Restaurant Guide Now that the hype has died down, food carts have settled into the Portland landscape. We could just name our top five carts, but they’re notoriously bad at keeping to their posted hours, and s   More

Features Each week our culture scientists rank their 10 favorite things in the universe. The resulting list is infallible. The list is perfect. If you don't agree with the list, you are wrong. Some items may stay atop the list for weeks, others may only make a brief appearance. Some items are Portland-centric, but only because Portland is at the center of the universe. Please do not write to us, ask...   More

Music In this week's edition of Willamette Week, we reported that legendary African percussionist and longtime Portland resident Obo Addy—who passed away yesterday at age 76—was in the final s...   More

Featured Stories Best Act of Grief The (young) Beastie Boys. When Beastie Boy Adam Yauch—aka MCA—died in May, it surprised Portland dad James Winters just how much the loss hurt him. “It lite   More

Featured Stories Best Off-The-Rails Office So your tech company works out of a refurbished factory with sky-high ceilings, polished concrete and an XBOX 360? Urban Airship and Emma ain’t got nothing on Cascade    More

Featured Stories Best Fantasy Espresso Machine How do you make a coffee shop stand out in a city full of them? Connect it to a motorcycle shop. Even better: custom-paint your espresso machine to resemble the colo   More

Featured Stories Best Poor Man’s Las Vegas Though best known for ugly shopping centers, house boats and one of the Portland area’s three Hooters franchises, Jantzen Beach is also home to a delightful string o   More

Featured Stories Best National Printing Distributor “Oh! We have one of those in Georgia,” said a young intern at the Portland Garment Factory, when I mentioned I was about to visit a letterpress workshop hou   More

Featured Stories Best Metalhead Bowler In bowling circles, unnecessary celebrating after getting a strike or nailing that elusive 7-10 split is known as “slapping off.” It’s not something Ryan Losli allows    More

Featured Stories Best Automotive Artist When Rev. C.E. Linville noticed people praying outside his 1987 Toyota Tercell, he assumed they were worshipping false idols. Turns out, they were actually praying for his    More