The fine folks in the “ex La Luna Building,” 828 SE Ash St., are having an open house tonight with booze, food, and jazz music. Simpatica Dining Hall will be providing appetizers and beer, along with a cash bar. Biwa will be serving appetizers and sake. From the press release: On Thursday, February 12th from […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
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Belly Romance
Rethinking the Amorous Dinner at Belly Timber
Good eats may not be the classical idea of romance. Belly Timber asks,
“Why not?”
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Screw the Watchmen. I Want This!
No Heroics, a show about the everyday lives of superheroes in a town full of superheroes, has been running in England since last summer. Apparently the American pilot has been green-lighted by ABC, which means we may see a lame, watered down version of No Heroics in the near future. But I’m going to do […]
Posted inPolitics
I’ll Give You Stimulus…
“Here’s the dilemma: there is in the country a great deal of anger about the financial institutions, including those represented here,” -Barney Frank, D. Massachusetts, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee “It is abundantly clear that we are here amidst broad public anger at our industry. Many people believe—and, in many cases, justifiably so—that […]
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Bacon Explosion Claims Victim
The bacon explosion has already made an appearance on Blogtown, but we’ve never seen it interacting with humans before. It should be noted that the bacon explosion (four pounds of bacon and sausage) is meant to be shared, and should not be consumed by one person in a single sitting. Unless, of course, you are […]
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Valentine’s Day? You’re Covered Thanks to PF&D!
File this under reason #74 why I adore PortlandFoodand Drink.com. Food Dude has gone ahead and taken the guess work out of discovering what local restaurants are offering for Valentine’s Day. He’s compiled a list, culled from piles of electronic press releases, of what’s going down in Portland eateries on the most depressing romantic night […]
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This Is Why I’m Fat?
What did you eat for breakfast this morning? Did it happen to be one of these? Giant Breakfast Burrito A seven pound breakfast burrito stuffed with potatoes, eggs, onions, and ham bits, lots of cheese on top and smothered in red chili. That may explain why you’re fat. But the giant breakfast burrito is not […]
Posted inMisc.
Jesus Could Kick He-Man’s Ass
Because I know that most of you didn’t go to church today—your souls are most likely damned to hell anyway—I thought I’d give you a bit of that old time religion from 1799 1874 1914. I’m fairly certain that there aren’t any Jehovah’s Witnesses trolling Blogtown (and if there are, can I interest you in […]
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Winter Boozy Goodness Badness: The OLCC
While I’ve been busy not getting invited to red carpet geek-outs and being totally not bitter about it, the OLCC has been sneaking around trying to make my bar experience less pleasurable. Thank god Miss Jen Lane over at Barfly has her eyes on those… Um… Misguided bureaucrats. This is from the barfly e-mail newsletter […]
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This Week’s Mercury Last Supper Food Section
What is a food photographer to do when a good deal of the food meant to be photographed at an establishment looks like crap. Literally. That question might have gone through the photographers mind this week when they were on assignment for the Mercury at Lucky Strike. I’m assured that, of the photos taken at […]
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Good Firkin Beer!
Here is my sum of experience with cask-conditioned ales: “Oh, lookie thar, they have one o’ them fancy beer engine thing-a-majigs. I hear thems pours some fancy beers. I guess I’ll order me up one.” GLUG, GLUG. “Yep, that thar was a beer fer sher. Pour me another bar keep.” Which is to say, I […]