Welcome to Dining Confidential, a monthly column in which local chefs talk about their favorite restaurants, bars, and cafes in Portland, highlighting their own restaurant’s ethos and sharing fun personal takes. Know of a chef you’d like to see featured? Let us know via our tip line.
Luna Contreras, one of Portland’s most buzzy and nomadic new chefs, has finally begun to settle down. Throughout 2023, she has refined her produce-focused Mexican dishes at Chelo, popping up three days a week at Dame’s Lil Dame space on Northeast Killingsworth. Portlanders are lucky to be able to consistently visit Contreras at one place: Since moving to Portland from the
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