SCOOP FUTURE DRINKING: Prost! owner Dan Hart is teaming up with Tasty n Sons and Toro Bravo chef John Gorham and prolific restaurant investment firm Chefstable (whose portfolio includes Ping, St. Jack, Gr   More

SCOOP FUN ON SANDY: With a capital T, that rhymes with P, that stands for...putt-putt? Polly Bangs, founder of the at-risk youth job-skills program Urban Opportunities, and Tres Shannon, co-owner of Vood   More

SCOOP HAYNES BOX OFFICE: Portland-based director Todd Haynes told WW last month that “the door seems to be open and the welcome mat is extended” for him to return to HBO after 21 Emmy nominations for    More

SCOOP SO LONG AND THANKS FOR THE PITAS: Portland is set to lose one of its most beloved food carts: Ziba’s Pitas is up for sale on Craigslist. “After 5 years of serving Portland I have decided to retir   More

SCOOP FUTURE DRINKING: The news from this week’s OLCC applications: Fire on the Mountain Buffalo Wings has applied for a brewing license for its new location on Northeast Fremont Street. >> Harveste   More

SCOOP FUTURE DRINKING: The owners of newish St. Johns restaurant Cathedral Park Kitchen have applied for a license to open a distillery, Pure Lush Spirits, in the same building. The infrequently updated bl   More

SCOOP IT’S OK WITH US: Looks like director Azazel Jacobs has caught the Portland bug. After filming Terri, written by Portland novelist Patrick deWitt, he’s collaborating with deWitt on a second screen   More

SCOOP I AM THE CHEESE: Portland’s own Steve Jones is officially the best cheesemonger in the world. Now, devotees of Jones’ Cheese Bar already knew this. But it’s nice to have it confirmed at the seco   More

SCOOP IRON CURDS: Cheese Bar owner Steve Jones is preparing to battle the world’s foremost fromage-heads at the second annual Cheesemonger Invitational this Friday in Long Island City, N.Y. As the lone Or   More

SCOOP MY SADDLE’S WAITING, COME AND JUMP ON IT: Dig A Pony, the bar set to replace the old Niki’s Restaurant at the east end of the Morrison Bridge, is starting to look like a thoroughbred. Co-owner Aar   More