Arabian Breeze 3223 NE Broadway 445-4700 Arabian Breeze: Sure it sounds like the flavor of a wine cooler, but is it a good one? The answer: Yes, if Arabian Breeze were a wine cooler, I’d probably drink it. It was pretty satisfying, and just a little bit daring. On a less hypothetical note, the Breeze’s […]
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Happy Hours
Acme, 1305 SE 8th, 230-9020, $1 off domestic drafts Mon-Fri 3-6 pm Acme rocks. It’s huge, dim, and comfortable, and now has a great patio. Billy Ray’s Neighborhood Dive, 2216 NE MLK, 287-7254, 50 cents off drafts 4:30-7 pm daily Billy Ray’s great patio is equipped with free ping-pong and a new, non-crappy, all-weather table. […]
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Duck Into the Pub
The Gladstone Street Pub Makes Friends
Gladstone Street Pub 3737 SE Gladstone 775-3502 Only on rare occasions does a person want to drop $100 in a fancy restaurant where servers theatrically open bottles of expensive wine while ridiculously calling you ma’am or sir. Truth be told, I enjoy a good number of meals in bars or old people diners, eating iceberg […]
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Drinking the Cure
SIN Nights Do You Right
SIN night roundup I hope I don’t get fired for saying this, but working in the service industry totally sucks. Not only does it suck in the “is unpleasant” sense, but years behind the counter have effectively sucked away any of my affection for mankind as a whole. Eight hours of fake smiling at people […]
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Sloppy Science
Lagniappe’s BBQ Heats Up Alberta
It’s painful when you see a restaurant struggle and then die. You know it’s only a matter of time, but each day it’s like watching a mouse in a snake aquarium
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A Beer in the Sun
Go Outside and Drink!
Summer is the perfect time to tell your real life to go fuck itself. Days off from work should be spent tanning yourself at the river, surfing at the coast, pontooning around the lake, and of course, drinking. Once that five o’clock bell sounds, get yourself out to the local bar patio to soak up […]
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I Love Tacos
Por Qué No Speaks Spanglish
Por Que No 3524 N Mississippi 467-4149 Por Qué No, the new taqueria on Mississippi, is, at present, a yuppie joint. This isn’t really the fault of the restaurant or owner–they seem down to earth and the space is modest, comfortable, filled with fresh air, and looks like a small, well-kept restaurant in a Mexican […]
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Too Good To Share
Which Milkshake Brings the Boys to the Yard?
It is one of the universe’s greatest quandaries: Summertime is the season when we strip down to our Daisy Dukes and bare as many square inches of exposed flesh as possible. Yet it is also the season when we indulge in the fattiest of foods, from greasy bratwursts to one billion calorie milkshakes. Summertime is […]
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Japan via Beaverton
The Wonder of Uwajimaya
Uwajimaya Beaverton 10500 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy Beaverton, OR 97005 643-4512 www.uwajimaya.com Founded in 1928 by Japan-born Fujimatsu Moriguchi, Beaverton’s Asian super-supermarket Uwajimaya started humbly as a food cart in the Tacoma area, out of which Moriguchi sold fishcakes to Japanese loggers and fishermen. After the shameful articles of internment forced him and his family into […]
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A Shed Ahead
Alberta Cafe Is Blooming
Tin Shed Garden Cafe 1438 NE Alberta 288-6966 You can almost gauge the growth of Northeast Alberta on a daily basis. Each time you look, it seems like a new restaurant, coffee shop, or art gallery has opened its doors. But unlike some other parts of the city that have suffered from Borg-like gentrification, Alberta […]
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Sushi Sluts
Portland’s Sexy Sushi Spots
Bad sushi is like bad sex: It induces fear, confusion, discomfort, and disgust. Try putting an aged glob of sea urchin in your mouth and it doesn’t matter how tight the roll is or how sticky the rice (Are you following my vague sex analogy? No, me neither.), you’re going to gag and throw up […]
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Happy Hours
Did we skip your happy hour? Email katie@portlandmercury.com, and we’ll include it next time. Aura, 1022 W Burnside, 597-2872, Tues-Sat 4:30-6:30 pm daily, Tues-Thurs 10-close Skewers, chicken burgers, and shoestring fries are just $3. Bold-Sky Cafe, 3943 N Mississippi, 287-0154, $4 specialty cocktails, $2 micros, $3 wells, 4-6 pm daily This place has one of […]