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Portland’s Late Night Bakery, Disco
continued
from Metro
Jobs Program and Economic
Opportunity Fund.
The bakery will sit at the cor
ner ot SE 92nd and Foster, lead
ing i nto a future Tri Met light rail
station scheduled for comple
tion in 2009.
For Ararat, expanding into
Lents means being closer to the
lifeblood of Oregon’s Russian
and Eastern European commu
nities. Grigorian is adamant
about how much she loves her
life in Portland, with its friendly
faces and seasons that remind
her of her home country.
In fact, she's adamant in all
she does. Holding a conversa
tion with the baker means the
constant interruption of day-to-
day business matters and the
madness of her impending relo
cation.
In an attempt to pin her down
for a story, I soon found that
calm moments don't exist as
long as she is working. And she
is always working.
Ararat's fresh baked goods roll out of the oven at all hours,
enabling late night diners to munch on flaky bread that doesn't
need butter to dress it up.
Nations ambassadors, special
izing in rolls, sweets and past
ries from Armenia to Ukraine,
Greece, France, Italy, Korea
and beyond.
By 1999, she followed the
advice of friends and opened a
restaurant and nightclub, filling
the bakery's extra space.
The dichotomy of a bakery
and disco is too rich to ignore,
and I'm invited to a personal
experience.
On weekend evenings, long
after the sun has set, Ararat is
still rife with activity. But as the
wee hours approach, work wi nds
down and another kind of action
begins.
By the looks of impeccably
dressed clubbers, eyeing a
bouncer standing between the
cool night airand thumping beats
inside, 1 might never have sus
pected the incognito bakery at
the end of a long hallway.
Besides, I'd never smell the
sweet, wafting aroma over the
sea of moving bodies writhing
through a cloud of cleavage.
C lassifieds
Development Officer
(Donor Relations Manager)
photo by S ean O ’C onnor /T iik P ortland O bserver
Recreation Leader Aquatics
T h e R e c re a tio n le a d e r is
responsible for overse eing the
d aily op e ra tion of an aquatics
facility including scheduling staff,
classes and activities.
Duties
in c lu d e te a c h in g a v a rie ty o f
specialized aquatic classes to the
p u b lic a n d in te rn a l s ta ff,
conducting outreach activities and
tra in in g a q u a tic s ta ff and
sup ervisors.
The Recreation
leader is expected to ca rry out h is
o r h e r re s p o n s ib ilitie s w ith
initiative and independence while
exercising sound judgm ent and
problem -solving skills in the daily
perform ance of their work.
A p p ro x im a te M o n th ly S a la ry
Range: $2,149 - $3.101
Application deadline is 4:30PM,
Friday, October 27, 2006.
To learn more about this position,
or to apply online, visit our website
at www.ci.portland.or.us/iobs/ or
pickup an application at 1120 SW
5th Ave. Portland, Oregon 97204
We have immediate openings for two
on-air personalities a t o u r FM
station. Please forward resume
and air-check tapes to Program
D ire cto r, K XJM -FM , 0 2 3 4 SW
Bancroft, Portland OR, 97239 No
phone calls. EOE
venting bustling servers.
Like any late night crowd,
half the room is transfixed w ith
the show , w hile others focus on
slamming back stiff drinks be
fore last call.
And Grigorian? She's still in
full force, a face in the crowd
placing a fistful of dollar bills in
Yemaya's silver fringed skirt.
After a half an hour the belly
dancing ends (good news:
Yemaya gives lessons) and
Eminem and 50 Cent rule the
room. I make my way to middle
of the dance floor, where the
songs become more European
as the hours pass, and introduce
myself to Daniel.
“ I am new here." Daniel tells
me.
“Oh yeah? I've never been
here either," I answer.
“No,” Daniel replies. “ I am
new here to the United States.”
Got it. W elcome. Daniel.
Enjoy Ararat at its close-in
location, before they relocate
to where the Russian and East
ern E u ro p e an co m m u n ity
thrives. And Lents? Get ready
cigarettes and cologne.
gests deviance. Yemaya makes for some new jobs, delicious
Every Friday and Saturday her way across the room and bread and fabulous weekend
night Ararat's tiny dance floor across tabletops, while circum parties.
comes to life, flashing with mul
ticolored lights as a crowd gath
ers, relocating from several long
tables housing an array of vodka
cocktails. The swanky flock of
Russians, Armenians, Roma
nians, even Americans, shake it
to a blend of contemporary hits
from across the pond, mixed
with local beats that dominated
the 1990s American techno
scene.
The marathon trance will last
until 4 a.m., sometimes later,
interrupted only once each Fri
day, when the Serbian DJ halts
the music and clears the floor,
introducing a belly dancer called
Yemaya.
I returned from the bar on
Friday shortly after midnight to
find the beautiful andbejeweled
Yemayagliding barefoot across
the stage, accompanied to a
hypnotic beat with only one word
photo by S arah B lovnt /T he P ortland O bserver
- move.
Another day, another skirt full o f dollars: Yemena makes her
With a friendly smile that sug- dramatic exit during the wee hours of Friday's scene at Ararat.
Clutching and actually using
both a cell phone and a cordless
handset, Grigorian balances con
versations with me while inter
mittently talking with adelivery
driver, Ararat server and night
club patron Leslie Medrano, and
an oldergentleman spending his
afternoon at one of three lottery
machines inside the bar.
The lucky customer w ins, and
the frighteningly efficient busi
nesswoman jumps to the regis
ter to collect his earnings.
Grigorian says she doesn’t
sleep much and 1 believe her.
Her juice? She offers me a tiny
cup of strong, sweet Turkish
coffee.
Grigorian moved from Ar
menia to Los Angeles 21 years
ago. After meeting her husband,
the couple moved to Portland in
1995.
With zero English skills, the
former dermatologist beat the
language barrier by opening a
photo by S f . an O ’C onnok /T hk P ortland O bserver
bakery. Grigorian began churn A bakery worker racks up fresh baked goods at Ararat. Owner Nellie Grigorian is Armenian, but
ing out recipes with enough di since moving to the U. S. sh e's whipped up treats circling the globe, including her popular sweet
versity to rival a list of United braid bread and the Jewish specialty bread challah.
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floo r lobby NE corner near the
restaurant. Application deadline
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