In last night’s episode of the verrry funny Nathan for You, Nathan Fielder helped out a struggling liquor store owner by coming up with an ingenious way to bypass state law and sell booze to teenagers. But don’t get your undies in a bunch! His plan is so perfect, everyone (including you) will walk away […]
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Expatriate on Esquire Network; Country Cat Chef in a Knife Fight
I have a friend with cable and a pool. I’m at her house a lot, as you might guess. When accessing her cable, I prefer to spend it watching strange new channels, among which is the Esquire Network. It’s everything you’d imagine it to be. List shows with hot chicks, terribly terrible guilt watching of […]
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Exploring the Noblest Grape in Portland
If I was to nominate an underrated wine grape for this week’s issue of the Mercury dedicated to underdogs, it would be Riesling. Blighted with a bad rep as an unsophisticated wine on par with sugar water (blame unscrupulous German merchants for dumping that crap on the world), it can be confusing even when confronted […]
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The Wonderful, Intriguing Range of Lager Varieties: Lagerfest is Back!
Is lager the most misunderstood beer? Generally clean and crisp and the reach-for liquid when the days heat up, there is so much more to lager than what the big breweries offer, which generally ranges from the nicely refreshing, to a shade of piss water. Lager is the much younger sibling of ale—it’s only been […]
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There Be Monsters
New watering hole alert! There Be Monsters has been open just about a week, in the space formerly occupied by Hal’s Tavern (in homage to which there appears a Hal’s Beef Burger on the menu as well as remnants of the old sign). The bar is loosely map-themed, but the vibe is modern British, with […]
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Help Out a Brewer!
Harvester Brewing, Portland’s premier gluten-free beer maker, needs your help. They have been told by a Californian Wine Company, Hope Family Wines, that the use of Harvester will create brand confusion and demanded that they change the name of the brewery (it’s unclear why—perhaps Hope are bringing out a wine called Harvester). So rather than […]
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Wine In a Can: The More Convenient Way to Get a Buzz On
One of the sufferings of summer—how to drink wine on the go outdoors—may have just been solved. It’s nigh on impossible to go tubing with a bottle and a glass in hand, while on a picnic someone is always going to forget the corkscrew. Underwood’s solution: put the wine in a can. Underwood (produced by […]
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Next for the Wrecking Ball… Iconic Dive Bar Club 21? Someday?
It’s entirely tentative—not even a Formal Project yet. But a developer’s well-developed push to build a large apartment complex around and atop the site of one of Portland’s iconic dive bars—the lodge-looking, historic landmark Club 21—appears to be gaining a bit of notoriety in a town spooked, of late, by harrowing tales of demolished history […]
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Tacos ‘n’ Tequila is Tomorrow! Get Your Tickets NOW!
BEAT THE CROWD AND SAVE THE MONEY. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW.
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It’s Still Cider Week!
Yes, there is still time to enjoy the hard cider festivities—there’s a bunch of good stuff happening over the weekend. Here are a few highlights, but check out the website here, for the comprehensive list. Cider pub Bushwhacker obviously have a load going on—perhaps the most fun is on Friday, when the Brewvana bus collects […]
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Win a Pair of Tickets to Tacos ‘N’ Tequila!
Inventive tacos cooked up by Portland’s best chefs? Delicious drunky tequila-based cocktails served by the city’s hottest barkeeps? AND music from Tiburones and the hilariously catchy War ‘N’ Buffet? THAT’S TACOS ‘N’ TEQUILA, this Saturday at Mississippi Studios from 11 am to 6 pm—and it’ll be a goddamn crime if you miss it! So get […]
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When Eastside Comes to Downtown
When the Governor Hotel was reinvented as the Sentinel it was no surprise a new cocktail bar was included in the makeover. The result, Jackknife, has a pedigree of Eastside cool rather than downtown sophistication—the result of a partnership between John Janulis (Sweet Hereafter, The Bye and Bye) and Jake Caery (Dig a Pony). The […]