Not a new Northwest inspired cologne (though, maybe Pendleton would be interested?), but a menu change at the formerly underwhelming Doug Fir. Chris Israel, the James-Beard-nominated chef at Gruner (and formerly 23 Hoyt, Zefiro, Saucebox, etc.), has revamped the restaurant’s food offerings. According to Israel, there’ll be new recipes, cooking styles, and better ingredients (think […]
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Chicken, Casserole, Prostitute…
However You Define Cocotte, It’s Delicious
Cocotte blends French bistro fare with Northwest staples.
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Fire at Aviary & Barista
You kids and your goddamn fireworks. I know it’s funny to shoot each other with Roman candles and do handstands over fountains with names like “Golden Shower” (at least that was what was happening at the BBQ I attended), but it gets less funny when the roof is burned off your place of business. From […]
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Tanuki In Flux
Janis Martin’s excellent izakaya, Tanuki, recently left its NW 21st broom closet with plans to reopen in Belly’s former space on MLK. According to Eater, however, those plans have been scrapped. Martin says that they were turned down for a temporary OLCC license, and that they’re “actively seeking new locations.” Though I was excited to […]
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Food Porn: Uchu Sushi & Fried Chicken
There’s only so much room on the page for my Last Supper column, and I’m not particularly adept at sticking to my word count. So, as it is, we don’t always get to print as many of the photos from our stellar photographers as we might like. However, there’s plenty of room in our internet […]
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Portland Vs. Seattle. (We Lost)
Just to be clear, this isn’t about the Timbers (to be even clearer, I don’t ever plan on writing about the Timbers. #NRGMOASATRCTID). Sunset magazine recently pitted Portland’s food scene against our big sis to the North. We lost. Ivy Manning (local cookbook author/food blogger) took on some lady named Jess, arguing for Portland across […]
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Reasons The World Is Fuzzy This Morning: Bulleit Rye
Before (an excellent) dinner at Cocotte last night I ordered a cocktail called the La Nella Moda. It’s made with Old Overholt Rye, Dolin Rouge, Amaro Ramazzotti, and Old Fashioned Bitters. Sounds good, right? “I should mention,” the bartender said, “that I’m not using the Old Overholt anymore. We switched to Bulleit Rye.” WHAT?!?! Of […]
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Chicken or Fish?
Sushi Meets the Colonel’s Original Recipe
Uchu is equally comfortable slinging sashimi and frying chicken.
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Lapham’s Quarterly: Food
I’m hesitant to point this out—the last thing I want to do is raise your standards for food writing—but I spent last night (when I should have been writing my column) pouring over the summer issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. For the poor souls not familiar with Lewis Lapham’s post-Harpers project, each issue is built around […]
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Hold the Ms. Pac-Man
Sunshine Tavern’s Identity Crisis
Sunshine Tavern serves great pub grub, but isn’t quite sure whom they’re serving it to.
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On This *Hiccup* Day In History…
…Bourbon was invented. June 14, 1789, Elijah Craig first looked out on those vast fields of corn and thought, “You know what? I bet I could drunk off that.” My fellow Americans, be proud. We are a pious people but a proud one too, aware of a noble lineage and a great inheritance. Let us […]
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Weekend Drinking: Portland Fruit Beer Festival
Maybe you’ve seen Michelle Obama’s (probably fascist…I haven’t listened to much talk radio this week) plate-shaped replacement for the food pyramid, and maybe you’re worried that you aren’t getting enough fruit to fill up that red wedge. A good place to start is this weekend’s first annual Portland Fruit Beer Festival. Burnside Brewing has partnered […]