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PDXaminer - Page 1
Watch for Beaches and Elephants Deli, coming to PDX
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| At a Port of Portland Commission meeting in June, Mark Matthias, right, owner of Beaches Restaurant & Bar, speaks to Port staff, commissioners and guests about his company’s enthusiasm for opening a new Beaches at PDX. |
Beaches Restaurant & Bar, well-known in Vancouver, Wash., will open at the airport by next spring in the space now occupied by Rose City Café. Beaches will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, and will offer sushi and a full bar experience. Besides a varied menu of seafood, chicken, steak, soups, salads, sandwiches and pizza, the restaurant, known for its support of local children’s causes, will also feature activities for kids and - for the grownup traveler - power for laptops.
Elephants Delicatessen has been a favorite among Portlanders since 1979 with its specialty and artisan foods and premier catering. With four Portland-area delis already in place, the company will open its new airport location toward the end of this year in the space formerly occupied in the food court by Quiznos. Elephants takes pride in the fact that its chefs prepare local foods from scratch every day, including deli and hot foods, hearth breads and desserts.
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| Anne Weaver, owner and chief executive officer of Elephants Deli, second from left, and Bill Wyatt, executive director of the Port of Portland, join Chris Madsen, Scott Kilgo and Rebecca Sonniksen in celebrating news that Elephants will open this year in the airport’s Oregon Market. |
Oregon Air Guard and Alaska Airlines honored for green efforts
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Dana Green, Port of Portland; Airman 1st Class Brandi Bell, Lt. Col. Mike Bieniewicz and Senior Master Sgt. Vern Loftis, Oregon Air National Guard; and Nick Atwell, Port of Portland. |
Mookie Patel, Amy Fuller-Lyman and Geri Parish, Alaska Airlines; Phil Ralston (rear) and Susan Aha, Port of Portland. |
The Port of Portland presented its Aviation Tenant Environmental Excellence Awards this year to Alaska Airlines and to the Oregon Air National Guard. The awards are given each year for exemplary environmental efforts by tenants at Port-operated airports.
For the past three years, Alaska Airlines has worked with the Port and represented all the air carriers during the technically complex design phase of a project to enhance the deicing storm water collection system at Portland International Airport. The airline was recognized for helping to reach a consensus among all parties that will further protect water quality while sustaining safe aviation operations.
The Port and the Oregon Air National Guard, located side-by-side at PDX, collaborate in a number of ways to enhance safety, including wildlife hazard management. The Guard worked with the airport’s wildlife team, using science and community values, to successfully integrate the Guard’s bird aircraft strike hazard program, which was an Air Force requirement, with the PDX wildlife hazard management plan, which was an FAA requirement. Their partnership is recognized nationwide as an example of how military and civilian aviation operations, located together, can be effective stewards of natural resources.
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