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"I've learned that Ota Tofu, founded by brothers Saizo and Heiji Ota in 1911, is a 112-year-old shop and the oldest active tofu shop in the country. It presses and folds its tofu by hand using only three ingredients, and its fresh tofu is prized and used by restaurants across the city. The business—originally located in Portland’s bygone Japantown and now owned by Jason Ogata and his mother Sharon Hirata, who took over in 2019 and was acquainted with previous owner Eileen Ota through the Japanese senior lunch program Ikoi No Kai—will open a second production facility by the end of 2023, with the new North Portland location including a retail space with prepared items and seating for customers." - Janey Wong