The Pearl District Culinary Farmers Market was scheduled to end in September. It runs instead through Sunday, Oct. 25, because the Pearl District Neighborhood Association added four weeks after vendors and shoppers asked for more. That leaves three Sundays, Oct. 11, 18 and 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on NW 13th Avenue between Everett and Glisan.
The extension also changes the market's neighbors. Its last Sunday falls eight days after Bistecca's final service on NW Raleigh and five days before Oven & Shaker closes on NW Everett, a block from the market. Over the same weeks, almost every new opening in Northwest Portland is landing around NW 21st Avenue. When the tents come down on 13th, the area's Sunday food scene will be centered further west.
A season that outgrew its own calendar
The market opened Sunday, June 7, 2026. KATU described it as the first Pearl District culinary farmers market in about a decade. The Northwest Examiner credited PDNA president Bruce Studer and community connector Kimiko Matsuda with launching it. KOIN reported it was brought back as part of the neighborhood's Re-Ignite the Pearl initiative.
All the June coverage gave September as the end date. By Sept. 4, KOIN reported that the market had grown to 82 vendors and 108 booths and covered three full blocks. That was enough for the association to add four Sundays. Studer explained the decision in KOIN's report:
"We've heard loud and clear from our vendors and our guests that they aren't ready to see this market end."
The full season is 21 Sundays, June 7 through Oct. 25. The PDNA's market page counts it the same way, although parts of that page still say the market runs "through September." Oct. 25 is the date to go by.
Who shows up on 13th
The PDNA calls this a chef's market, and its vendor list shows why. Many of the market's tables belong to restaurants, and several of those restaurants are opening new locations this fall.
- Pablo Munoz Farm brings the produce. The PDNA page says its berries arrive within hours of being picked.
- Fokattia sells baked bread and aMylk sells plant-based milks. Rotating small-batch bakers and makers fill in around them.
- Andina, Arden, Sesame Collective, Papi Chulo's, Pamana at The Hoxton and Pal's offer market-day dishes and collaborations.
Two of those names are expanding. Sesame Collective, the group behind Dolly Olive and Shalom Y'all, is opening Angelina's, an upscale neighborhood bar and grill at 1580 NW 21st Avenue. Eater Portland reported that it was first slated for summer and has been pushed back into autumn. Pamana, which started as a residency at The Hoxton in September 2025, is opening a second, dinner-focused location in Concordia. According to the same Eater roundup, brunch is staying at The Hoxton for now.
So a stop at the Sesame Collective or Pamana table on NW 13th is also an early taste of kitchens that are about to have new rooms elsewhere.
The last three Sundays, and the services around them
Oct. 25 sits in the middle of a string of last services. Here is the calendar from today, Thursday, Oct. 8:
- Sunday, Oct. 11. Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., NW 13th Avenue.
- Saturday, Oct. 17. Bistecca, Gabriel Pascuzzi's wood-fired Italian steakhouse at 2145 NW Raleigh St., closes after service, according to The Oregonian/OregonLive.
- Sunday, Oct. 18. Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Sunday, Oct. 25. Final market of the 2026 season.
- Friday, Oct. 30. Oven & Shaker, the pizzeria and cocktail bar at 1134 NW Everett St., closes after service. Cathy Whims of Nostrana opened it in 2011 with Ryan Magarian and Kurt Huffman.
Oven & Shaker is the closure with the closest tie to the market. It sits on NW Everett, the street that marks one end of the market's stretch of 13th. The Portland Mercury described it as a Pearl District restaurant that has been open for 15 years. If the plan is lunch on Everett after the market, the Oct. 25 market and Oct. 30 closing leave one last weekend to do it.
Where the new tables are landing
The Pearl did get one big new restaurant this year. The Malarkey opened July 31 at 1210 NW Hoyt St. It is a wood-fired steak and seafood grill from chef Brian Malarkey and his brother James, with Jose "Lalo" Camarena as executive chef and beef from the Malarkey family ranch in Central Oregon.
Most of the other new names are closer to NW 21st than to NW 13th:
| Place | Address | What it is | Status as reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucille | 2141 NW Savier St. | Cocktail bar, sibling to the Gibson Bar | Opened late summer 2026 |
| Feli | 2070 NW Quimby St. | Andalusian restaurant from Urdaneta's owners | Listed for a September debut |
| Bossa | 305 NW 21st Ave. | Brazilian cafe by day, bar by night | Projected for October |
| Angelina's | 1580 NW 21st Ave. | Sesame Collective bar and grill | Pushed from summer to fall |
Lucille is the only one on that list with a confirmed opening. For the other three, the dates are what Eater reported in September, so it's worth checking each restaurant's own channels before you go.
Some details from the reporting:
- Feli comes from Javier and Jael Canteras, who have run Urdaneta's Basque menu for a decade. The new restaurant turns to southern Spain, with dry-aged mojama tuna, llauna rice, Iberian pork and a sherry-focused bar menu.
- Bossa plans Brazilian coffee from its own roasts, tapioca crepes and pão de queijo during the day, then caipirinhas and bar food in the afternoon and evening, with DJ sets some nights. Emanuelle and Tilion Lieberman have been building interest with pop-ups, including one with Sunblossom Farm.
- Lucille is a coral-colored bar from Nicholas Gusikoff, formerly a co-owner of the Richmond Bar. Eater mentions its Simple Joys cocktail, made with olive oil-washed gin, dry vermouth and tomato water, plus sardines and crackers, onion dip and grilled cheese.
The first Sunday after the market
The last detail in Eater's Lucille listing matters most for November. Happy hour at Lucille runs all day on Sunday. That makes it, as of now, the one confirmed new Sunday option in the area for the weeks after the market closes. If Bossa opens on schedule, its daytime cafe on NW 21st would offer coffee and pão de queijo on the same mornings the 13th Avenue tents used to take.
The extension showed there is real demand for a Sunday spent eating your way down a single street. Through Oct. 25, that street is NW 13th, where Pal's, Andina, Arden and the rest set up from 10 to 2. After that, the newest places to go are around NW 21st, from Lucille on Savier to Feli on Quimby and, once they open, Bossa and Angelina's.
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