Big’s Chicken is open! Y’all: I cannot understate my level of excitement that Big’s Chicken has reopened, mere blocks from its original NE Glisan location which burned down. They’d opened a Beaverton location in the meantime, but those perfectly crispy-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside jojos were no longer available in Portland proper. They’re back, along with that smoked […]
Clyde Common
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100 Portland Happy Hours: Downtown
Cassidy’s | 1331 SW Washington Unlike other downtown spots that claim to be open “late,” the posted hours at Cassidy’s promise service until 2 am, every damn night. When it’s after midnight and you’re feeling good (not great) and you need a burger and a $5.50 well drink—and want to be swaddled in dark wood […]
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The Cocktail Explorer’s Club
Local Drinks (and Drinkeries) You Have to Try
Break out of your cocktail comfort zone by trying these drinks.
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The Best Bars for Beer, Wine, and Cocktails in Portland
Welcome, traveler. Let’s toast your arrival with an alcoholic drink, which Portlanders love even more than coffee or weed. In the spirit of assimilation, here’s a visitor’s guide to drinking in Portland: BEER The Commons Brewery, 630 SE Belmont & Upright Brewing, 240 N Broadway If you’re not just here for our famously hoppy suds, […]
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Infusing Their Roots
Portland Chefs in American-Style Restaurants Are Returning to the Food of their Heritage
Two Portland chefs who are returning to their heritage.
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Where Can a Guy Get a Drink Around Here?
The Newcomers’ Guide to Booze in a Boozy Town
The newcomers’ guide to booze in a boozy town.
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The Foodie Sex Code
How Eating Out Predicts Eating Out
Cracking the foodie sex code!
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Warm Up II
Second Annual Winter Warmer Recipe List
Local bartenders provide hot booze recipes to promote winter fun.
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Service!
24 Hours Inside an Industry that Never Sleeps
One day, 24 hours: The Mercury takes a look at the people behind
your meal.
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Food News
Life in Cured Meats
Soon there will be no need to go to Seattle to get local artisan
salumi.
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Cooler Than You
Clyde Common Is All That (and More)
Sometimes a restaurant is so surrounded by hype that it can be difficult to experience the food itself. There are restaurants like John Gorham’s Toro Bravo, eagerly anticipated thanks to Gorham’s previous work with Viande and Simpatica, or Le Pigeon, which turned heads out of the gate with Chef Gabriel Rucker’s bold signature style—but in […]