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The Wurst: Sausage Party


Bar Reviews
The high-def version of Big Buck Hunter looks nothing like the primitive arcade cabinet I remember from the rural America of my younger years. The deer flash vivid terror in their big brown eyes   More
 
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

El Diablito


Food Cart Reviews
Demographic shifts have profoundly altered the Alphabet District lunch crowd. In the last few months, redevelopment of Slabtown warehouses has brought the neighborhood a hungry and frugal blue-col   More
 
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Japandroids: Tuesday, Nov. 13

Cool rockin’ daddies born in the B.C., eh.


Music Stories
[BUDDY ROCK] Japandroids had the breakup talk. After three rough years booking their own little shows in Vancouver, B.C., the exuberant power duo was planning to call it quits, self-releasing its    More
 
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Paley’s Other Place

Imperial is plenty ambitious, but not quite ready to rule.


Food Reviews & Stories
Vitaly Paley makes a mean stack of flapjacks. Although he has operated Paley’s Place in the Alphabet District since 1995, we’re only now learning about his pancake prowess thanks to the breakf   More
 
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Oswego Lake Lawsuit Now in State Court

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

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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
 

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