This Albina Avenue Bar Just Relaunched with Italian Sandwiches and Big Cookies | Eater Portland

"A 10-year-old NE Portland bar is getting a major menu facelift, switching to owner Adam LeBeau’s eponymous sandwich and Italian residency LeBeau Fine Goods starting Wednesday, July 9. “I love sandwiches more than anything in the world,” says LeBeau, who co-owns the Lightning Bar Collective. “If you give me a sandwich and a cookie I’ll be happy as hell.” LeBeau will center schiacciata sandwiches — a Sicilian (or Tuscan, depending on who you ask) riff on focaccia — slightly thinner than focaccia and meant to work as a bread for any time of the day; offerings will include many vegan and vegetarian options such as a miso mushroom sandwich and a vegan Italian with plant-based salami and ham, alongside meatier sandwiches including prosciutto and truffle honey, turkey pesto, and Caprese. Familiar menu items like the Buffalo cauliflower and other crowd pleasers will remain, and the vegan-friendly brunch menu stays untouched from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. On the cookie front, LeBeau launched Sticky Boy cookies as its own LLC using the same kitchen; the cookies sit in jars on the bar, wide-brim-looking treats like miso brown butter with chocolate chunks, and “In the first three weeks I’ve sold $1,000 worth of cookies just from the bar top,” LeBeau says. He notes nightlife in Portland has suffered and hopes the residency and Sticky Boy can help bring energy back, observing a shift toward nonalcoholic options and stronger food programs — what used to be a 70 percent booze / 30 percent food split has come closer to a 50-50 mix in his bars — and he hopes the changes will return the space to its former status as a great bar with great food and great energy. Le Beau Fine Foods (inside the space at 4835 N Albina Avenue) is open 4 p.m. to midnight Monday–Thursday, noon to 1 a.m. Fridays, 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturdays, and 9 a.m. to midnight Sundays." - Paolo Bicchieri