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Portland Monthly

What Do Portland Chefs Make of Hulu’s The Bear?

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The Oregonian

27 Oregon restaurants Guy Fieri visited on 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives'

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The Herald

Sammich Food Truck Opens in Lebanon

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PDX Monthly

Portland’s 20 Best Cheeseburgers, Exhaustively Argued and Ranked

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The Oregonian

'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' star Guy Fieri films in Ashland

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The Oregonian

Portland’s Best New Restaurants

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Portland Mercury

Sammich, Stoopid Burger, and People’s Pig Bring the Mess to Kerns

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Willamette Week

This Brand-New Sandwich Shop is Portland’s Best House-Roasted, House-Smoked Taste of Chicago

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The Oregonian

These are Portland's 10 best new restaurants of 2018

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ShowBiz Cheat Sheet

Kelly Clarkson Sampled a Sandwich Named After Queen Latifah — Here’s How it Tasted

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The Oregonian

Miami Nice makes the case: Portland’s best Cuban restaurant might be plant-based (restaurant review)

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Eater

Restaurants, Kitchens, and Mutual Aid Groups Helping With Wildfire Relief

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The Oregonian

Feast Portland 2018: Wildest moments, best bites and more from the Pacific Northwest's signature food festival

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The Oregonian

Portland's best new burgers of 2018, ranked

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Eater

17 Excellent Sandwich Shops to Try in Portland

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Daily Hive

7 places to find the best sandwiches in Portland

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KGW8

'Rogue Food Unites' helping restaurants and fire victims in Southern Oregon

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Eater PDX

Sandwich Queen Melissa McMillan Turns on the Lights at Sammich PDX

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Kev’s Best

5 Best Sandwich Shops in Portland, OR

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Huffington Post

“Lesbian Chef Melissa McMillan Is Taking Over The Meat Game”

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Kobi5

Sammich in Ashland celebrates 8 years open

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The Oregonian

Feast Portland 2018: Wildest moments, best bites and more from the Pacific Northwest's signature food festival

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The Oregonian

“Announces the feast competition.”

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The Oregonian

Summer 2021 Picnic Guide

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Oregon Humanities

Stepping Up in Southern Oregon

Ashland’s volunteer meal providers adapt to the pandemic

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The Thrillist

The Best Sandwiches in Portland to Order Right Now

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PDX Monthly

Best Thing I Ate This Week: Italian Beef from Sammich & Treats from the Gastro Obscura Vending Machine

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Portland Mercury

“PoMo reports of two highly anticipated openings this week: Melissa McMillan’s Portland-by-way-of-Ashland sandwich shop, Sammich, which has opened at 2137 E Burnside,”

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Eater

These 130 Restaurants and Bars Opened in Portland in 2017

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Eater

Pastrami Zombie Will Arrive in Portland in June, Home or No Home

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The Oregonian

20 reasons to love Ashland, cultural capital of southern Oregon

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Eater

18 Mind-Blowing Burgers in Portland and Beyond

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SUNSET

“Sammich. The Loop comes West. At Sammich, Illinois expat Melissa McMillan does Chicago’s sandwich  traditions proud. She roasts her own beef, poaches her own tuna, and smokes her own pastrami, all of it best enjoyed on Sammich’s picnic tables and AstroTurf patio.”

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The Oregonian

“The Daily Tidings article says Fieri -- and his signature Camaro convertible, with the "FLVRTWN" license plat -- then went to Sammich, the sandwich-specializing restaurant with a "Chicago Italian" approach. A Facebook post dated June 7, on the Sammich Ashland page, says, "Sorry for the late post but we were being filmed for a TV show today."“

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The Oregonian

Portland's best new food carts of 2016

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Mail Tribune

Sandwich sensation

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PDX Monthly

“It’s no secret that we are completely obsessed with Pastrami Zombie’s meat.”

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The Daily Meal

“Melissa McMillan of Pastrami Zombie’s pastrami sandwich would have been a little less stunning without the sweet house Russian dressing that held it all together. She took home people’s choice.”

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Eater

Ashland’s Sammich Sandwich Shop Announces Portland Brick and Mortar

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Willamette Weekly

The Five Places We’re Most Excited To Eat This Week

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Feast

“Portland Preview”

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EATER

“Chef-owner Melissa McMillan has been serving beefy masterpieces in Portland out of her Pastrami Zombie food truck since June 2016, and today’s the day her legit Portland brick and mortar, Sammich PDX, opens at 2137 East Burnside St.”

Willamette Week

“Melissa "Pastrami Zombie" McMillan is better known in Portland for her Montreal-style cured brisket. But in cold weather, order Windy City comfort in the form of a beefy, cheesy, jus-dipped, Chi-style Timbo.”

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Portland Monthly

Pastrami Zombie’s Wet, Hot, Smoked Reuben