Chardonnay Gets Its Day, Julienne’s Uncommon Common Table, and More

Julienne has kicked off a Wednesday and Thursday evening special called Common Table: You sit at the shared center table and get a weekly and unique prix fixe meal based around different themes like Justin and Emma’s love of Portland. … The Chardonnay Symposium is back at Byron, June 29-July 1, with seminars, a food pavilion, and a grand tasting. … Owner Kelly Brown (of Natural Café and Kahuna Grill fame) calls his new lower State Street coffee shop Café Blū the “living room to the Natural Café.” … Pali Wine Company will offer the latest place to taste in the Funk Zone at 116 East Yanonali Street in the middle of this month. … And if you get hungry in the neighborhood, Reds has got a new menu. … The healthful yumminess at Simply Pies just got better, as they’re now certified gluten-free. … If art and pleasantly tippling is for you, check out the new paint-and-sip art studio/wine bar The Painted Cabernet. … Follow the Food Feed online at independent.com/food and on Twitter @sbindyfood, and send your grub gossip to food@independent.com.