Blair Stenvick From the Portland Mercury‘s Craft Beer Issue! I’ve crushed my fair share of fruit beers, ciders, and radlers during the hot Portland summer months, but I don’t think I’ve ever had a beer-adjacent drink as refreshing, tangy, or memorable as the tepache they serve at Barrio, the small beer-and-wine bar inside the Portland […]
Blair Stenvick
Blair Stenvick is a former news reporter and culture writer for the Portland Mercury.
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A Totally Real Leaked Road Trip Playlist for Republicans Fleeing the State
GETTY IMAGES Happy Friday, Oregon! It’s been one hell of a week, particularly for our Republican state senators, those rascally interstate travelers. In their brave pursuit to kill a market-based approach to curbing carbon emissions (similar to one championed in California a decade ago by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger), our GOP legislators have been reportedly fleeing […]
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Good Morning, News: Portland Police Change Hiring Rules, and a Ritz Carlton is Coming
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. No visibile neck tattoos here! KENTON WALTZ Good morning, Portland! I’m writing this morning’s post through the thick fog of a sinus infection, so it seems hell has indeed come to visit me […]
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(Mis)Adventures in Homebrewing
You don’t have to be good at homebrewing for it to be fun.
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Talking Tepache, Modelo, and Community with Ben Citalán of Barrio
Portland Mercado’s Barrio bar brings Latin American beer traditions to Portland.
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The Case for a Fareless TriMet
Until recently, Tristan Isaac considered a bus ride an extravagance. Since moving to Portland four years ago without a car, Isaac has found the cost of regular adult TriMet fare—$2.50 for a two-and-a-half-hour pass, $5 for a day pass, or $100 for a monthly pass—too expensive to be a daily option. “If I had to […]
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The Case for a Fareless TriMet
LAURENT HRYBYK Until recently, Tristan Isaac considered a bus ride an extravagance. Since moving to Portland four years ago without a car, Isaac has found the cost of regular adult TriMet fare—$2.50 for a two-and-a-half-hour pass, $5 for a day pass, or $100 for a monthly pass—too expensive to be a daily option. “If I […]
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New Report Names ODOT’s I-5 Plan One of the Worst Highway Projects in the Country
KATHLEEN MARIE The Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) $450 million plan to revamp Interstate 5 in the Rose Quarter is nothing more than a “highway boondoggle,” according to a new report out today that analyzes the project in the wider context of other freeway plans across the country. ODOT says its Rose Quarter Improvement Project, […]
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Good Morning, News: Cap and Trade Passes the House, and the Sweet Cakes by Melissa Saga Drags On
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. Rep. Karin Power OREGON LEGISLATURE Good morning, Portland! Have you done your good deed for the day yet? Here are the headlines. Power for the People: HB2020, the historic state cap-and-trade bill, passed […]
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The Supreme Court Won’t Hear the Gresham Same-Sex Wedding Cake Case—But It’s Not Dead Yet
getty images / AmberLaneRoberts The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the case of a Gresham bakery that was fined for refusing to sell a cake to same-sex couple Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer in 2013. But this isn’t the end for the highly publicized Sweet Cakes by Melissa case. That’s because the Supreme Court […]
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If You Had a Fun Pride Weekend, Consider Donating to a Local LGBTQ+ Cause Today
MEG NANNA Hello, queer and ally Portlanders! Did you have a great time at this weekend’s Pride festivities? Because the Mercury definitely had a great time. Portland’s LGBTQ+ community has dealt with some serious shit in the last year, but it really was heartwarming to march in the parade and see so many happy queer […]
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A Pedestrian Was Killed on SE Foster on the Same Day Portland Unveiled SE Foster’s New Safety Improvements
SE Foster Road PBOT One day after the city of Portland celebrated new safety improvements on SE Foster, an 82-year-old pedestrian has died from a traffic collision on that road. According to a press release from the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), Louanna Battams was crossing SE Foster at an unmarked intersection near SE 71st shortly […]