Watch out, downtown drivers, for this roadblock-to-be in the Pearl District: the 3rd Annual Deschutes Brewery Street Fare will spill out from their brewery from 5-9 pm tomorrow, August 16, for a celebration of beer (duh) and food cart pairings to benefit Loaves and Fishes. Starring carts include Oregon Ice Works, PDX671, Prickly Ash, BAO […]
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Passport to Fun
Real tourists drink: Distillery Row released their 2012-2013 passport just last month. This is the second year of a great concept—for $20, you can tour five very local distilleries, a really good cidery, and a winemaker over the course of the year. The passport also contains discounts to dozens of local businesses in the surrounding […]
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Twighlight Criterium Starts in TWO HOURS!
Quick, to the North Park Blocks! Sorry for the late notice, but the annual Twilight Criterium starting gun sounds in two hours… and this is a fun one to watch. The NW’s largest street racing purse will be awarded to the winner of this insanely fast course, which circles several blocks of the Pearl District […]
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Cue Way Too Many Jokes About Balls Dropping
The first of NE Glisan’s blooming microrestaurant strip served their first guests yesterday – Adam Berger of Tabla’s 24th and Meatballs, which serves primarily what you would imagine, invited a few lucky eaters in to train their staff and try out the menu. Today marks their official opening, and they’re the first open of an […]
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Fish Sauce Softly Open in NW
Opening their doors to a surprisingly large first night’s crowd, Fish Sauce debuted their Vietnamese fare last night in the old Saint Cupcake location on NW 17th and Flanders. This new family joint is completely unrecognizable from the bakery that used to haunt its space, with a gorgeous bar, soft lighting, and recycled wood motif—now […]
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PFM Says Keep Portland(‘s Food) Colorful
Hey Blogtown—if you haven’t been haggling for your vitamins with veggie vendors at any of the several farmer’s markets present on any given day of the week, here’s a little of what you’re missing. Berry season is waning but still present, peaches are getting better every day, and these colorful gems have popped up over […]
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FREE Tickets to Feast Portland’s Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting!
Feast Portland, the highly anticipated food celebration taking over Portland in September, has offered us a couple of tickets to the Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting in Pioneer Square on Saturday, September 22 to give away to one lucky winner. This event would normally put you out $60 per day to experience the best of dozens […]
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Boylesque? Don’t Mind if I Do…
I missed the memo when local cabaret sensation Russell ‘Russanova’ Bruner was crowned “King of Burlesque” in Las Vegas (where else) last month at the 2012 Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend. Apparently, that happened. And he’ll be bringing sexy back to PDX with this Friday, July 20th’s Boylesque-themed Rosehip Revue at the Star Theater… there […]
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Collaboration Just Got Cute
In brewing news, an awesome collaboration between local brewers has the cutest name ever: the ClusterFuggle, a release of multiple beers using only Cluster and Fuggle hops, brewed between Breakside, Burnside, Lompoc, Lucky Lab, and Migration breweries. These beer experts have collectively produced Red, ESB, IPA, Porter, and Amber beers with such hop restrictions, and […]
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New Summer Cocktails at Luc Lac Bring the Weird… and Delicious
I’m impressed to find so many people in Luc Lac Vietnamese Kitchen slurping steaming bowls of pho in 90-degree weather, a temperature at which we Rose City natives generally retire to our iced kiddie pools and reach for our mini fans. So it’s a testament to the charm of their heavenly soup that so many […]
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Tickets on Sale Now to See the Legendary Mark Bittman
You’ve heard about Feast Portland, the giant gastronomic celebration that will take over Portland’s culinary world in a few short months? The lineup of events is tantalizing, from a Sandwich Invitational to the Night Market to various classes and collaborative dinners by local experts on everything delicious. Yes, tickets are steep to eat out of […]
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I Guess This Is How They Make Ice Cream Now
The lastest in Portland’s fast-expanding ice cream market comes with a new nerd-tastic aspect. As captured below, (from what I deemed a safe distance) the Portland newcomers over at What’s The Scoop? on N Williams are freezing their ice cream with liquid nitrogen, a method that they claim creates a creamier, smoother texture because it […]