Draft cocktails have been growing in popularity over the last couple of years, and I was intrigued to see that as part of the Portland Penny Diner revamp. (The menu’s received a makeover and they’ve extended their hours into the evening.) They now offer eight cocktails on tap, which is apparently more than any other […]
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Ice Cream Fans: Follow the Red Wagon
If Salt and Straw is the reigning champ of locally-produced ice cream—it receives the plaudits, the national press and has such a devoted fan base than even a triple shooting doesn’t stop customers from wanting to get back in line—then Red Wagon Creamery is the underdog that doesn’t even have a storefront in town (they’re […]
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Negroni Week: A Drink for Everyone?
Negroni Week, which is back for its third year, is up and running until Sunday 7. Sponsored by Imbibe magazine and Campari, it’s bigger than ever, with more than 3,500 bars involved internationally. Cynics may say that it’s a way to shift more bottles of Campari (a key component of the cocktail), which may be […]
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How to Find Your Fave Summer Patio
A Drinker’s Guide to Portland’s Top Patios
Finding your favorite summer patio.
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Red Duck Ketchup Taster
Red Duck Foods, which makes gourmet ketchups, has been around a couple of years but they have just relocated from Eugene to Southeast Portland, which seemed like a good reason to try out their range (disclosure: they provided samples). Fancy ketchup, created using natural ingredients, is a growing market—locally, there is Portland Ketchup as well […]
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Eating Out: A Pop Up on the Waterfront
Three Degrees, the restaurant at the RiverPlace Hotel, has just started running an outdoor pop up on the waterfront. Called TD’s, it’s centred around a grill and a 10-seat counter (there is some table seating too) where executive chef Thomas Dunklin serves up a changing menu, starting this month with ‘Tacos and Tequila’. Judging by […]
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Bone Broth for Lunch?
Coming next to Portland: A bone broth bar. Seemingly if there is a culinary niche to be filled, we’ll be the ones to do it! (Though we can’t quite match the cereal café London currently boasts—apparently if you build it they will come, no matter what it is.) Broth Bar, however, is more than just […]
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In Search of “Spectacular”
The Groaning Board’s Menu of Mixed Messages
The Groaning Board seeks the “spectacular.”
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Oregon Wine Party Time
Oregon Wine Month kicks off on Friday, which is an excuse to drink more Oregon wine as well as celebrate a flourishing industry that contributes over $3 billion in economic impact to the state annually and generates 17,000 jobs. There’s a host of activities throughout wine country and in town all through May, but festivities […]
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A Meaty Education
The butcher/deli/restaurant/bar that is the Old Salt Marketplace is kicking off a season of tasty-looking classes for meat lovers, whether you’re a novice or more advanced practitioner. The series of 10 classes, which start on Sunday, cover sausage making, pates and terrines, and butchery—yes, you too can learn how to break down a pig. Other […]
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John Gorham’s New Play Pen
John Gorham’s back, though it’s not like he’s really been anywhere, given that he’s been running Toro Bravo, Tasty n Sons, Tasty n Alder and Mediterranean Exploration Company—now he is adding Plaza del Toro to his portfolio. It’s not a straight-forward restaurant, but one of those ‘spaces’ that will hold events, house a test kitchen […]
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Playing with Poutine (For a Good Cause)
Here’s one for the diary, especially for fans of Canada’s greatest gift to the world of gastronomy, poutine. For one week only the magical combination of fries, gravy and cheese curd will be on restaurant menus across the city. It’s the vision of Original Dinerant chef AJ Voytko as a way to raise funds for […]