Books Most new products are designed to fill a need, create a new market or just make something better. Aaron Draplin’s product is none of these things. It’s three staples, paper and cardboard with a    More

Food & Drink Today in bizarre publicity stunts: We realize the economy is in the shitter and Portland's restaurant industry is a little over-stuffed, but this attempt from downtown French bistro Brasserie Montmartre to bring in more customers on slow Tuesday nights seems a...curious choice for a classy joint flogging $22 steak frites. Cue the press release:Brasserie Montmartre is launching "Folie du Mardi" in ...   More

Food & Drink The Portland Business Journal reported yesterday that restaurant chain Yard House is planning to open a Portland location at Pioneer Place mall. As well as "classic rock," the restaurant claims to offer the "world's lar...   More

Food & Drink Today is the first day of PDX Beer Week, a new beer festival—because there just aren't enough in this city—celebrating Portland's craft beer community. The event will also host the premier of local filmmaker Alison Grayson's new documentary    More

Food Reviews & Stories Michael Madigan owns the best kitchen in Portland. It’s 3,200 square feet of gleaming stainless steel, filled with stoves, grills, mixers, slicers, smokers and fryers, manned day and night by a w   More

Bar Reviews I’m not cool enough to know what the current zeitgeist is, but I’m guessing Sweet Hereafter (3326 SE Belmont St.) has well and truly captured it. On a warm Friday evening, it was absolutely pack   More

Food & Drink New ice cream scoop shop Salt and Straw only opens its doors on Northeast Alberta Street today, but you've probably already heard about it.Since May 2011, the ice cream company—which has been operating a small cart on the same street for three months—has been featured on E...   More

Features On Monday, we asked readers to help us identify a gathering taking place in the Willamette River at Sellwood Riverfront Park last Friday at 4 pm.Although many wrote in to tell us how stupid we were for not knowing about    More

Food & Drink Seattle restaurant 5 Spot is apparently known for its regularly changing special menu. Its previous “Tornado Alley” themed menu copped plenty of flack for (figurative, at least) lack of taste.

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Arts & Books Today we got word that the latest edition of the Superman comic series is set in Portland. Comic books are usually Casey Jarman’s beat, but he’s busy so you're stuck with me. SPOILER ALERT: I will reveal what happens, so if you actually care, stop reading now and go do your homework. Please bear in mind that I have never read Superman comics before, and my entire knowledge of the general can...   More