Sometimes, there’s simply too much good stuff happening out there to dedicate a whole column to just one spot. So I have to take a step back and let everyone know about all the good bites, nibbles, content, and sips I’ve been digging lately and how you can get in on them, too. Let’s start […]
Andrea Damewood
Andrea Damewood is a food writer and restaurant critic. Her interests include noodle soups, fried chicken, and sparkles.
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Feast Portland 2019 Wrap-up (Or, a Post-Feast Digestif)
A Feast lunch at Eem. Andrea Damewood Last weekend, between September 12 and 15, the annual food festival Feast Portland welcomed over 21,000 attendees to culinary events around Portland—from large-scale events with plates by over 130 chefs, to the smaller Dinner Series dinners, and the many pop-ups and smaller events throughout the four days. Feast […]
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Canned Mixed Drinks: The Tasty, the Okay, and the Kinda Gross
Canned rosé on the river? SoooOOOOooo 2018. Fall 2019 is all about cans of pre-mixed, locally made cocktails. See, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission finally did something right! Those bureaucratic fun-smotherers at the OLCC changed a regulation in a way that benefits us degenerates: canned cocktails—like actual liquor-spiked drinks inside aluminum—are now legallllll (airhorn)!! Oregon […]
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Feast Returns: Events Your Stomach Won’t Want to Miss!
Aaron Barnett of St. Jack/La Moule at Smoked. Andrea Damewood Hang on to your stretch pants: Feast Portland is back this Thursday (Sept 12)! Feast started out as the most impressive food festival in the Pacific Northwest eight years ago, and is continuing its expansive growth. And while tickets are going fast, there are still […]
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Win TWO TICKETS to Feast’s Fun-Sized Noodles Event!
Courtesy Feast Portland In case your stomach hasn’t already told you, Feast Portland (the city’s biggest and best food fest) starts next Thursday (Sept 12)! And lucky us, we’re partnering with Feast to give away TWO TICKETS (a $250 value) to Friday night’s fun-sized event they’re calling “Late, Late Show: Noodles,” featuring Portland’s own Andy […]
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All Mixed Up: Gado Gado and Wajan Bring Indonesian Food to Portland
Two new restaurants offer very different takes on Indonesian fare.
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Eat This! Drink This! Do This! A Roundup of Our Favorite Food and Drink Things
fcafotodigital / Getty I’ve been drooling over this twist on a Reuben from Stone Soup PDX: turkey confit with house made sauerkraut, Swiss, and Thousand Island dressing on dark rye bread. It’s a two-handed sandwich, and it’s all the tastier knowing that it’s being made to help people who are at risk of homelessness to […]
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Soro Soro Coffee & Dessert Serves Unspeakably Adorable Korean Treats
All the squeeeeeee noises in the world aren’t enough to capture how painfully adorable every last thing is at Soro Soro Coffee & Dessert. The cheesecakes have kitten faces. The chocolate Earl Grey cake—a splash of ganache frosting with googly eyes—looks like a sprite from Spirited Away turned into a confection. Oat milk and matcha […]
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Review: Yay! Four New Portland Pizza Places to Try!
Secret Pizza Society KATHLEEN MARIE There is SO MUCH pizza in Portland. As a food critic, I could probably make my yearly quota of reviews on the backs of new places attempting the latest and greatest in crust, cheese, and tomato technology. This means that there are some really bad pizza places (YOU KNOW WHO […]
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Pizza Town: Four New Portland Pizza Places to Try
There is SO MUCH pizza in Portland. As a food critic, I could probably make my yearly quota of reviews on the backs of new places attempting the latest and greatest in crust, cheese, and tomato technology. This means that there are some really bad pizza places (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE), some pizza places […]
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Our Five Favorite Bites at the Unbeatable Portland Mercado
The bright pop of pinks, yellows, and oranges of the Portland Mercado makes me smile anytime I’m on Southeast Foster. Just past its fourth anniversary, this nonprofit Latinx cultural center and small business incubator is where you’ll find Portlanders of all stripes sipping aguas frescas and jockeying for open table space. It hasn’t been there […]
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Matta’s Richard Le on How Memories Brought His Vietnamese Cart to Life
It took a trauma and a triumph for Richard Le to pull his identity as a second-generation Vietnamese American into focus. In 2015, Le’s mother, who he says was his connection to Vietnamese culture, died. It was his mother who kept delicious omelets packed with shrimp, fresh herbs, tomato, and onion in the fridge for […]