Happy Flag Day, Blogtown! Honor this oft-overlooked holiday by overlooking it once again and head upstairs to Secret Society (also known as that bar you find yourself waiting in for a table at Toro Bravo). This hidden gem is celebrating their 5th anniversary by taking full advantage of their killer event space adjacent to the […]
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Portland Beer Week is BACK
For the third consecutive year, Portland Beer Week promises to provide another welcome excuse to tipsily prove our superiority in consuming massive amounts of glutenful pints and apparently enjoy the longest week in the history of ever (11 whole days, which makes said “week” technically closer to being a fortnight, guys). Kicking off tonight (June […]
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Tonight’s OMSI After Dark to Showcase Booze
“Mixology” is the theme of tonight’s after hours event at OMSI (for a 21+ crowd only, obviously). Featuring a spirits tasting from members of Oregon’s own distilling community, live Prohibition-era music, and other vendors peddling wares to an increasingly inebriated crowd, this promises to be one of the more lively editions that the OMSI After […]
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Portland Juice Press Now Peddling Out of Firebrand Sports
One of the handful of newish fresh-pressed juice companies now operating around town, Portland Juice Press has set up shop out of Firebrand Sports on NW 14th and Glisan (which we reported as opening last year). Operating 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Thursday and 9 am to 5 pm Friday through Sunday, juices […]
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Free Tickets to this Weekend’s WhiskeyFest Northwest!
Weekend whiskey lovers rejoice: this weekend’s WhiskeyFest Northwest, a celebration of everyone’s (at least my) favorite dark spirit, promises a grand old time in Northwest Portland. Complete with music, food, and of course, more distilleries than you can safely sample in one day, the fun runs 11 am to 10 pm on May 11, and […]
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Sparkling Wine to Shine for Portland Bubbles Week
Bubbly wine is clearly the Disneyland of influences, in my opinion: the Happiest Drunk on Earth, and no longer exclusively for special occasions. Beginning today and running through Mother’s Day, Portland Bubbles Week has arrived to promote the accessibility and general enjoyment of the most delightful beverage in its local form. Founding event producer Argyle […]
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Yet Another Burlesque Giveaway!
Gracing the stage of the Bossanova Ballroom this Saturday, May 4, are the risque antics of the L’Pow Burlesque Company Dancers, including but not limited to the likes of Madison Moone, Itty Bitty Bang Bang, and Nina Nightshade, with visiting moves from Seattle’s Boom Boom L’Roux and Jo “Boobs” Weldon, the headmistress and founder of […]
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Church Now Pouring on NE Sandy
Filling a half-mile gap in the craft cocktail scene between Laurelhurst Market and Hale Pele, a beautifully-themed new watering hole called Church opened earlier this month on NE 26th and Sandy. Replete with a photo booth disguised as a confessional, a promising menu of southern fare, and as broad of a drink menu as you […]
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Taste Of The Nation Returns – And We’ve Got Tickets for You
Portland’s first major restaurant tasting event returns this Tuesday, May 7 to the downtown McMenamins Crystal Hotel and Ballroom. Last year’s unexpectedly windy version at JELD-WEN field has thankfully led to a smaller, less-drafty venue choice, which will gather together samples from more than 40 of Portland’s finest restaurants and enough wineries to leave you […]
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Special Drinks to Raise Funds for Scorched Bartender
In case you haven’t heard, bartender Steve Grimm of the Pearl District’s Bluehour nearly caught his whole bar on fire last week while he was working with high-proof spirits near an OPEN FLAME (also known as a candle). He suffered the worst for his folly, with first and second degree burns and an overnight stay […]
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New Watering Holes Now Open On NW 23rd
As of tonight, two new places to drink are officially open within a block on NW 23rd avenue. So pick a nice, quiet night when the Timbers aren’t playing (if you’re not present at the game, you do NOT want to be within a mile of the stadium afterwards) and head over to the West […]
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TOAST Returns to the World Trade Center
For the third year, close to 50 distillers and producers of artisan spirits will convene at the World Trade Center for the largest craft spirits tasting in the country this coming Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23. The Oregon Artisan Spirits Tasting (TOAST) primarily features liquor in its most basic glory and sees the […]