From time to time, a random or downright bizarre press release will pop into my e-mail. For instance, one recent press release informed me of a woman who planned to carve a 5,000 pound block of cheddar into a “patriotic themed” sculpture that would feature Wisconsin icons. If you’re interested in attending the event, by […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
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People Have Problems with Big Jugs
It’s all about the Lowest Common Denominator. Jugs, get it? News came down yesterday that Wal-Mart and Costco have updated their milk jugs to be more environmentally sound. The new jugs do not require special crates to stack and use every bit of space, meaning less material is needed in their manufacture. Apparently, all of […]
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Monday Bloody Monday
The Place: The Maiden What Prompted the Visit: Whiskey and Friday night, starting early with Kitty then meeting friends at Clinton Street Pub for continued whiskey abuse. A drunken stumble found us at home where we forwent formality and sipped straight from the bottle while talking to one another in an inexplicable Irish brogue. At […]
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Monday Food News You Can Use
To begin this short week, I thought I’d give you some local food news! This will make sense later… keep reading… Nick’s Coney Island has re-opened on Hawthorne. Info gleaned from portlandfood.org suggests that the place has become cleaner and tastier over their relatively short hiatus. This re-opening may prompt a review for Last Supper. […]
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Vegan with a Vengeance
America’s Favorite Vegan Cookbook Writer Now Calls Portland Home
America’s favorite vegan author moves to Portland.
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Green Buzz
Beer Fest Equals Ethical Drunkenness
“I don’t understand people who say they don’t like beer. It’s like saying they don’t like food,” says Abram Goldman-Armstrong, shaking his head slightly. “There are so many different kinds of beer.” Along with Craig Nicholls of Roots Organic Brewing, Goldman-Armstrong, a heavily sideburned 30-year-old beer writer, is co-founder of the North American Organic Brewers […]
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Thaied and True
Mai Thai Grub Absolves Punny Name
Let’s forgive Mai Thai its cringe-inducing name (not to mention that there’s nary a Mai Tai to be found on premises) and talk about something different… like, the word “authentic.” Bandied about by critics (I’m guilty) and eaters alike, it’s used to either promote or dismiss restaurants of any given ethnic cuisine. Halfway through the […]
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Gold Digger
Be Sure to Bring a Playmate
All I know about mid-century cocktailing, I learned as a kid from ancient, stolen Playboy magazines. Searching for the naughty bits, I would occasionally alight on soft-focus photographs of the quintessential bachelor pad: wood paneling, deep shag carpeting, and a vinyl-upholstered bar. So alluring. Gold Dust Meridian feels like it fell straight out of the […]
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Holy Spirit
House Spirits’ Drunken Summer
After the first few sips of a Corpse Reviver, Number Two, I am feeling the shock and joy of Lazarus after being roused by the magical voice of Jesus. Never mind the sacrilege inherent in comparing a morning cocktail to the miraculous powers of Christianity’s main man—I’m feeling too damn good to care. Besides, I […]
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Under Construction
Can R. Palate Pull Everything Together?
After my first dinner in the cavernous dining room of R. Palate, I wanted so badly to like the place. I wanted it to succeed despite the construction surrounding it at the end of SW 6th. I wanted it to be filled to capacity every night, drawing business from downtown rivals like Portland City Grill. […]
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Tandoori Taj Mahal
East India Co. Tastily Exploits Your Wallet
My dinner companion is chewing deliberately, the corners of her mouth turning upward in a slight smile. The skin around her eyes and the tops of her cheeks begins to glow, like she’s been lit from inside. She inhales sharply, waving a hand in front of her face. It’s a proven fact: Curry makes you […]