Melissa McMillan is no stranger to cooking through a crisis. The Sammich chef has fed sandwiches to Oregonians who lost their homes in wildfires, families struggling at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and unhoused Portlanders in the city’s tent encampments. So when the snow, ice, and freezing rain hit the Pacific Northwest in quick succession last week, McMillan decided to pivot from cooking for paying customers to cooking for guests at the city’s warming shelters.
During last week’s storm, the Portland restaurant industry took a hit during an already slow season. As the winter storm set in, business owners debated opening, while others suffered burst pipes and lost
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