November 15, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life
While making breakfast burritos for her family during the pandemic, Michelle Tomerlin had a revelation. After 15 years of running a housecleaning business, she didn’t find it challenging. She wanted… Read story
November 12, 2024, 6:06am Business Subscriber Exclusive
With a new development executive and a new group of investors, Vancouver’s homegrown Burgerville fast-food chain is making moves to create more fans and serve more customers. Read story
November 8, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
Over the past several decades, sushi, like bottled water, has shifted from a delicacy for the elite to a commonplace item sold at Safeway and Fred Meyer. Low-cost sushi rolls stuffed with veggies and fake crab doused with mayo-based sauces have created the idea that sushi should be inexpensive. But… Read story
October 25, 2024, 6:09am Business
A local food scene doesn’t just happen. Certain things need to be in place to allow talented would-be chefs to thrive. For years, the Vancouver Farmers Market has offered space for people to start their businesses. The Second Mile Marketplace has provided a commercial kitchen. Now relative newcomer Recluse Brew… Read story
October 22, 2024, 2:39pm Business
The wave of Shari’s Cafe & Pies restaurant closures across Oregon appears to have shuttered a couple of Clark County locations, as well. As of Tuesday morning, the Shari’s at the corner of Northeast 117th Avenue and 76th Street appeared to be the only one still open here. Read story
October 22, 2024, 6:08am Business
Six Clark County Subway locations that closed abruptly this summer still look operational. Advertisements cover the windows. Furniture, ovens and counters sit inside untouched. But on the heels of the franchise owner’s bankruptcy, one Vancouver landlord says the stores have been abandoned. Read story
October 18, 2024, 6:03am Business Subscriber Exclusive
When their father died, Melissa Mancillas took in her teenage sister, Janelle Almanza, and raised her. As years went by, the sisters became best friends. Now with their Mexican coffee shop, Cariño Coffeehouse on Main Street in downtown Vancouver, they’re business partners. Read story
October 11, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
The two largest hop growing areas in the United States are in the Willamette and Yakima valleys, which has made the Pacific Northwest a beer destination. From mid-August to late September, local brewers rush to fetch these fragile fresh hops straight from farms to create special fresh-hop seasonal brews through… Read story
October 4, 2024, 6:08am Business
When I moved here a decade ago, I was fascinated by the food cart pods in Portland. Since then, many people have told me they planned to build similar ones in Vancouver but none of that scale have materialized. When I heard a food truck pod with a taproom and… Read story
September 27, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life
Blue and white streamers sweep from the lofty rafters at Northwood Public House & Brewery in Battle Ground. A whimsical wood cuckoo clock hangs above the bar. It’s Oktoberfest again, a tradition that began when Eric and Paula Starr bought the business 10 years ago. Read story
