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Portland Mercado
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Our Five Favorite Bites at the Unbeatable Portland Mercado
The bright pop of pinks, yellows, and oranges of the Portland Mercado makes me smile anytime I’m on Southeast Foster. Just past its fourth anniversary, this nonprofit Latinx cultural center and small business incubator is where you’ll find Portlanders of all stripes sipping aguas frescas and jockeying for open table space. It hasn’t been there […]
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Shop and Sip: Grocery Store Bars
The Arbor Lodge New Seasons, my go-to grocery store, recently opened an evening beer-and-wine bar in its dining area. This adds to its already perplexing program of live music and DJs, an unnecessary move to introduce more passive bodies to its already famously cramped floor plans. It’s one of those touches of well-meaning chaos that […]
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Talking Tepache, Modelo, and Community with Ben Citalán of Barrio
Portland Mercado’s Barrio bar brings Latin American beer traditions to Portland.
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Shop Local Presents: Employees’ Picks! Part TWO
Portland’s Most Interesting Employees Share Their Favorite Spots to Shop Locally
Portland’s best employees share their secret “shop local” spots!
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Portland Tourist Attractions Even the Locals Love
Portland tourist attractions even the locals love
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Skin Is In
From Chicken Skins to Chicharrones, Here’s the Best Places to Get Your Skin Fix
From chicken skins to chicharrones, here’s the best places to get your skin fix
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To Have and to Hold (A Local Wedding)
What a Food Critic Serves Up to Her Guests
What a food critic serves up to her wedding guests.
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Surplus Stores
The City Doesn’t Have a Ton of Money for Housing. But It’s Got Property.
The city doesn’t have a ton of money for affordable housing. But it’s got property.
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Supermercado Sweep!
Digging Deep into the New Portland Mercado
We combed through the new Portland Mercado to find its very best.