The 112-year-old Ota Tofu, which is the oldest active tofu shop in the country, will open a second production facility by the end of 2023, the Oregonian reports. Ota Tofu presses and folds its tofu by hand using only three ingredients — its fresh tofu is prized and used by restaurants across the city.
Ota’s new North Portland production facility will have a retail space with prepared items and seating for customers. The business was founded by brothers Saizo and Heiji Ota in 1911, and was originally located in Portland’s bygone Japantown. Current owners Jason Ogata and his mother Sharon Hirata took over the company in 2019 — Hirata
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