Beer-loving residents of University Park and Portsmouth neighborhoods have reason to celebrate: a new tap room and growler shop called the Chill ‘N’ Fill has opened on N Lombard. It’s run by two gents who are abandoning the corporate world to indulge their passion for beer and it seems they’ve got the basics right—plenty of […]
MJ Skegg
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Gracie’s Brunch: Charming and Adequate
Gracie’s has long been on my list of brunch places to try-I like the Hotel deLuxe where it’s housed and was thinking it might have the intimate coolness of the adjoining Driftwood Bar. But Gracie’s is a different creature altogether. Grown up, respectable, the room had soft carpet, high ceilings, chandeliers and marble tables, a […]
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Beer-Con 2014… for Women!
Next weekend Portland hosts the inaugural Women & Beer Conference. Organized by Barley’s Angels, whose mission is to serve “women who seek a comfortable environment to explore and learn about Craft Beer,” the two-day event is aimed at industry professionals and social drinkers (it’s probably good for professional drinkers, too). It features a series of […]
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Hotdogs and Horror
Tanuki has earned itself something of a bad-ass rep with its uncompromising, take-it-or-leave-it attitude. The place is deliberately dingy and along with the non-stop, ultra-violent Japanese movies playing, it’s almost as if diners are being tested to see whether they merit eating there (though the lo-fi interior is refreshing in a town overflowing with reclaimed […]
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Happy Birthday Dear Beermongers…
Beerheads take note: SE Division bottle shop and tap room The Beermongers is celebrating their fifth anniversary and have lined up five days of brew events, starting today with a vintage bottle sale and ending on Sunday with one of their renowned bottle shares. Known for their good selection of beer and decent prices, they’ve […]
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Brunch Radar: Bad Habit
Discovering a brunch spot that is not only excellent, but empty in this town is something akin to winning the lottery. I checked out Bad Habit (Saraveza’s event space that does brunch on weekends) on a whim, and thought I’d hit the jackpot. The space is cozy and elegant, the mood enriched by some low-key […]
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Where to Eat and Why
Liz Crain Takes a Focused Look at Portland Food
A purveyor-focused look at where to eat in Portland.
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Meet the Psycho-Gourmet
Of the gazillion food blogs available in the digital universe, an absolute favorite is Psycho-Gourmet, a sideline of the writer Geoff Nicholson (his latest novel is City Under the Skin—I’ve never read his books, but apparently he’s the missing link between Evelyn Waugh and Thomas Pynchon). The blog is subtitled “On Food, Sex, Obsession and […]
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Coming Up: Jade Night Market
For the next four Saturdays the Fubonn shopping center (or the parking lot, anyway) will be hosting Jade Night Market. It’s an attempt to replicate the night markets that are big social events in Asia and to foster a sense of community in the Jade District, which is centered on SE 82nd. There will be […]
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Last Chance (For Now) to Grab Aviary’s Chinese Menu
I like the idea of Aviary. I like the food at Aviary. I should probably eat there more but it never really comes to mind when I’m feeling like a bit of an extravagant dinner. Maybe it’s because the last time I ate there it was after a week of gourmet feasting for a story […]
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Old School Delights: The Fishwife
Stuffed between a Baskin Robbins and the rather sorry looking Fabric World on a particularly gray stretch of North Lombard, the Fishwife doesn’t seem a likely contender for best seafood restaurant in town. Inside it’s ordinary, with diner furniture and walls covered in pictures that all, however tenuously, tie into the idea of fishing or […]
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Coming Up: Two Great-Looking Dinners
On Monday Oso Market is holding a pop up dinner with Abby Fammartino in collaboration with house chef Jason Buss inspired by the food of southern coastal Spain. It’s a great-looking menu, with salt cod and pardon fritters, garlic and white wine steamed wild prawns and clams served with saffron paella rice, and, for dessert, […]