May 26, 2023
Lindsay Goodrich has been on quite a
journey since he joined the Proud Mary team in Melbourne years
ago. He followed PM Owner Nolan Hirte to Portland to
bring a very unique Melbourne cafe / coffee experience to the USA,
and navigate a new territory, finding success and lines out the
door in due time. Once...
May 19, 2023
Coming up on the one year mark since
opening Skywater Fine Wines, Neil Thompson joins us to talk about
that adventure which started with the extreme challenges of running
his Park Avenue Fine Wines in downtown Portland, before finally
hanging up the towel there and moving west to brighter
pastures.
He and his husband...
May 12, 2023
Chris Schultz, CEO of Portland's iconic
brand Voodoo Doughnut, joined the company in 2017 to bring his 30+
years experience in the restaurant industry to the company. Prior
to taking over the leadership of Voodoo, he helped Mod Pizza expand
nationwide and before that, worked at Starbucks during
its rapid expansion. ...
May 5, 2023
On the news that Lisa Schroeder was named the Oregon Small Business Person of the Year for 2023, we felt it necessary to bring back our conversation with Lisa from January of this year.
Chef Lisa Schroeder of Mother's Bistro has had a very challenging few years. The most recent upset was when her bank wouldn't honor...