Meals 4 Heels
Caterer · Buckman ·
Vegan & vegetarian catering, meal kits, cafe with flavorful bowls
Vegan & vegetarian catering, meal kits, cafe with flavorful bowls
"I see Meals 4 Heels as part of an exciting blossoming of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-owned restaurants that exude a sense of safe space that feels critical right now." - Eater Staff
"At the Southeast Portland bowl stand Meals 4 Heels, owner Nikeisah Newton will continue to wear a mask and ask customers to do the same when ordering, warning that another mass-transmissible variant like BA.2 plus no mask mandate “will only drive up the infection rate and the death rate for those who aren’t vaccinated or boosted,” and expressing concern that removing this basic line of defense harms the community." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Started by Nikeisah Newton as a meal-delivery service for sex workers and dancers, it has expanded to serve broader clientele with bowls of roasted vegetables and lemon-pepper couscous at protests and events around Portland." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Meals 4 Heels is included in the list of vendors for the Family Reunions Redd event on August 29." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Started in 2019 by veteran restaurant worker Nikeisah Newton as a late-night delivery service—driving grain bowls and salads to strip clubs at 2 a.m. and taking orders primarily via Instagram DMs—Meals 4 Heels grew into a community-facing operation that has provided meals for fundraisers like Roux and Queer Soup Night, fed protesters fighting police brutality, and supported food-insecure and unhoused Portlanders through mutual aid. Newton now operates a cafe in Southeast Portland inside the Powerhouse Cafe at the Redd on Salmon building, serving walk-up lunch Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the menu preserves signature dishes including the “Gettin That Paper” bowl with cauliflower and sweet potato noodles, the “Verbal Tipper” with lemon-pepper couscous, preserved vegetables, and balsamic, sweet potato glass noodles topped with pickled cucumbers and truffled tomatoes, lemon-pepper couscous with marinated artichokes, spiced mushrooms and chow chow, black-eyed pea fritters often served on collard greens, and house-made sodas. Although Newton still centers sex workers as the core of her business, the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed dressing-room deliveries and she hopes to return to that clientele as clubs reopen." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden