Great news! Grits N’ Gravy reopens today in their previous space in downtown Portland; currently, they are in soft opening mode as of this morning. And, they are under new management—Jesús Alejandro Chipres is now the owner; he was employed at Grits N’ Gravy under the previous management.
Here’s what we know.
The Earlier Closure
Back in June we covered the Grits N’ Gravy closure. Here’s what we wrote then:
“At first they thought they could do one more breakfast but they ‘have been given no leeway.’ In their words, ‘Times have gotten hard and business has been declining since last August. We held on for as long as we could but we can’t keep going.’ The owner will go back to their Mumbo Gumbo PDX food cart in the Cartside Food Pod on SE Foster and SE Rhone.”
About the New Owner, Jesús Alejandro Chipres
Jesús is originally from Guadalajara in Mexico, and has been in the U.S. for 34 years. He arrived originally in Los Angeles but made his way to Portland after that. [Note: His quotes below have been translated from Spanish.]…