Meals 4 Heels

Meals 4 Heels
Restaurant information
Established2019 (2019)
Location831 Southeast Salmon Street, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97214, United States
Websitemeals4heels.com

Meals 4 Heels was a food delivery service and restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Nikeisah Newton founded the food delivery service catering to sex workers and strippers in 2019, and Meals 4 Heels began operating from Redd on Salmon Street in 2021. The company's tagline was "Pro Black, pro Brown, pro trans, pro science, pro hoe." The menu included fritters, vegan noodle bowls, and other vegetarian options. Beth Nakamura of The Oregonian described the food as "health-minded". It was a lesbian-owned business.

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  1. ↑ Brooks, Karen; Hamilton, Katherine. "Portland's Top 50 Restaurants". Portland Monthly. SagaCity Media. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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  4. ↑ "Mutual aid groups form in the Portland metro area amidst the pandemic to help feed people in need". opb. Archived from the original on August 4, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2026. She started Meals 4 Heels and delivered her first order in January 2019.
  5. ↑ Michael, Russell (May 20, 2021). "Portland's late-night meal delivery service for sex workers puts down roots with new cafe". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
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  9. ↑ "A Guide to Portland's Latest Restaurant Openings". Eater Portland. January 27, 2021. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  10. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (June 10, 2020). "Food Delivery Service Meals 4 Heels Is Serving Vegan Noodle Bowls to Protesters". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  11. ↑ Holmes, Juwan J. "Who's your LGBTQ Hometown Hero of the Year?". LGBTQ Nation. Archived from the original on April 20, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  12. ↑ Nakamura, Beth (May 20, 2021). "Meals 4 Heels cafe in Southeast Portland". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  13. ↑ Sprayregen, Molly (December 27, 2019). "Meet the lesbian chef creating gourmet meals & delivering them to sex workers". LGBTQ Nation. Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.