I’ve found there are certain problems with being thoughtful about beer. Not so long ago my method of drinking beer was to simply swill pint after pint and bottle after bottle until I’d reached that warm fuzzy place where I felt smarter and more handsome; the world more pleasant. Then, I would fall fast asleep. […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Tart Tale
She was a tall strawberry blond, and somehow she managed to punch me right in the brain. Yesterday was a one beer day (though please note that the number here is not the quantity I drank, but rather how many new, unique beers I drank), and what I pulled from my fridge seemed to be […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: The 4th
Now the smoke has cleared and the bangs and cracks of latent patriotism have diminished to the occasional distant report, it’s time to take stock. It’s the day after the fourth day of July and the “red glare” and “bursting” is less likely to come from rockets than a small pounding place behind your eyes—as […]
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My Oregon Crafte Beer Month: Independence Edition
A look in my fridge right now will show you how committed I am to this project: On the left is a sixer of Caldera’s Ashland Amber, beside it is a row of Session Dark, and on the far right from back to front: Cascade Lake Brewing’s Paulina Lake Pilsner, Ninkasi’s Radiant Summer Ale, Bridgeport […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Day 2
This is when beer is perfect: I’m fresh from the shower after a hot run. The world has cooled a bit and twilight is coming on. As the light fades, I’m standing on the sidewalk outside the house watering the garden. I’m wearing a sleeveless shirt, madras pants, and flip flops—a beer in one hand, […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month
I’m in the Horse Brass [4534 SE Belmont] for the Oregon Craft Beer Month kick-off party, puzzling over a Double Mountain Bohemian Pilsner, when the yelling and whistling begins. It seems a table near us has had a tad too much, and in their drunkenness has lost all decorum. The folks running the event are […]
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Service!
24 Hours Inside an Industry that Never Sleeps
One day, 24 hours: The Mercury takes a look at the people behind
your meal.
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CHEF/OWNER
4:30 pm, Northwest Portland: The ChefTanuki, 413 NW 21st
Pullout: Food Issue
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DISHWASHER
10 am, Southwest Portland: The DishwasherClyde Common, 1014 SW Stark
Pullout: Food Issue
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The VooDoo Burger Strikes Again
I’d written just about half of my post on The Original’s VooDoo Burger when I realized that I’d been duped. I had not, in fact, been eating a meal. What I had consumed was a gimmick; a press magnet; a sustained publicity stunt. The VooDoo Burger tasted exactly like what a marketing ploy should taste […]
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Giving Up Spirits for Oregon Craft Beer Month
Tomorrow is the start of Oregon Craft Beer Month! I know for some (I’m looking at you, soulful-eyed beer hounds) this information is completely exciting. However, if you’ve been reading my blog posts you know chief among my many flaws is a lack of proper zeal for beer. Generally when I’m out for some alcohol-based […]