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GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND!👋
Let’s celebrate, because the Mercury‘s latest BANGER of a print issue is now out on the streets! It’s our delicious FOOD ISSUE, edited by our Janey Wong, and it’s jam-packed with restaurant reviews, previews, profiles, and lots more amazing stuff about our terrific food community. Hate physical print products? Then read it all online here! However, if you do pick up the Food Issue, you’ll be thrilled to know that inside you’ll find our other latest physical print product, BlackOut: A Five-Year Retrospective on Portland’s Racial Justice Movement—written exclusively by Black Portlanders! Edited by Donovan Scribes, its purpose is to remember and reflect on the May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of police, and the 100+ days of protests in Portland that same year. You can find our Food Issue and BlackOut at more than 500 locales citywide—so do not miss it! And now let’s read some non-physical NEWS…