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Saraveza’s Humble Kitchen Opens
Ever since Sarah Pederson opened Saraveza in October 2008, it has been a spot for three things: hop heads, cheese heads (Pederson is a Wisconsin native; it’s a Packers bar) and pasties. Not the kind of pasties you find at strip clubs of yore but the Cornish inspiration for the bane of Jim Gaffigan’s existence, […]
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Local Bars Might Sue the State Over Smoking Patios
In this week’s paper we reported on what’s been a surprising and unwelcome development for Portland bar owners in recent months: In January, as part of several tweaks to its administrative rules, the state of Oregon quietly changed the rules for legal outdoor smoking areas. In the spring, bars began to receive notice that their […]
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Drunk Lady Thrown Out of Hannibal Buress Show; Throws Dirt on Aladdin Staff
Courtesy hannibalburess.com Surprising no one, comedian Hannibal Buress killed it at his late show last night at the Aladdin Theater—however, it’s also not surprising there’s always one drunk butthole in the audience who wants to ruin the experience for everyone. On the upside, this particular drunk butthole got her comeuppance. Here’s what happened according to […]
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Portland Dive Bar Club 21 Might Be Moving—Building and All
CLUB 21 The incredible moving bar. Facebook When the Mercury moved from its Northeast Portland office to downtown in 2011, the worst part was that we couldn’t bring Club 21 with us. The longstanding Portland dive bar, located next door to our old office on NE 21st Avenue just off of NE Sandy, was our […]
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Shut 2016 Down: Rialto Poolroom Bar is Closing
The 96-Year-Old Downtown Icon To Close Christmas Day
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Making Wine Like it’s 1899
Made without any modern winemaking equipment or electricity, and shipped the 96 miles from Dallas, OR, to Portland using stagecoach, canoe, and bicycle, Illahe winery’s Project 1899 Pinot Noir opens itself to scorn and parody (I won’t mention the ‘P’ word). But talk to winemaker Brad Ford and it soon becomes apparent that all he’s […]
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It’s Patio Season! (Hell Yeah!) Here are Some of Portland’s Best.
Departure IT’S SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN that sun and alcohol are natural partners—a fact that Portland’s drinking establishments are well aware of. Here are some of the best patios around town on which to test this hypothesis for yourself. Prost! Okay, not a huge patio, but nothing trumps a refreshing German beer when the thermometer is pushing […]
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A Fancy Pinot Noir Dinner (with Less Pinot)
You could be having dinner here. The International Pinot Noir Celebration is now in its 30th year and has established itself as the event for lovers of Pinot. It’s spendy for sure, but then again, they are pouring some serious wines from Burgundy and Oregon, and it always sells out. There are a number of […]
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Up Your Riesling Intake at Riesling Invasion
People should drink more Riesling. Not in the same way that everyone should eat more Omega 3 foods (lots of health benefits; flax seeds, walnuts and sardines are the way to go), but because it is one of the great varietals (some would say the greatest). They can age for decades, still improving after most […]
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Jan-Marc Cellars Leaves the Garage for a New Venture: Garagiste
Jan-Marc Cellars is the epitome of an urban winery, producing a 1,000 cases from a two-car garage in residential North Portland. Along with his wife, Barbara, Jan-Marc has recently opened Garagiste, which they describe as a pub and tasting room. It’s an attractive space—cozy and homely—focused on the bar, behind which sit tanks of wine […]
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Bloody Mary vs. Michelada
P’s & Q’s Market Natalie Behring THE MEAL-IN-A-GLASS mishmash of ingredients in a Bloody Mary is important for a truly successful hair-of-the-dog hangover cure, because if we’re being honest, the dog that bit us is rarely a purebred. After years of more than occasional utility, the Bloody Mary has grown on me as a cocktail, […]