Glad-handing industry awards are obviously everyone’s favorite late-winter pastime, but not everybody can throw a gala (have you seen red carpet prices in Trump’s America?), so we’re going print-only. And in the spirit of meaningless superlatives, we’re basing it on the apex of borderline meaningless, hastily chosen, print-only awards: those found in high school yearbooks. […]
Thomas Alexander Ross
Thomas Ross writes about art and booze, and edits fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for Tin House.
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Sweater Weather in a Glass: Fall Cocktails at New and Old Favorite Bars
“You look like a dad in that sweater.” That’s the first thing my drinking associate said when we recently met at Lovely Rita for a cocktail. Lovely Rita is the rebrand of the lobby restaurant in the Hoxton Hotel, and my sweater was a cream-colored cable knit pullover that frankly makes me look like a […]
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Local Cocktails Built for Two (or More!)
I love cocktails because each one feels unique and each one presents a chance for a human connection at a bar. There’s nothing quite like a drink mixed right in front of you by a person you can talk to. But when I already have the human connection close by and I just want to […]
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New Brunches from Familiar Favorites
The Daisy Cafe is, according to owners Johnny and Kristina Nunn, a “love letter to old Portland breakfast”—which is to say it’s a bright, friendly café cheerfully slinging the least adventurous, most dialed-in breakfast in the King neighborhood. With a focus on traditional presentations of house-prepared meat (pork sausage, smoked pit ham) and baked goods […]
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It’s Summer Somewhere: New Cocktail Bars That Are the Reason for the Season
Summer in the Northwest is officially dragging its feet this year. While most of the country is dangerously hot, every mini heat wave in Portland seems to be followed by a cold snap or a streak of drizzly rain. But keep your eyes peeled—in those brief rays of sunshine, you might catch the shimmer of […]
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Casa Zoraya: Zoraya Zambrano Finally Has Her Name on the Door
Years ago, in Calca, a city in Peru’s Sacred Valley region of Cusco, Zoraya Zambrano owned a restaurant called G y G, named for her children: Gary and Gloria Marmanillo. Now, at Casa Zoraya, Zambrano covers tables with a vivid rainbow of ajís, ceviches, causas, and pisco sours. Gary and Gloria are by her side […]
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Tiffin Asha: South Indian Food Built on Passion and Justice
“You’re just trying to impress a girl,” says Sheila Bommakanti, ostensibly to me but with her gaze on her wife, Elizabeth Golay, “and you end up with a restaurant.” The three of us are at the South Indian restaurant they own together, Tiffin Asha, where Golay is the chef. Though Golay had been a fan […]
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Shop and Sip: Grocery Store Bars
The Arbor Lodge New Seasons, my go-to grocery store, recently opened an evening beer-and-wine bar in its dining area. This adds to its already perplexing program of live music and DJs, an unnecessary move to introduce more passive bodies to its already famously cramped floor plans. It’s one of those touches of well-meaning chaos that […]
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Scotch Lodge Welcomes You to the Wide World of Whiskey
The Man Behind Teardrop Lounge and Kask Is Making Independent Spirits and High-End Whiskey More Accessible
The man hehind Teardrop Lounge and Kask is making independent spirits and high-end whiskey more accessible.
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Portland’s Best Bars (Beer, Wine, and Cocktails)
Welcome, traveler. Let’s toast your arrival with an alcoholic drink, which Portlanders love even more than coffee or weed. In the spirit of assimilation, here’s a visitor’s guide to drinking in Portland: BEER Horse Brass Pub (4534 SE Belmont) Portland beer culture would be nothing without Don Younger, a beer drinker’s beer drinker and adviser […]
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Theater Review: Imago’s Pebble Is Weird… But Why?
Captivatingly off-beat performances, left-field musical numbers, and moody sound and lighting don’t
quite add up to something greater than their parts.
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Bar Review: 5 & Dime is Winning Over the Foster-Powell Neighborhood
5 & Dime Meg Nanna It’s tough to open a bar with the goal of being a “neighborhood bar.” Yet not two weeks after 5 & Dime opened in Foster-Powell, a neighborhood about as far away from mine as you can get, it already felt like the bar I’d pop into when I was in […]