The Hotel deLuxe runs a series of tastings, usually on a Wednesday, in their rather sumptuous lobby. Called Creative Close Up it’s a showcase of local and regional drink products—beer, cider, wine, spirits, mixers—selected by the bar supervisor at the Driftwood Room, Kaitlin Dover. This Wednesday they are sampling kombucha from Salt, Fire and Time […]
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CruMarket: Holiday Shopping You’ll Enjoy
Anything that can ease the task of holiday shopping is welcome, so hail to CruMarket’s build-a-basket event (assuming you have people to buy for that are some sort of gastronome, that is). CruMarket offers products that are genuinely small batch and hand crafted to which the overworked term “artisan” can be properly applied—it’s a roster […]
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Your Choice of Beer Festivals in St. Johns
There are two cracking, but very different beer events in St. Johns this weekend. From Friday to Sunday the 4th Annual St. Johns Winter Beer Fest is happening at the inimitable Plew’s Brews. They’ve lined up 12 taps of heavy duty winter ale, porter, stout and cider including HUB Abominable, 21st Amendment Fireside Chat, Double […]
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Differentiate Your Scotch from Rye: Whiskey 101
The folks at The Old Gold* take their whiskey very seriously. There have over 100 bottles to choose from, some of it rare, and they even recently traveled to Kentucky to procure their own barrel of nine-year-old Elmer T Lee. They also run regular Whiskey 101 classes, a safe and friendly tasting session for beginners, […]
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Fishy Cocktails are the Best
The Ringside Fish House has revamped its cocktail menu, which isn’t something I’d usually be that bothered about except that the drinks are very, very good. They’ve been created by Daniel Shoemaker and Sean Hoard of the Teardrop Lounge and the Commissary, a juice and syrup business whose products play a key part in the […]
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Southern Comforts
Muscadine slots into the space formerly occupied by Tiga on NE Prescott and, as a breakfast/brunch/lunch place, it’s a welcome addition to the neighborhood. It’s a self-styled Southern American restaurant that riffs on the Portland farm-to-table scene. No surprise then that the menu features the likes of beignets (donut, New Orleans style), BBQ cup and […]
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Big Beer Alert: Holiday Ale Fest
It’s Holiday Ale Festival time again, your chance to get sauced downtown in Pioneer Courthouse Square (hang on, says here they won’t be serving anyone visibly intoxicated. Scratch that). For five days 50-plus winter beers will be there for the tasting, including 16 limited releases; generally, these will be big, robust ales ranging in style […]
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The Bite and Flight Remedy
Remedy Wine Bar, which sits on a quiet corner on NW Everett, has a secret—as well as a distinct wine list it does very good food. The regular menu is generally small plates and charcuterie but they also offer a weekly flight and bite, which lets chef Ingrid Chen indulge in more imaginative fare. The […]
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Get Out for Thanksgiving Dinner
Can’t cook, won’t cook? Don’t want the mother-in-law hovering around the kitchen saying “we don’t do it like that where I’m from”? Don’t want to be bothered with the cleaning up? Don’t like staying in? Here are some options for eating out on Thanksgiving: ImperialChefs Vitaly Paley and Doug Adams are offering a wood-fired Thanksgiving […]
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Celebrate the World’s Youngest Wine
It’s Beaujolais Nouveau week! Beaujolais, a region in France, produces wines from the Gamay grape and each year a batch of new wine is rushed to market just weeks after harvest (the third Thursday of November)—these super-young reds are light, fruity and extremely easy to drink. What started out as a local pleasure has mushroomed […]
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Oregon Wins! It’s the Booziest State
Thrillist has done a state-by-state comparison to discover which is the booziest in the nation. Perhaps unsurprisingly Oregon came out top, helped by the numbers of breweries, wineries, distilleries and bars and by the fact that we drink 2.65 gallons of booze a year. Well done us! The sweep of states from Alaska down to […]
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Try This: Five Very different Eat & Drink Events for the Weekend
– Learn how to cook Indian food. Chef Kusuma Rao, who does pop ups, private catering and tuition under the Ruchikala banner, will host a three-hour class teaching about spices, curry building and how to set up a basic Indian pantry. The class includes a vegetarian dinner and recipes to take home. Ruchikala, The Basic […]