.lovelyfiftyfifty.com

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