Chad Walsh

Courtesy Voodoo Doughnut Are you hungry and sorta broke? Well, a couple of Portland institutions have your back. TODAY, Voodoo Doughnut is giving away one free mini bacon maple bar to anyone who drops by its three locations to celebrate its 15 years in business, as long as you can get to one between the […]

Dustin Guy In the spring and summer, Oregon becomes a playground for adults who love to attend sunset dinners and get day drunk down by the river. Here’s a taste of just some of what’s up with our expansive eat and drink scene in and around town over the next two months. What: Field and […]

Emily Bolles In November of last year, the Mercury reported that Hey Love, a new ’60s- and ’70s-style fern bar-inspired cocktail joint from Emily Mistell (Rum Club), Sophie Thomson (Bar Bar), and Nicholas Musso and Aaron Hall (both of Dig A Pony), was slated to open next door to East Burnside’s Jupiter Next Hotel. According […]

Portland barkeep/author Jeffrey Morgenthaler on Late Night with Seth Meyers YouTube Hey everybody, lots to unpack this week, so let’s have at it! First off, this fall the Mercury will switch to a bigger and beefier every-other-week format <a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/05/24/20072564/bigger-and-better-than-ever-the-mercury-to-debut-a-redesigned-expanded-biweekly-this-fall“>which means more food news, events, and reviews for you. Our big sister paper up in […]

Corzetti’s Johnny Nunn KIMBERLY WHIPPS, BAREFOOT PHOTOGRAPHY It’s official: After hosting a pair of friends and family dinners tonight and tomorrow, Johnny Nunn’s Corzetti will open to the general public this Friday, May 25th. The new Italian restaurant, courtesy of French restaurant Verdigris, will help bolster an already food-friendly corner on NE Prescott and 15th, […]

COFFEE BEER Meg Nanna The world is shit and it’s full of shitty people who do shitty things to other people, so rounding up what our eats and drinks peers are reporting on seems futile—especially when you consider that this lede if a fungible one that could wrap up practically any week—but not reporting it […]

Subin Yang With spring well underway, what better time to visit the topic of sidewalk seating etiquette, when everyone we know is taking to the streets for some al fresco lunches and nightcap cocktails? This topic shouldn’t be controversial—and in the grand scheme of things, it’s not. However, I’ve spoken with a couple of restaurateurs […]

Accanto: It’s time for a re-visit! Natalie Behring It’s spring, so you know what that means, right? (You do, don’t you?) That’s right! It’s time for our seasonal food and drink guide, so swing by your favorite bar (or street corner) to pick up a copy. And if you can’t, here’s the link! This week […]

Flattop & Salamander sounds like an intersection in a Tom Waits song, but it’s not. In fact, come September, it’ll be the Lents neighborhood’s newest brunch spot, which will serve fried chicken and waffles, biscuits and gravy, and a Honduran special with eggs, homemade tortillas, avocado, crema, and a chile de arbol sauce. The restaurant […]

Jenn Louis’ Ray restaurant Aaron Lee Let’s start with the sad. On Monday, Ray chef Jenn Louis self-published a post on Medium in which she explained for the first time her arrest following a domestic battery situation at her old restaurant, Lincoln, two years ago. Those charges were immediately dropped when police said the Louis […]