News Before President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage last week, he had been talking with Terry Bean about the issue for four years. Bean, a Portland real-estate broke More
The 10-Year Engagement
President Obama has “evolved” to support gay marriage. Oregon isn’t there yet.
News Before President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage last week, he had been talking with Terry Bean about the issue for four years. Bean, a Portland real-estate broke More
Pok Pok Ny Has the World's Most Adorable Back Porch
Food & Drink When last we checked in with Andy Ricker's expanding Thai food empire, he had unleashed Pok Pok Wing on New York City's Lower East Side, but was a little unsure when he'd open full-menu restaurant Pok Pok Ny in Red Hook.
Well, it opened. And, judging from this More
For Jefferson Smith, a Pause Before Celebrating
News State Rep. Jefferson Smith received two phone calls from businesswoman Eileen Brady tonight.
Smith had been holding steady in second place in the mayor's race as election results rolled in. That guaranteed him a spot in the runoff against Charlie Hales this November. It wasn't clear what Brady, who lagged well behind Smith, would do.
Smith arrived late at his party at the Bossanova Ballr... More
Brew Views: Casa de Mi Padre
Y tu caca tambien.
Brew Views The best joke of Casa de Mi Padre is that it exists at all. Nearly entirely in Spanish, with Will Ferrell playing a Mexican ranching heir alongside Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, the film is More
Brew Views: The Maltese Falcon
It’s bad business.
Brew Views Let’s all take a moment to thank George Raft for The Maltese Falcon. Sure, he’s not actually in it—that’s why we’re grateful. The blank chorus boy with the tough-guy mug made a second ca More
Novick Unchained
The City Council candidate is riding such a groundswell of support, he feels he can voice any idea. He has a lot of them.
Elections On the night he lost his race for U.S. Senate in 2008, Steve Novick gave one of the more extraordinary concession speeches...
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Railroad Company Fined $37,500 for Not Being Careful Enough With Superfund Dirt
News Even after a cleanup, soil along the Portland Harbor is the contaminated gift that keeps on giving.The BNSF Railway Company agreed yesterday to pay the Environmental Protection Agency a $37,500 fine for illegally storing and transporting three truckloads of dirt it dug up from the edge of the McCormick & Baxter Superfund site.
The soil was polluted with pentachlorophenol, a pesticide used ... More
Anomalous House
Whit Stillman goes back to school with Damsels in Distress.
Movie Reviews & Stories So many peculiar and archaic sights in Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress, yet I keep thinking about the artichokes. They sit steaming in a kitchen pot as a trio of undergraduates at Seven Oaks More
Chicken Strip Club
Two medical-marijuana rappers are making their chicken and waffles into the best soul food on MLK.
Food Reviews & Stories Waffles are arguably the least interesting of J. Mack’s projects. Born James McClendon in 1967... More
Does New Seasons Market Sell a $4 Tomato?
We dice up this City Hall campaign rumor.
News At last week's Candidates Gone Wild, Jefferson Smith threw a tomato at Eileen Brady.
During a forum on equity, Smith referred to "the parts of town where you can't buy a $4 tomato"—a not-especially-veiled reference to New Seasons Market, the supermarket chain at the center of Brady's business resume.
Charlie Hales piled on later in the show, accompanying his "talent" of paving a po... More
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Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer? Jacked Up
Ehren Mcghehey is Portland’s resident Jackass. (Now Injured In 3-D!)
The aggressive dork CEOs spearheading Portland’s startup scene. Children Of A Higher God
The members of the Santo Daime church fought for the right to drink hallucinogenic tea. And they’re serving it to kids. Mock Star
Carrie Brownstein is making fun of you. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Notes From the Occupation
48 hours inside Occupy Portland. Professor Xbox
Tom Bissell is Portland's finest writer. Why is he spending his time on video games and bad movies? Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket. Voodoo Child
Doughnut kingpin Tres Shannon wants to make the whole city his fun park. Thai Hard
Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer? Jacked Up
Ehren Mcghehey is Portland’s resident Jackass. (Now Injured In 3-D!)
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