Food Reviews & Stories When people say Portland is one of the most European of American cities, they're usually talking about bicycles and public art, but the city's multiplying Euro-style bakeries and cafes make that label ...   More

News Trader Joe's may not be local, but their weird brand of budget-ethnic-gourmet-convenience foods appeals so strongly to broke, busy, worldly Portlanders that it seems to have singlehandedly created a new way of shopping, cooking and eating around here.

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Is inner Powell slated to be Portland's new nightlife hub? OK, it takes a little stretch of the imagination. But restaurateur Rafael Rodriguez, former manager of Sandoval's and E-San Thai Cuisine, hopes to lure out-on-th...   More

Food Reviews & Stories The name "Leaky Roof" brings to mind dampness and disrepair, but this tiny restaurant tucked away in Goose Hollow is anything but, with warm wood floors, candles and a wood-burning stove heating up th ...   More

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News “Charity dinner” tends to evoke an image of stodgy geezers in tuxedos being fake to one another over expensive champagne. But at Cooking with the Choreographers, a $125-per-head benefit dinner/cooking class for White Bird Dance with renowned Spanish flamenco a...   More

News If there's one thing Portland needs less than another coffee shop, it would have to be a packaged, pre-made espresso product that doesn't taste as good as the real thing. This obvious fact didn't deter Portland-based Stomping Grounds Beverage Company, who has created just such a thing. And it didn't deter us f...   More

News Beloved natural junk food company Kettle Foods unveils its latest batch of “People's Choice” potato chip flavor candidates, amounting to a disturbingly accurate representation of Southwest 5th Avenue's food court row—the only thing missing is the burrito chip. It's sort of like a global-fusio...   More

Food Reviews & Stories July 5th, 2006] Obvious choices for a cafe in a converted drugstore might have been a Johnny Rockets-style fake-retro affair or an ironically medicine-themed hipster joint where your espresso comes in a urine-sample jar. More relieving than prescription-strength ibuprofen, the Nob Hill Old Pharmacy    More

Food Reviews & Stories July 19th, 2006] A little, midcentury cinderblock box in inner Southeast Portland is gradually moving up in the world. Once a '70s truck stop, then an indie-rock-ish bar, the space currently known as Acme is now home to Portland culinary scenesters Kevin Dorney, Jon Beeaker and Marcus Ginther, who h   More