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The immigrants running tiny ethnic places have done the sensible thing and relocated to the suburbs. Of course, in time they'll be priced out of there too. There's a new type of "food desert" emerging, maybe "foodie desert" describes it. It's when the only places that can exist in central districts are siege-type operations with extremely technical western cuisine that eventually converges to some weird bouquet of (bland) "subtle flavors" and vertical food in an empty white plate that everyone pretends is really good. While the immigrant food with gusto that makes you feel alive migrates farther away out of town.

Portland has an amazing number of unique, non-chain restaurants.

I'd like to blame the system too, but that's just bot reality.

Restaurants are hard, not only are you competiting with every other restaurant, you are also competiting with your last service.

There is no way to upload a patch to fix your last service, there certainly isnt a way to delete the stress from your staff.

It's one of the most cutthroat businesses in the world, and there isn't anything that will ever change that.