After a decade of raucous, gastronomic bacchanalia and jaw-dropping meals, Feast — Portland’s largest food festival, attracting chefs from around the world — has called it quits, Portland Monthly first reported. According to co-founder Mike Thelin, the pandemic, and the continuously precarious stability of the restaurant industry, contributed to his decision to pull the plug.
Feast started in 2012, a food festival informed by a growing fascination with the restaurant world and Portland itself. Feast’s spectrum of collaborative culinary events, parties, dinners, and talks enticed guests who would pay hundreds of dollars to attend. In its heyday, tickets would sell out in a matter of hours, if not
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