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At the end of the pandemic, as workers who formerly frequented restaurants in city centers continued to work at home, urban-based restaurants began to reconsider the suburbs as a place to open.
In the Portland area, Beaverton, Ore., became the spot where Portland businesses like Top Burmese, The Sudra, and Salt & Straw and notable chains like Shake Shack and Dave’s Hot Chicken opened their suburban outposts.
