Portland Chicken Spot Mama Bird Will Reopen as Mama Bird Wood Fire Grill | Eater Portland

"I learned that Mama Bird is switching from a counter service format to full table service as it becomes Mama Bird Wood Fire Grill, expanding beyond its core wood fire-grilled chicken—served with sauces such as vadouvan curry and smoked garlic miso—by adding proteins like smoked St. Louis ribs, rotating cuts of steak, and fish, while also shoring up its cocktail menu. Pascuzzi says the change grew out of operating challenges after opening six months before COVID and pivoting ever since, plus rising costs for wood and charcoal and insufficient funds from the Paycheck Protection Program and Restaurant Revitalization Fund; the restaurant will be closed July 31 and August 1 to make the transition." - Janey Wong