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Julianne Bell

Julianne Bell is the food and drink calendar editor for EverOut, and an appreciator of fine snack foods. She lives in Seattle with a cat named Rhubarb.
Posted inQueer Guide 2025

Sixteen Queer-Owned Bars, Restaurants, and Cafes in Portland That We Love

Pride is a great time to support LGBTQ+ businesses and discover some new favorites.
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Happy Pride Month! It’s a great time to think about how you can put some of your hard-earned dollars toward supporting local queer-owned businesses, both while you’re out and about this June and all year long. From Meals 4 Heels to Taqueria Los Puรฑales, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite queer-owned bars, restaurants, and […]

Posted inFood Issue 2025

Birds of a Feather

The Güero Bird Club provides coffee and companionship in equal measure.
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At first blush, tortas and birding might not seem like a natural pairing, but the Gรผero Bird Club turns that assumption on its head. As you might have guessed, the club is an offshoot of acclaimed Kerns torta shop Gรผero. Attendees of all ages and experience levels regularly flock to local spots like Mount Tabor, […]

Posted inEverOut

EverOut’s 2024 Pride Event Calendar

Don’t miss a minute of fun during this year’s Queer Summer!
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[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in printโ€”available in more than 500 spots citywide!โ€”eds.] Community Oaks Park Pride Oaks Park celebrates the Portland queer community with a day of discounted rides, limited-edition treats, pride-themed carnival game prizes, special performances, and more. Did I mention free cake and balloons? You can stop by a vendor fair, play […]

Posted inQueer Guide 2024

Where to Find a Queer-Owned Bar or Restaurant Near You

Fourteen spots to try during Portland Pride Summer—and beyond!
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[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in print—available in more than 500 spots citywide!—eds.] Happy Pride Summer! Itโ€™s a great time to think about how you can put some of your hard-earned dollars toward supporting local LGBTQ-owned businesses, while youโ€™re out and about this summer and all year long. And so? Weโ€™ve rounded up some of […]

Posted inQueer Guide 2024

EverOut’s 2024 Pride Event Calendar

Don’t miss a minute of fun during this year’s Queer Summer!
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[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in printโ€”available in more than 500 spots citywide!โ€”eds.] Community Oaks Park Pride Oaks Park celebrates the Portland queer community with a day of discounted rides, limited-edition treats, pride-themed carnival game prizes, special performances, and more. Did I mention free cake and balloons? You can stop by a vendor fair, play […]

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Ticket Alert: Twenty One Pilots, The Black Keys, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, $uicideboy$ and More Event Updates for April 4
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Top 40 radio regulars Twenty One Pilots have announced their upcoming Clancy tour to support their upcoming album of the same name, and Ohioan blues rock duo The Black Keys have dropped dates for their International Players tour. Plus, emo rap project $uicideboy$ are bringing their Grey Day tour to Portland alongside Pouya, Haarper, Shakewell, […]

Posted inMovies & TV

Film Review: In The Taste of Things Simple Pleasures Shine

Trแบงn Anh Hùng’s portrait of 19th century French countryside haute cuisine sizzles with scintillating restraint.
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Early on in The Taste of Things, a renowned chef asks a young culinary prodigy to taste a consommรฉ and note how the flavor has changed. The prodigy concludes that itโ€™s become less strong, and the chef agrees. โ€œWhat you lose in taste you gain in color,โ€ he says, explaining that the clarification process has […]

Posted inNew Years Eve Events

New Year’s Eve 2023 in Portland: the Mercury’s EverOut Calendar Picks

Whether you want a fancy dress party, a futuristic disco, or a midnight breakfast buffet at the city’s favorite drag venue—we’ve got options for you.
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What do you want to do for New Year’s Eve? Because essentially any darn thing you could want is possible—thanks to Portland’s host of creative parties. This list of events—from the Mercury’s EverOut calendar team—is so unmissable that you’ll have FOMO just reading it.

The Mercury’s Everout calendar team dove into an inbox ocean of NYE 2023 Portland parties and found you OPTIONS:ย fancy-schmancy dress events, a sci-fi discotheque, a cowboy prom, and more! This list of events so unmissable that you’ll have FOMO just reading it.

Posted inMovies & TV

Bottoms Is the Horny Gay Teen Comedy of My Dreams

Also worth noting: Former Seahawks running back—and Portland restaurateur—Marshawn Lynch is amazing in his supportive acting role.
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Iโ€™m sure Iโ€™m not the only one whoโ€™s tired of the saccharine sexlessness that so often pervades queer coming-of-age stories. These tales are usually overly tame, heavily predicated on the plot of the protagonistโ€™s coming out, and sanitized for straight audiences. (See: the running joke in the comedy series The Other Two, in which Cary […]

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