“Fantasy Hands” Onstad Green Castle Is Identifiable By This Heraldic Device Saturday, May 19, marks the grand re-opening of Green Castle Food Court. Running from 11am to 8pm, the event features ten new carts, including Hawaiian, Italian, Chinese, Thai, Mexican, coffee, and vegan/gluten-free windows. The pod’s growing Facebook page can be found here. Full Vendor […]
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Woodlawn’s Crown Jewel
Northwestern Cuisine at Firehouse
Firehouse Restaurant: a neighborhood success story.
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Destination Dim Sum 

Bustle and Steam at HK Café
HK Café: a delicious dim sum find!
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Session-Strength Malted Milkshakes
Wikipedia Zapruder frame of the invention of the malted milkshake. A fellow wrote in asking if I could recommend a place to get a good, old-fashioned malted milkshake now that the weather demands it. I could not, so I abused my Facebook account and “crowd-sourced” a few recommendations. Here are the results. Salt & Straw, […]
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Barwares Opening Today
Barwares, the slick new cocktail lounge behind Smallwares (NE Fremont at 46th, on Alameda Ridge) opens today (Tuesday, May 8). A soft opening last night was anything but: shoulders were rubbed, hobs were knobbed, bubbles were quaffed, and excellent Smallwares plates were passed through a sea of handsome patrons. The food we know is great, […]
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Portland’s Biggest Pop-Up Food Court? TONIGHT!
Taste of the Nation, a charity-event-cum-gourmet-extravaganza, is tonight at JELD-WEN Field, and tickets are still available at portlandtaste.org. A list of participating restaurants is here. That’s over thirty local restaurants, each offering samples. This makes for, let’s say, an $85 thirty-five course dinner. If it’s anything like Cochon555, it is truly the best deal in […]
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Alberta Cart Round-Up; Stumplings Debut
Chris “Flavor Hands” Onstad Stumptown Dumplings, aka “Stumplings” Stumptown Dumplings has landed on NE Alberta (at 15th), with a well-attended soft opening on Saturday. Dumplings, steamed bao, brown and white rice, and a variety of dipping sauces are on offer, as well as Vietnamese iced coffee and Thai iced tea. The Epic Burger Cascade Burger […]
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Mentor for Hire
An Interview with KitchenCru Founder Michael Madigan
KitchenCru’s Michael Madigan on the future of Portland food.
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Barenjager Honey Liqueur Lab
Barenjagerhoney.com The adjunct spirit in question. I never know who—or if—to thank for these packages. Barenjager, known to less-than-most as a German honey liqueur, sent in a sample bottle of their new Honey & Bourbon boozer. Though initial impressions bring to mind the nipple-searing tipple of a pertussic bosun, our friendly bartender Nick Keane worked […]
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She’s So Unusual
The Worldly Masterpieces of Johanna Ware
Smallwares: Order up a dish of divine from Johanna Ware.
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Pastries For Mother
The man at the front desk practically blew a question mark through his smoke ring the other morning, when a bicycle messenger carrying a box of not-alcohol arrived for me. Speechless, he slid be the handsome parcel from St. Honoré Boulangerie my way, squinting at the thing, committing this booze-less delivery to his mental gallery […]
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Gluten-Free Beer: Omission Pale Ale
Our tasting panel far preferred Omission’s gluten-free pale ale to their gluten-free lager, with regards to its similarity to the original product. It has the hop attack of a classic northwest pale, front-loaded with that fresh, lively, sour-bitter goodness that has you stomping your boot-heel and reciting bridges. Chris Onstad This beer has so little […]