A triumvirate of local culinary authorities will be speaking, signing, and basking in the admiring glow of home chefs this Friday evening (September 20th) at the City of Books. Powell’s downtown location will host Diane Morgan, a local author who released her latest book this past week, Ken Forkish of Ken’s Artisan Bakery, and Julie […]
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Non-Profit Pub Offers Sneak-Peek and Snacks
Claiming to be our nation’s first non-profit brewpub, The Oregon Public House is in the final stages of completion and invites you to visit this evening, enjoy free food and drinks, learn a little about the concept, and hopefully give them money. Open for business soon on NE Dekum, this new watering hole will boast […]
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It’s Creepy Burlesque Night!
Hey burlesque fans! The Lovecraft will be hosting Burleynomicon’s one year anniversary show tonight (September 11). That’s our resident horror-themed bar hosting a Critical Hit Burlesque show… with a promised “dark but humorous twist.” This sounds intriguing—especially for those who like to celebrate Halloween a bit on the early side. The show starts at 9:30 […]
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Baconfest Coming to a Saturday Near You
Lord, does this town love pork fat. 2012’s celebration of man’s favorite breakfast meat will be EastBurn’s 4th annual of it’s kind. Slated for this Saturday, September 8 from noon to 9 pm, Baconfest returns with a vengeance… and a bacon-greased Slip-N-Slide. EastBurn will be closing off a block of 18th from Burnside to Ankeny […]
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Concordia Neighborhood to Celebrate Neighborhood Awesomeness
Concordia’s gotten pretty damn cute over the last few years. With more decent restaurants than you can count on one hand, a few fun shops, and a couple of great cafes all clustered around NE 30th and Killingsworth, this neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of tasteful and local commerce in town… and remaining […]
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The Takedown Calls for Local Chefs
Apparently The Takedown, “America’s Most Important Food Competition,” (self-titled) is coming to Portland and seeks amateur chefs to go head-to-head with their best hot sauce and ice cream creations. I’m curious and a little afraid. It just seems like there’s ample potential for indigestion and/or food poisoning within the context of the contest. Not that […]
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Eat Your Cocktail
Too far or just far enough? Downtown’s Kask has begun a weekly cocktail-flavored deviled egg, the one of which I sampled being a nEGGroni. I want to hate it… but it’s pretty delicious. And so obscenely Portland. I mean, I was pretty sure they were describing a Portlandia episode until I saw it on the […]
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NE Broadway is Getting Tropical Again
Hey Blogtown, remember when there was a tiki bar called Thatch around NE Broadway and 28th? Yeah, that shuttered in May, and was sold to the appropriate hands of Blair Reynolds (of B.G. Reynolds Syrups fame—you’ve had it in any good tropical cocktail in town). Now it reopens as Hale Pele on Wednesday. Some of […]
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Kask Bartender Wins (Another) Free Ride Out of State
Nathan Gerdes has all the luck… or bartending chops. Or both? After winning 42 Below’s Cocktail World Cup Portland semifinals last month and a chance to compete in Miami, you’d think the guy would still be jetlagged. Apparently not, as Monday night’s GQ and Bombay Sapphire-sponsored USBG Bartenders Summit at Saucebox—a crowded, drunken affair (does […]
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Solid Summer Cocktails (through August)
August is apparently the month of summer’s most delightful cocktail specials—so here are a couple refreshing ideas available at least until September begins and the end of summer is officially and tragically in sight. Rum Club’s Daiquiri and Friends: A special menu at Rum Club this month focusing on (and including) the great rum-based classic […]
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Los Gorditos Lands in the Pearl District
Mexican food lovers, rejoice — Los Gorditos, already established on the east side, pleasing meat eaters and vegans alike—finally opened their doors yesterday on NW Davis and 9th (where Sweet Masterpieces used to reside). Marginally more expensive (come on, try paying rent in the Pearl) and still rocking extensive menus for most dietary restrictions, Los […]
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Barrel-Aged Fernet at Whey Bar: Thank You, God
Ox—the Argentine-inspired, rave-reviewed, meat-centric Denton creation that has already made a name for itself from its epic grill—has somehow gotten even better. Their new backyard watering hole, dubbed Whey Bar (I’m still not exactly sure why) opened August 14, boasting the cocktail menu, limited wine by the glass, and bottled beer. A small selection of […]