"I remember Pomeroy’s fine-dining restaurant Beast as the place that helped put Portland on the national map: it opened in 2007 after her Family Suppers pop-ups, earned multiple James Beard Award nominations and a win in 2014, and became one of the city’s most famous restaurants. Beast closed at the start of the pandemic, Pomeroy engaged with the Independent Restaurant Coalition to help develop relief legislation like the CARES Act, and toward the end of 2020 she announced Beast would not reopen." - Janey Wong