By now, Portland beer geeks have seen the first few beers from De Garde Brewing come and—often pretty quickly—go. The brand new Tillamook wild-fermentation brewery released two beers at various beer bars around the city, and those lucky enough to try them have apparently been impressed. Or at least thirsty. That success doesn’t appear to […]
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Oregon Public House: “The Nation’s First Non-Profit Pub”
I just moved into the Dekum/Woodlawn area and it’s the shit, don’t move there, people like me are already ruining it. A few nights ago I wandered into the soft opening of the Oregon Public House, a new bar (and eventual brewery) underneath the Village Ballroom. Billing itself as “the nation’s first non-profit pub”, proceeds […]
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Free Tickets to this Weekend’s WhiskeyFest Northwest!
Weekend whiskey lovers rejoice: this weekend’s WhiskeyFest Northwest, a celebration of everyone’s (at least my) favorite dark spirit, promises a grand old time in Northwest Portland. Complete with music, food, and of course, more distilleries than you can safely sample in one day, the fun runs 11 am to 10 pm on May 11, and […]
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Hales Wants to Extend Old Town’s Entertainment District, Despite Push Back.
The most popular person in the house after a “town hall” style meeting this evening to determine the fate of the city’s new “entertainment district” might have been Paul van Orden. As the meeting dispersed, Portland’s noise control officer was ringed with Old Town residents, all inquiring what types of sticks he could wield that […]
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Sparkling Wine to Shine for Portland Bubbles Week
Bubbly wine is clearly the Disneyland of influences, in my opinion: the Happiest Drunk on Earth, and no longer exclusively for special occasions. Beginning today and running through Mother’s Day, Portland Bubbles Week has arrived to promote the accessibility and general enjoyment of the most delightful beverage in its local form. Founding event producer Argyle […]
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Church Now Pouring on NE Sandy
Filling a half-mile gap in the craft cocktail scene between Laurelhurst Market and Hale Pele, a beautifully-themed new watering hole called Church opened earlier this month on NE 26th and Sandy. Replete with a photo booth disguised as a confessional, a promising menu of southern fare, and as broad of a drink menu as you […]
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Today in Semi-Nude Woodworking
Our pal Vince Mancini from Film Drunk (and Mercury reviewer, too!) introduces us to this truly bizarre clip, apparently from the 1979 Bond parody The Man from S.E.X. (seriously, check out the character names on the IMDB page) in which an evil topless dancer with razor blades twirling from her nipples very nearly dispatches our […]
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Joe’s Cellar Building Deemed Unsafe. Bar to Close Sunday.
Joe’s Cellar, one of the better dives/diners in the NW 21st area, will close its doors this weekend after city officials deemed the building too dangerous. According to an entry dated Thursday on the city’s Portland Maps website, “the building is leaning out and the roof joists have separated from the wall so that the […]
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Special Drinks to Raise Funds for Scorched Bartender
In case you haven’t heard, bartender Steve Grimm of the Pearl District’s Bluehour nearly caught his whole bar on fire last week while he was working with high-proof spirits near an OPEN FLAME (also known as a candle). He suffered the worst for his folly, with first and second degree burns and an overnight stay […]
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Hales Gives Old Town District the Go, for Now
The weekly street closures that have drawn compliments and worry in Old Town’s new “entertainment district” will continue on, despite the formal ending of the pilot project last weekend, the Mercury has learned. Mayor Charlie Hales—who on Saturday spent several hours surveying the weekend cacophony that clusters around Old Town’s bars and nightclubs—has instructed police […]
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Police Say Old Town’s Weekend Street Closures are (Maybe) Working
It’s been three months since the city started closing the oft-chaotic corridors of Old Town’s “entertainment district” on weekend nights. Now—with the pilot phase set to end and a planned visit from Mayor Charlie Hales this weekend—the Portland Police Bureau is claiming success. In a <a href="report [PDF] obtained by the Mercury, police say they’ve […]
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Hey, Winner: Join the 2013 Eat & Drink Mercury Instagram Challenge! FREE BEER!
What are you doing tonight? Hmm let me guess… I don’t know… this is just a hazard, but might it involve… DRINKIN’? Am I right? If so here’s a way to make your drinking dollars work for you: In honor of the 2013 Eat & Drink Guide, “Your Personal Passport to Consumption in Portland, Oregon” […]