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"Facing the pandemic, Jaime Soltero Jr. opened part of Tamale Boy’s North Portland kitchen to other chefs so they could survive via takeout; I watched him host Chris Cha there so Smokin Fire Fish could continue selling poke and plate lunches, and although Soltero briefly considered launching his own ghost-kitchen torta concept, he ultimately decided to focus on his existing front-of-house restaurants and on building a future collaborative Hawaiian–Mexican restaurant with Cha." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden