42nd Avenue Walking Tour with Sharon Koskoff
The Spare Room Restaurant and Lounge and Old Salt Marketplace
The Spare Room has been in the 42nd Avenue Community forever it seems. The Spare survived COVID, offered Take Out and Curbside Pickup for a while and - beginning October 3rd began offering Evening 7-9pm, no cover, all socially distanced protocols in place.
The Spare Room specializes in GOOD food, affordable for folks who live in the Neighborhood.
Old Salt Marketplace opened on 42nd Avenue in May 2013 and Closed on July 31, 2018
![We [Alex Ganum, Ben Meyer, and Marcus Hoover] opened with strong guiding principles: always make sure that we are paying our ranchers and farmers enough that they can afford to eat in our establishment anytime. Pay our staff enough that they can eat…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7031519c46e86db79d5d34/1604601175136-8269MIKTCXZKOSLYS8Z6/zOld+Salt+Closes11-1-20+at+12.43+PM.jpeg)
We [Alex Ganum, Ben Meyer, and Marcus Hoover] opened with strong guiding principles: always make sure that we are paying our ranchers and farmers enough that they can afford to eat in our establishment anytime. Pay our staff enough that they can eat off-shift any time. And still keep prices affordable enough that our community can afford to come in and eat as regularly as possible. We have been very proud in holding up those principles. As the market has gotten tougher in Portland for restaurants, and our margins began to get slimmer, we foresaw a time when we may have to sacrifice those guiding principles in order to keep the business viable. Rather than do that, we decided to close on a high note.
Old Salt Marketplace, a meat-focused modern American restaurant, butcher shop, and deli, will be serving its last pork shoulder or deli sandwich at the end of July. The five-year-old restaurant announced in a newsletter that Old Salt will shutter July 31, 2018 specifically referring to the high cost of ethical business.
Old Salt Marketplace Deli Counter with GRAB and GO Daily Special
Old Salt Maketplace Oven and Store
Old Salt Marketplace Meat Counter
Old Salt Maketplace Oven and Store
Old Salt Marketplace Mural
Old Salt Marketplace Mural
A Dinner Favorite at Old Salt Marketplace
Old Salt Marketplace Pork Chop Lunch
PIZZA Restaurant on 42nd Avenue
Roses Homemade Ice Cream on 42nd Avenue
Gluten Free Ice Cream for Sharon Koskoff
Sharon Koskoff and Diane Freaney hanging out and eating Ice Cream
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