I’m a famous brunch curmudgeon. I won’t go over my reasons, because you already know them. (But for one, long waits for a stupid scramble that I could make better at home for less money.) Grumble, grumble, grumble. Still, I love a brunch that offers something I can’t get from my cozy kitchen, be it […]
Andrea Damewood
Andrea Damewood is a food writer and restaurant critic. Her interests include noodle soups, fried chicken, and sparkles.
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Snapshots of the Coolest Things at XOXO Fest 2018
Feminist Frequency panel at XOXO Andrea Damewood I woke up Monday morning, tired AF but smiling. XOXO 2018 (my first!) is over, and Monday was the bittersweet start of the rest of the week. After three and a half straight days of constant stimulation—interesting conversations! Strange new games! Talks from smart and funny and famous […]
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XOXO Fest, Day 2: Lisa Hanawalt, Demi Adejuyigbe, Is This Las Vegas For Nerds?
Demi Adejuyigbe Andrea Damewood After telling people all week that I was headed to XOXO Festival this weekend for the first time, I wasn’t sure what to tell people. Is it a tech conference? An art festival? A giant meetup? Following the first full day of events, I think it’s easiest to say that XOXO […]
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OK Omens Portends Really Good Food and Even Better Wine
Order the Burger, a Bottle of Rosé, and a Fancy Blizzard, and Leave Super Happy
Order the burger, a bottle of rosé, and a fancy blizzard.
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If You’re Not Eating Crawfish, You’re Summering Wrong
DOMINIC DEVENUTA Perhaps no New Orleans meal is more iconic than the crawfish boil: heaps of spicy crawfish dumped on newspaper-draped tables, with corn and potatoes for garnish. Always best with a cold beverage, it’s a hands-on party that involves finding the biggest crawfish you can grab, separating the head (sucking on that bit is […]
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Super Deluxe Could Be Portland’s Answer to In-N-Out… Once the Kinks Are Worked Out
ELIJAH HASAN If you doubt that I’ve always been passionate about food, please ask my mother to tell you about the times (yes, more than once) that I threw a temper tantrum over being denied Chicken McNuggets. To this day, I love me some nugs, and have molded my fit-pitching ability into the more reasoned […]
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Super Deluxe is Portland’s Answer to In-N-Out
The Man Behind Little Big Burger Returns in a Bid for Burger Supremacy
The man behind Little Big Burger returns in a bid for burger supremacy.
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If You’re Not Eating Crawfish, You’re Summering Wrong
Have a Blast at a Cajun-Style Boil
Have a blast at a Cajun-style boil.
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Either/Or Is A Very Good Bar/Restaurant/Coffee Shop
Coffee Cocktails, Baller Breakfast Tacos and Espresso Flights On North Williams
Coffee cocktails, baller breakfast tacos and espresso flights on North Williams.
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Is Rampant Development Signaling the Death of the Food Cart Pod?
SUBIN YANG Deepak Saxena says that when he opened his DesiPDX cart at Northeast 15th and Alberta in 2015, he knew the corner—with a Bamboo Sushi and a Barista not far away—was ripe for redevelopment. So it didn’t come as a surprise when he was told the land was for sale—although learning he had just […]
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The Disappearing Food Cart
Cheap Lunches are a Portland Food Cart Staple, But Is Rampant Development Signaling the Death of the Pod?
Cheap lunches are a Portland food cart staple, but is rampant development signaling the death of the pod?
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Brewed by Gnomes’ Uniquely Herbal Beers Find a Home at Tabor Bread
Michelle Mitchell If ever there was an argument for the existence of gnomes, Shay Hosseinion is it. Wearing a pointy red knit hat, a beard, and a giddy smile, Hosseinion is walking me through the tap list for his Brewed by Gnomes beers, now available only at Tabor Bread on Southeast Hawthorne. The beers are […]