Chad Walsh

Palomar Aaron Lee This week, the Mercury <a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/06/29/20956262/canopy-restaurant-is-now-firing-up-pizzas-and-pouring-cocktails-in-the-pearl-district“>reported that Canopy, the city’s newest Hilton Hotel and restaurant program, is now serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks in the Pearl. We <a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/06/22/20731071/movie-madness-has-their-own-beer-catch-all-the-movie-references-on-the-label-and-win-a-pair-of-tickets-to-the-hollywood-theatre“>reported that Movie Madness now has its own official beer thanks to the brewers at Ex Novo. We <a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/last-supper/2018/06/27/20881655/a-definitive-guide-to-portlands-top-five-fresh-rolls“>rounded up this town’s […]

Canopy, the 10-story, 153-room boutique hotel by Hilton, has opened at 425 NW 9th in the Pearl, and with it comes an 80-seat dining room full of floor-to-ceiling retractable windows facing Northwest Glisan. Canopy’s kitchen is run by Sara Woods, who put in time at Lincoln and Ray before taking the reins here. Her lunch […]

Good Coffee opens new location. Chad Walsh To steal a phrase from podcaster Jon Lovett, “What a week.” And it was a shockingly ugly one. That said, there was lots of good news to report this week, starting with the stories about people heckling <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/politics/kirstjen-nielsen-mexican-restaurant-protest/index.html“>DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and <a href="https://nypost.com/2018/06/20/protester-yells-fascist-at-stephen-miller-dining-in-mexican-restaurant/“>White House aide and […]

Good Coffee is Now Open in Slabtown Chad Walsh Before brothers Nick and Sam Purvis teamed up to bring Portland their Good-branded roasted coffees and cafes, they were both competitive baristas competing in regional and national drink-making championships. (In 2011, Sam won the regionals in these parts; Nick placed in the top five nationally in […]

Canard Aaron Lee This week, the Mercury <a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/there-s-a-new-queer-in-town/2018/06/13/20566207/the-best-in-lgbtq-nightlife-bars-parties-comedy-and-more“>rounded-up all the cool things to do (and the bars to do them in) for this week’s Pride Weekend. We <a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/lush-life/2018/06/13/20547347/the-enchantment-and-occasional-bummer-of-old-wine“>recounted the agony and the ecstasy—but mainly the agony—of popping the cork on and praying that your old expensive bottle of wine still has any life […]

Courtesy Hollywood Farmers Market Plum Tree Jam’s Miranda Rake is an artisan jam maker and new mother with a six-month old baby. When she’s not working, she’s been watching news reports of US authorities separating children from their refugee parents at the Southern border and then housing them in camps while prosecuting those refugee parents. […]

JASON KEMPIN / STAFF / GETTY ENTERTAINMENT IMAGES Each week, I write-up a weekly wrap linking to the food news that my peers have reported, but after waking up this morning, I just can’t. Yes, there was lots of news—some good, and some downright ugly—but the news of Anthony Bourdain’s suicide this morning has, at […]

For around a decade, Tender Loving Empire has been selling small-batch artisan jewelry, gift cards, snacks, and vinyl records made by local bands signed to their record label, to name just a few items. But thanks to a detour into the hard stuff, you’ll no longer have to make a separate beer run after stopping […]

Dumplings at Master Kong. Ashley Vaughn This week, The Mercury told you where to get great dumplings, where to treat yourself to some smoky mezcal, where to go and what to do this summer, how to get free pizza later this month, and when to expect the opening of Hey Love, the new cafe and […]