A former “Top Chef” contestant is expanding his portfolio with a new neighborhood bar serving “blue-collar French” food in Northwest Portland.
Say When, which opens later today, will serve French-inspired food and matching cocktails in the former Cha Taqueria space on Northwest 21st Avenue.
The bar comes from former “Top Chef” Season 14 contestant BJ Smith, bartender Paul Francis and financial director Robert Thomas, the trio who previously opened Sit Tite, a similarly “blue-collar” Italian American bar in North Portland…