Lydia Reissmuller, Juicer, COO Former Central (PDX) and PDT (NYC) bartender Lydia Reissmuller has joined the Kickstarter bandwagon—her venture, Well Co. Juice, is hoping to supply Portlanders with fresh, cold-pressed juice via a system of conveniently-located “filling stations” and refillable dairy-style bottles. I watched the video—cold-pressed juice is apparently different from typical juice in that […]
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Via Chicago’s Deep-Dish Disappointments
How much cheese is too much cheese? Via Chicago can show you.
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New Menu Samples at Double Dragon, Free Tonight!
Never mind the RSVP, says chef Walls. To celebrate the completion of their new full kitchen, top-ranked banh mi joint Double Dragon will debut a new menu tonight, with free passed plates starting at 6pm. They’ve also made good on their quietly-held liquor license, and now offer a full cocktail program where once there were […]
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Battle of the Banh Mi, Part II
When (Portland’s) East Meets West
In the world of Portland banh mi, experimentation trumps traditionalism. Part II of II.
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Franks For The Memories
Image Courtesy of Yelp Franks-A-Lot, located in the parking lot of the Whole Foods at 28th and E. Burnside, is celebrating their 20th anniversary with a hot dog giveaway. On Monday, April 15th, from 2-3 PM, the chef-owner Margo Childs will hand over one free hot dog per person (no add-ons), no purchase required. Margo […]
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Semen Cocktails: Your Friday Facebooking Fodder
Amazon This article from Jezebel came out well after April 1st, and the Amazon links are real, so I have to suspect this is genuine. I can’t decide if this is in the “the less said about it, the better” or “the more said about it, the better” camps. I’ll just lay it at your […]
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Battle of the Banh Mi
Round One: East Side Favorites
Week one of two: Portland’s Best Banh Mi, East Side
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Familiar Waters
Radar Finds Its Comfort (Food) Zone
Radar tweaks its concept to connect with local tastes.
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One Size Feeds All
Rose City Perfects the Cart Pod
New cart pod features excellent carts, hours, selection, and amenities.
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But How Will They Sell Screwed-up Paintings?
Do they make house calls. The Cafe2U press release I got this morning struck me at first as kind of sad. It touted a coffee delivery service for Portland, “A mobile expresso [sic] van […] bringing gourmet coffee to customers who can’t get to a local coffee shop.” First off, “expresso.” Cut that shit out, […]
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Gwyneth’s Latest Self-Congratulatory Kitchen Masterpiece
Zero intellectual calories! Eater Book Club has done a thorough job of culling the gems from Gwyneth Paltrow’s latest celebrity cookbook, It’s All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great (Grand Central Life & Style, $32.00). As of this writing, it ranks as #28 out of the roughly two […]
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Eat Dinner With an Actual Manager!
Image courtesy of Yelp. The team from Killer Burger, who did a neat little trick called perfecting the hamburger, have just opened the Southwestern restaurant Hatch. To pump some red-hot razzmatazz into their baby’s nativity tableau, they are offering “Free Dinner with the owners and management of Killer Burger and Hatch.” You heard that right—the […]