Minority & Small Business Week
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September 30, 2015
Portland’s Top Soul Food Kitchen
Dub’s St. Johns
welcomes
you with love
Soul food and local history
come together at Dub St. Johns,
your destination for great barbe-
cue in the heart of the St. Johns
neighborhood in north Portland.
Owner William Travis III, also
known affectionately as Dub, was
the former owner of the popular
Mack and Dub’s Excellent Chick-
en and Waffles on Martin Luther
King Jr. Boulevard, until the loca-
tion caught fire in 2012.
Dub’s restaurant always wel-
comes you with love, he says,
and he hopes the community will
come visit him at his new location.
“We are nearing the two-
year-mark at our location on St.
John’s,” explained Travis. The
restaurant was listed in the Top 21
Soul Food Kitchens in the United
States by Thrillest.com and they
have been featured in Willamette
Week’s Cheap Eats Pick the last
two years.
“There really not much more I
William Travis III invites the community to visit his barbecue restaurant Dub’s St. Johns at 9520 N. Lombard St.
can say about Dubs that hasn’t al- on Dub’s Yelp review page. “All my mom’s.”
noon to 9 p.m. and is located at
ready been said by dozens of ador- I can do is tell the truth. I haven’t
Dub’s St. John’s is open Mon- 9520 N. Lombard St. They can be
ing foodie fans,” reads one review had fried chicken this good since day through Saturday from 12 reached at 503-998-8230.
Finding a Passion Leads to Publishing
Saba Tekle said she took a
journey of pain, healing and
self-education before finding
her passion and purpose in life.
Today, the daughter of Afri-
can immigrants is a best-selling
author, publisher, mentor and
Huffington Post contributor and
works out of Seattle.
Born in Houston, Texas right
after her family came to Amer-
ica, she was fortunate growing
up to have flexible, yet support-
ive parents who did not pressure
her to pursue any particular oc-
cupation, “Aside from encour-
aging me to get my education,”
she said.
“But I didn’t do much in
school; in fact I was a late grad-
uate of high school.
I do remember though, in the
4th grade practicing my signa-
ture as if I knew it was some-
thing I’d be doing in the future.”
Tekle started writing poetry
as a form of healing and re-
lief and then writing self-help
books on subjects that would
help her the most. All of that led
to her creating, “20 Beautiful
Women” an Amazon best-sell-
ing book series that has turned
into a movement of women ad-
vancing sisterhood.
“It also led me to start my
publishing company, 7 Pub-
lishing, where we simplify
self-publishing,” she said.
Tekle invites you to learn
more by visiting her website at
Saba Tekle
sabatekle.com.
L es F emmes A nnual O pen H ouse
Fish Sandwich — $800
Fish Dinner — $1000
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
OPEN EVERY DAY:
• 11am - 9 pm, Monday - Thursday
• 11am - 10 pm, Friday & Saturday
• 11am - 8 pm, Sunday
Catering & Take-Out
O ur S pecialty :
Real Hickory Smoked Bar-B-Q
• Sandwiches • Salads
• Chicken • Pork Ribs
• Beef Ribs
HEATED
PATIO
5410 N.E. 33 rd 503-288-3836
N ext to N ew S easons
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Emanuel Hospital -
Lorenzen Center
2801 N Gantenbein Ave, 97227
Near N. Vancouver/
N. Graham St.
3-5pm
You are cordially invited to attend the Les Femmes Open House.
We welcome young girl’s 6th - 12th grade. Youth must be
accompanied by an adult. Come and learn the history of this
organization that has been serving youth in the community
since 1951.
Please contact Carmen Pettiford, Les Femmes President
at 503.830.5732
or thelesfemmesdebutantes1@gmail.com
Light refreshments provided
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