The restaurant within Bauman’s on Oak, the Southeast Portland cidery and taproom from the award-winning Gervais cider brand, exists as something of a trade. When Cafe Olli alumnus Daniel Green first wanted to learn more about cider, Bauman’s founder and head cidermaker, Christine Bauman Walter, became a mentor. As they got closer, Walter was trying to decide whether she should offer food at her Portland location; she asked Green for advice, assuming he’d suggest a pop-up chef or a food cart. “Daniel walked through the space and said, ‘Yeah, I’ll do your food program,’” Walter recalls. “I said, ‘I don’t have a food program.’”
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