Just don’t read the program first.
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In Our Hot, Choked City, Third Rail’s Lungs Resonates
Just Don’t Read the Program First.
Thomas Alexander Ross
Thomas Ross writes about art and booze, and edits fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for Tin House.
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Sipping on Clouds
Beat the Heat with Egg White Cocktails—No, Really!
Beat the Heat with Egg White Cocktails—No, Really!
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Review: Spitz and the Turkish Granddaddy of Street Food
Meg Nanna Döner kebab is an iconic street food sight: a conical stack of meat cooking on a vertical, rotating spit. Immigration patterns meant that while döner was sticking closer to its Turkish home, becoming ubiquitous in European cities like Berlin and London, its derivative cousins headed to North America. Döner kebab inspired not only […]
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Döner Kebab Forever
Spitz Specializes in the Turkish Granddaddy of Street Food
Spitz Specializes in the Turkish granddaddy of all street food.
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Rockin’ Aesthetics, Dude!
Holsteins’ and Rock and Roll Chili Pit’s Dueling Escapism
News coverage of Portland the last couple of years seems to have eroded our status as an escapist wonderland—our bubble of artisan anarchism suddenly feels silly, possibly to the point of irresponsibility. But people need escapism, too. Now and then you still want to walk out of the world of bad government and bad response […]
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Jenn Louis Proves Celebrity-Chef Status with New Israeli Restaurant. Ray
Aaron Lee I don’t watch cooking shows—it’s too torturous to view larger-than-life images of delicious looking food you can’t eat—so I forget that a chef’s celebrity status, even far from Los Angeles or New York, can drive patrons through the door. But seeing frequently televised chef Jenn Louis in a pinstriped apron, darting around her […]
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Ray, Rain or Shine
Jenn Louis Proves Celebrity-Chef Status with New Israeli Restaurant
Jenn Louis proves celebrity-chef status with new Israeli restaurant.
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The Summertime Dogs of OP Wurst
VIKESH KAPOOR A few weeks ago in a roundup of new sandwich shops, our own Andrea Damewood took a controversial position: The hot dog is not a sandwich. I’m not going to refute that, since frankly, I don’t have a dog in that race. However, I want to make sure the sandwich artists and hot […]
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The Best Bars for Beer, Wine, and Cocktails in Portland
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 The Commons Brewery, 630 SE Belmont & Upright Brewing, 240 N Broadway If you’re not just here for our famously hoppy suds, […]
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Portland Playhouse Delivers the World’s Saddest TED Talk
Dead Languages and Smart Contradictions in The Language Archive
Dead languages and smart contradictions in The Language Archive.
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Heart-able Pizza
Micah Camden’s Casual Empire Colonizes the Pizza Game
Micah Camden’s casual empire colonizes the pizza game.