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Bushwacker Cider: In Ciders


Bar Reviews
You have to respect the purity of purpose at Bushwacker Cider (1212 SE Powell Blvd., Suite D, 445-0577, bushwhackercider.com). It would be easy to broaden the comfortable, vaguely English pub’s    More
 
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR

Drank: Sahalie (The Ale Apothecary)


Drank
No matter how crafty they are, modern industrial-scale breweries can’t do things the old-fashioned way. The recipe and ingredients can match a 500-year-old Belgian formula, but when working wi   More
 
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR

Primer: Ben Folds Five


Music Stories
Formed: 1993 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Ended Sept. 11, 2001, the day leader Ben Folds’ first serious solo record, Rockin’ the Suburbs, came out. Re-formed a decade later to record a few songs. Folds,   More
 
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR

Ava-Garde

A user’s guide to Duane Sorenson’s offbeat Italian joint.


Food Reviews & Stories
Why was my beer coming in bottles? Tap handles hang behind the bar at Ava Gene’s, the new Italian restaurant from coffee kingpin Duane Sorenson, and the tables   More
 
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR

Red Wanting Blue: Thursday and Sunday, Jan. 24, 27

After 15 years on the Midwestern college circuit, Ohio’s consummate bar-rock band arrives in Oregon.


Music Stories
[COLLEGE ROCK] If you attended college anywhere between Buffalo and Chicago in the last decade, you need no introduction to Red Wanting Blue. Founded when Tupac was still alive and Bob Dole wa   More
 
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR

Queen of Crust


Food Reviews & Stories
The eternal question: dessert or the check? In Portland, you’re usually better off with the check. Our town’s eateries can rarely afford a dedicated pastry chef, so even meals at excellent res   More
 
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR

Winter Guide 2013: The Nearest Mountain

Our mountain-bike scene sorta sucks. The Lumberyard helps.


Featured Stories
People move to Portland with high expectations for all things outdoors. Ask Will Heiberg. A decade ago, Heiberg, now 44, moved here from Washington, D.C., expecting the best of Western life. Mostl   More
 
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR

The Lumberyard: Do the Brew


Bar Reviews
If you’re not riding or chaperoning, the best time to show up at the bar inside The Lumberyard (2700 NE 82nd Ave., 252-2453, lumberyardmtb.com) is about 8:15 pm on a Tuesday. That’s when riders    More
 
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR

Blue Star Donuts


Food Reviews & Stories
Fried chicken with fancy doughnuts is, apparently, a thing. The combination has taken the East Coast by storm, with four such shops announced in Washington, D.C., alone. But, as best as I can    More
 
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR

Beer: Hit the Lites


Bar Reviews
No one was expecting Lauren to show up at Beer (1410 SE Stark St., 233-2337, facebook.com/BeerPortland). Sure, on paper, Beer is just a generically named bar with $2.50 Miller Lites next to a shop   More
 
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 MARTIN CIZMAR
 

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