Special Section Willamette Week's 2nd Annual EAT MOBILE: PORTLAND'S FOOD CART FESTIVAL Here's your chance to celebrate Portland's street-food scene and sample dishes from some of Willamette Week's favorite ...   More

Special Section Well, this one’s a no-brainer. Of all our annual guides to restaurants, bars, shopping and so on, could any possibly be more appropriate right now than a directory of our favorite places to eat ...   More

Special Section Bacon, Egg and Cheese Sandwich: $5 Bacon, maybe the best you’ve ever tasted; one egg; great cheese; a perfect poppyseed hard roll. The signature breakfast sandwich at Bunk Sandwiches is basica ...   More

Special Section OK, I know what you’re thinking: A shopping guide? Now? Is it really a good time to encourage people to spend money? Hell yes it is. Sure, with new layoffs announced every day, the temptation to ...   More

Special Section Recession Buster Bash[TUNES, THREADS AND FRIED EGGS] WW celebrates its mondo deals at 9 pm this Thursday, Jan. 29, with a Recession Buster Bash/Bender Listening Party at Slabtown. Enjoy music from the ...   More

Special Section House Spirits Distillery: Free tastings of House Spirits’ vodka, gin, aquavit and more 11 am-4 pm Saturdays. Free tours of the distillery at noon and 4 pm Saturdays. Email tours@housespirits.com ...   More

Special Section Grow For Me[DIY] Portland’s Office of Sustainability is offering a new and vastly expanded bunch of classes in 2009 on everything from cheesemaking to chickens to growing edibles in containers. ...   More

Special Section Great Outdoors[SPORTS] Tell the rugged folk at US Outdoor Store, “Willy sent me,” and nab an extra 10 percent off any single item except surfboards. US Outdoor Store, 219 SW Broadway, 223- ...   More

Special Section Say tease[BIG ’80S HAIR] Thank you, thank you to Ginger Salon owner Deanna Everson for this sentence: “If someone acts out the boombox scene from Say Anything outside my suite window, they ...   More

Special Section USA! USA![DRINKS] Bring a tacky souvenir from any U.S. state to 50 Plates, the Pearl’s finest American regional diner, and get killer cocktails at happy-hour prices ($6) all day. 333 NW 13th Ave ...   More