Harlan Porterfield of HarBQ: Building One of Portland’s Must-Try BBQ Spots

About this episode

Harlan Porterfield discusses the essence of building a soulful BBQ spot in Portland.

In this episode, I sit down with Harlan Porterfield, the man behind HarBQ in Portland, Oregon, to talk smoke, craft, and what it takes to build a BBQ spot with real soul. HarBQ is located at Von Ebert Brewing. See all things HarBQ here: https://www.instagram.com/har.bq.pdx/ Pre-Order here: https://harbq-llc.square.site/ Address: 825 N. Cook st., Portland, Oregon 97227

People in this episode

Host: Kevin

Guest: Harlan Porterfield

Topics covered

• BBQ
• Portland
• restaurant culture
• craft food
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• BBQ
• HarBQ
• Portland
• restaurant
• smoke
• craft
• food culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HarBQ

Places: Portland, Oregon, Von Ebert Brewing, 825 N. Cook st., Portland, Oregon 97227

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