Jones’s 1621 SE Bybee 239-5796 Maybe it’s because of my propensity to get horribly lost in Sellwood, but I always imagine it to be about 50 miles away–a far, remote, small town version of Portland located somewhere on the outskirts of Salem. Truthfully, though, if you have a sense of direction and drive to Sellwood […]
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820 Lounge, 820 N Russell, $5 specialty cocktails, amazing happy hour food Mon-Sat 4-6:30 Don’t miss the $6 lamb burger, $5 calamari, $4 spicy Caesar salad, or $2.50 sweet potato fries. Acapulco, 10566 SE Washington, 257-0567, $3.75 margaritas, $2.75 Cuervo shots or mixed drinks, $1 tacos, half price apps, $3.99 HUGE fiesta platter Mon-Fri 4-7 […]
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V Is For Victory
Veganopolis Will Win You Over
Veganopolis 412 SW 4th 226-3400 Traditionally, I hate vegan food. I don’t like vegan soup or vegan casseroles or vegan fake meat or vegan desserts. Vegan to me means flavorless, and more importantly, wussy. (Cue Portland’s vegan community getting their vegan panties in a bunch.) That said, I find myself eating Veganopolis at least once […]
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New Old Lompoc, 1616 NW 23rd, 225-1855, $2.50 Lompoc pints, $1 off mixed drinks 4-7 pm Mon-Fri; $2 Lompoc pints all Mon; $2.50 Lompoc all Sat & Sun, $2 Bloody Marys all day Sunday Great bar food, patio, and Mercury Trivia on Tuesdays. No Fish Go Fish, 3962 SE Hawthorne, 235-5378, $2 well and beer […]
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Inventing the Media Bar
Portland Needs More Than Sports
Sports bars: What a waste. Filled with television screens and hi-def satellite feeds, but focused on trivial entertainment–their potential to educate and enlighten the public is squandered on mindless sporting contests. If you want anything other than sports, it’s hit-and-miss out there. Maybe your neighborhood joint shows The Simpsons or throws an Academy Awards party. […]
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Aura, 1022 W Burnside St, 597-2872, $4 well and $3 menu, 4:30-6 pm Wed-Sun Club-like atmosphere with dive bar prices. Crow Bar, 3954 N. Mississippi, 280-7099, $1.50 PBR, $2.50 micros, 3-8 pm everyday Good nibbles. Abundance of hot hipsters too introverted to talk to you. Gypsy, 625 NW 21st, 796-1859, $2 well drinks and cheap […]
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All In the Family
Keep Portland Restaurants Local
Mama Mia Trattoria 439 SW 2nd 295-6464 With chain restaurants like the Macaroni Grill and P.F. Chang’s taking up prime real estate in the heart of Portland, it’s natural to fear that over time, the city will surrender its soul. I dread the day when I tour downtown again after years of living abroad, only […]
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Basta’s, 410 NW 21st, 274-1572, $3 food & cocktails, 5-6 pm Mon-Fri Fancy apps and drinks, bitchin’ mod lounge. Kelly’s Olympian, 426 SW Washington, 228-3669, $2.75 wells & micros, 4-7 pm daily Drinks with precariously suspended motorcycles over your head. Low-Brow Lounge, 1036 NW Hoyt, 226-0200, $1 off domestics, wells, 5-7 every day (closed Sun) […]
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Taste the World
Portland’s International Groceries
Are you sick to death of buying the same cart of groceries at Fred Meyer every other week? Well, bust out of that rut and find something new to eat at one of these great international grocery stores. Impress your lover with a meal of New Zealand lamb chops or rock that kitchen with a […]
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Basement Pub, 1028 SE 12th, 231-6068, $3.25 micros & $1.75 PBR Monday all night. Same special 3-8 pm the rest of the week Tasty dollar plates of food go great with huge glasses of beer, a pack of cigarettes, and a mellow crowd. Bridgeport Ale House, 3632 SE Hawthorne, 233-6540, happy hour food Mon-Fri 3-6 […]
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High-Falutin’
ArtBar Takes Center Stage
ArtBar & Bistro SW Broadway & Main, inside the PCPA Building 432-2905 With its towering ceilings and expensive ticket prices, the Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA) exudes an intimidating odor of wealth and power, which means unless you’re attending a performance, you have little reason to drop by for the sole purpose of […]
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Built Ford Tough
A Hearty Sandwich Haven
Ford’s on 5th 121 NW 5th 226-2828 First, let me say thanks to the proactive reader who phoned in to tell me about the fantastic steak sandwich he had for lunch at Ford’s (I am, after all, a beef-loving heathen). Second, I’d like to thank Ford’s for choosing to stay open until 3 am on […]