Of all the classic cocktails, the old fashioned is clearly God’s favorite. Built with bourbon or rye, sweetened with a muddled sugar cube or simple syrup, dashed with bitters, and topped with a twist of orange or lemon peel, the old fashioned is a decadent, dark treat that tastes like dessert and automatically grants the […]
Palomar
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100 Portland Happy Hours: Southeast
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 […]
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Palomar: Now with Food That Lives Up to the Cocktails
Being pleasantly surprised on a second or third visit to a place might be more satisfying than being pleasantly surprised from the get-go. Last week, with a small group of friends, I had dinner at Palomar, award-winning bartender Ricky Gomez’s slick Cuban cocktail factory on Southeast Division. Most of us had been before, so we […]
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A Black-and-White World
Venturing into Gilbert Hernandez’s Childhood
Venturing into childhood with the very adult Gilbert Hernandez.