Events

Il Piatto’s November Cheap Eats 2348 SE Ankeny, 236-4997 In celebration of their 10th year, Il Piatto is unveiling a new dinner menu all through November, with five featured pastas, including: a luscious butternut squash gnocchi with raisins, sage, prosciutto and white wine; a lighter pasta with diced Roma tomatoes, olive oil, and capers; spaghetti […]

820 Lounge, 820 N Russell, 460-0820 Swanky dark bar in Industrial North Portland. $4 specialty cocktails, cheap food menu, M-Sat 4-6:30 pm; $2 draft & wells, $4 bartender’s choice specialty drink, M-Th 10-close; (Also check out adjacent Mint’s Mon-Wed 5-7 pm 3 course meal for $25) Alibi, 4024 N Interstate, 287-5335 Enjoy some cheap greasy […]

Basta’s, 410 NW 21st, 274-1572 Fancy apps and drinks, bitchin’ mod lounge. $3 food & cocktails, 5-6 pm Mon-Fri Cheerful Tortoise, 1939 SW 6th, 224-3377 Drunk college kids, greasy food, and televised sports. $2.75 wells, $1.95 appetizers, Mon-Fri 3-6 pm & 10-midnite Sun Kelly’s Olympian, 426 SW Washington, 228-3669 Drink with precariously suspended motorcycles over […]

Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St, 226-0430 Greasy food, cold beer, hot bike messengers. $2.50 menu, $1.50 PBR, $2.50 micros & wells, 4-8 pm daily Bush Garden, 900 SW Morrison, 226-7181 Sushi and Japanese delights. $2.50 menu, 5-7 pm daily Dante’s, 1 SW 3rd, 226-6630 Check Mike D’s unhappy hour on Wednesdays, Ground Zero […]

Doug Fir Restaurant 830 E Burnside, 7 am-4 am daily I know, I know, it’s all you’re hearing about these days, but the Doug Fir is the most exciting thing to happen to Portland since, I don’t knowÉ Mt. St. Helens erupting! Sure, it’s awesome that we’ll have a cool new music venue, but I’m […]

Kustom Pizza First Anniversary Party 2727 NE Glisan, 239-4444 Those lovable pizza and salad tossers over at Kustom Pizza are celebrating their first successful year in business. Stop in on Saturday and celebrate with them, enjoying discounted menu items, and half prize large pizzas for everyone who wears a kilt. Strange, yes, but that’s why […]

Three Course Dinner at Mint for $25 Mon-Wed 5-7 pm, 816 N Russell, 284-5518 Want to eat gourmet on a Kinkos salary? Well, Mint is offering up a cheap way to get the most of their creative Latin American cuisine with this early bird three course dinner. Your culinary adventure will include a starter of […]

Football, Food & Beer It’s an undeniable fact, watching football on television is only entertaining when you’re in the company of other people and jamming food and beer down your gullet. Otherwise, it’s about as titillating as entering your week’s expenditures into Quicken (something only geeks do), or watching laundry tumble around in a dryer. […]

Rogue Bones & Brew Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Fri-Sun, $5 Oregon BBQ enthusiasts come together in the biggest BBQ event of the year, Bones & Brew. Restaurants from all over the state come to town and smoke their meat special, plus look for booths from local BBQ faves like Cannon’s Rib Express, Yam Yam’s, and […]

Portland Monthly’s Dive-In Theater Don’t tell me there’s nothing to do in Portland. This Tuesday, Portland Monthly magazine continues its one-of-a-kind, poolside film fest at McCormick Pier. To make matters tastier, the culinary wizards at clarklewis do all the catering. The chefs prepare special entrées to match each film (Jaws saw us eating shark fin […]

Mt. Hood Huckleberry Festival & Barlow Trail Days Fri-Sun, Mt. Hood Village, 65000 E Hwy 26, near Brightwood on the way to Mt. Hood, free On your way back from riding the Alpine Slide up at Ski Bowl, stop in at the Huckleberry Fest for a sample of all things huckleberry. From pancakes, to tarts, […]

East Burnside Street Fair Sunday, Noon-9 pm, Wild Oats Parking Lot, NE 29th & E Burnside The restaurant row over around 28th and Burnside is a wealth of every kind of food you could ever want. Highbrow, lowbrow, tapas, burgers, pizza, hot dogs, sandwiches and pastries, gelato, beer, wine, booze, etc. So, it’s only fitting […]