Minority & Small Business Week
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September 28, 2005
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photos by N icole H< x ) per /T he P ortland O bserver
Dung Nguyen o f Bangkok Restaurant serves ju s t one o f the many curry dishes available at
the East Burnside Street business.
Feeding the Neighborhood
Bangkok Restaurant is a family affair
by N icole H ooper
us, but already having an assump bridge the language barrier be
T he P ortland O bserver
tion of what we are going to be tween the customers and her im
There are over 40 Thai restau like.”
migrant parents’ who cook the
rants in the Portland M etropoli
Since Nguyen was submerged food.
tan area, but the Bangkok Res in American culture through many
continued
on page M 2
taurant has food that truly stands years of school, she is able to
out with over 44 entrees r
on the menu and a variety
of drinks and appetizers )
for the whole family.
My mother and 1 can
never agree on restau
ra n ts and we u su ally
settle for the tried and true.
Reluctantly, she let me
take her and my step dad
to the Bangkok Restau
rant at5325 East Burnside
St. To her, most restau
rant entrees lack proper
s e a s o n in g , so m eth in g
that is important in our
A frican-A m erican c u l
ture.
The family that owns
the Bangkok Restaurant
put us at ease as we pre
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pared for a new cuisine.
“ I think that a lot of
people come in having an
idea that all Asian restau
rants have poor service,”
said Dung Nguyen, head
waitress and daughter of
the restau ran t ow ners.
“Some customers come in Bangkok Restaurant at 5325 E. Burnside St. serves some o f
not really getting to know Portland's most delicious Thai and Vietnamese cuisine.
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Teens’ Business Dreams Pursued
Website targets young entrepreneurs
Young entrepreneurs who
want to start, run or grow their
own businesses can prepare for
the future by exploring a new
website sponsored by the U.S.
Small Business Administration
and Junior Achievement World
wide.
Mind Your Own B usinessat
w w w .m indyourow nbiz.org is
designed to support the grow
ing interest in entrepreneur-
ship among teens, and serves
as a small business portal for
youth entrepreneurs, provid
ing necessary resources and
inform ation essential in realiz
ing their dream s of business
ow nership.
Visitors to the site will find
five easy-to-navigate steps on
business ownership for entre-
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“Legions of young entrepre
neurs across the country are
changing the face of America’s
marketplace," said SB A Admin
istrator Hector V. Barreto. “We
are pleased to partner with JA
Worldwide to support and pro
mote our nation’s youth as con
tributing members of the Ameri
can economy.”
The SBA has also unveiled a
Teen Business Link website at
www .sba.gov/teens that has
been revam ped to include
streaming video, animation and
interactive sound clips.
Teen Business Link lays the
Hector V. Barreto
foundation for the next genera
preneurial-m inded teens, each tion of entrepreneurs and pro
with valuable information to help vides tools and resources on
take teens from brainstorm to busi small business basics for the
young entrepreneurs.
ness.