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100 Portland Happy Hours: Southeast

March 28, 2019 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:39 pm

Aalto Lounge | 3356 SE Belmont For two hours every day at Aalto Lounge, you’ll find a mini-collection of cocktails at an unbelievably low $3, from a Serrano-infused vodka concoction called the Slow Burn to “grown-up Jell-O shots.” Perhaps even better is a rotating selection of wine available by the bottle for just $10! If […]

Food and Drink

Soviet Bloc: The New Kachka and Kachinka Expand Portland’s Russian Empire

Andrea DamewoodSeptember 27, 2018 4:00 amAugust 22, 2022 7:47 pm

Kachka exploded onto the national food scene in 2014, totally revolutionizing what Portlanders thought Russian food could be. The restaurant’s Herring Under a Fur Coat—vibrant beets atop pickled herring, peas, potatoes, onions, carrots, egg, and mayo—inarguably ranks among the the city’s most iconic plates. Four years and untold barrels of horseradish vodka later, owners Bonnie […]

Food and Drink

Portland’s Best Restaurants You Just Have to Try

Andrea DamewoodJune 4, 2018 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:42 pm

Hey visitors! Betcha you worked up an appetite, now that you’ve flashed a peace sign in front of Multnomah Falls, got lost in Powell’s, and stood in line at Voodoo Doughnuts! So let’s get down to the real reason you’re here: To eat. Portland’s built its reputation on the basic rules of super-seasonal fare at […]