Oswego Lake Lawsuit Now in State Court

The State of Oregon is now being sued along with the City of Lake Oswego

News The fight for public access to Oswego Lake has changed venues.

A lawsuit seeking to open Oswego Lake to the public tossed from federal court earlier this month was re-filed in Clackamas County Circuit Court earlier this week.
As with the federal lawsuit, plaintiffs Mark Kra...   More

 

Friday, November 2, 2012 by MARTIN CIZMAR

Shut Up, Lardo

A bun-based battle of rival Southeast sandwich shops.

Food Reviews & Stories Yo! Asshole! Youse can plainly see I’m eatin’ at dis sandwich shop. And youse gonna eat at d’otha sandwich shop? In South Philly, where partisans yell insults across the street as they line    More

 

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Headout: Officil Romney Ballot

Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose!

Headout My fellow Republicans, In recent days your normally truthworthy postman (I suppose the liberals would have us say postperson!) may have delivered a letter labeled “Official Election Ballot   More

 

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Those Crafty Canadians

Be proud of Vancouver, B.C.’s Portland-themed restaurant.

Food Reviews & Stories Cameron Forsyth has never lived in Portland. This did not stop him from opening a Portland-centric restaurant in his native Canada. Yes, our city has a culinary embassy in Vancouver, B.C. The    More

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Headout: [citation needed]

Squabbles from Wikipedia settled by Willamette Week, a reliable, published source.

Headout The first encyclopedia was written by Pliny the Elder. The Roman statesman died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which...   More

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Drank: Wandelpad (Block 15 Brewery)

Drank Block 15 makes beer for the trading scene. The Corvallis brewery specializes in the unusual, cellar-ready and limited, building a fan base with open-fermented, wine barrel-aged brews made with gol   More

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Prickly Ash

Food Cart Reviews What’s roujiamo supposed to taste like? Honestly, I have no idea. Prickly Ash’s version of the flatbread sandwich, China’s answer to the hamburger, is the only version I’ve had. The Miss   More

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Restaurant Guide 2012: Smallwares, Restaurant of the Year Runner-Up

Restaurant Guide Life on the food frontier can be rugged and lonely. Ask Johanna Ware. As a child in Chicago, Ware remembers the quizzical reaction to the “crazy lunches” packed by a mother “who cooked her w   More

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Creeper Crawl: Butteville Manor

Small-town scares in Donald, Ore.

Features Who's the weird old person hanging around the packs of high school kids at Portland-area haunted houses? The one who reeks of good coffee and cheap gin? Yeah, that’s a Willamette Week writer out reviewing local haunts for Creeper Crawl 2012.
Butt...   More

 

Monday, October 22, 2012 by MARTIN CIZMAR

Melt With You

Grilling the goods at Xico

Food Reviews & Stories Oaxaca is famous for inventing one of the world’s great cheeses. If you know how to pronounce the name of the southern Mexican state (wah-hah-ka) but not Xochitl or Tlaxcala, you probably owe    More

 

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR