Food Reviews & Stories This unassuming lunch spot at the corner of Southwest 4th Avenue and Washington Street will have your food ready for you before your back is turned—literally. The portions are huge, as are the light, chewy pitas (50 cents), which have more in common with naan than the cardboardy stuff we&rsquo   More

Food Reviews & Stories One-handed consumption makes the Dutch taco (waffle “taco” with fillings) the most convenient brunch experience in town. Banish your hangover with sausage patties and maple syrup ($4.50), or get a gooey lunch with the ham and cheese ($4). Like all things, the wafflaco can be taken too fa   More

Food Reviews & Stories It’s hard to find a better deal than this ramshackle cart’s five-course lunch special ($5.50), known to regulars as “the big-big.” A huge container of three vegetarian entrees, rice and naan is in your hands before you finish saying the magic words. While it’s not exqui   More

Food Reviews & Stories Stumptown and Quiznos had an illegitimate bastard child, and we mean that in the nicest way possible. Perfectly sized sandwiches ($6-$8) come with a side salad and your choice of baguette or toasted ciabatta. Savor your Stumptown coffee as you chitchat with your cubicle mate over the soup of the day   More

Food Reviews & Stories One-handed consumption makes the Dutch taco (waffle “taco” with fillings) the most convenient brunch experience in town. Banish your hangover with sausage patties and maple syrup ($4.50), or get a gooey lunch with the ham and cheese ($4). Like all things, the wafflaco can be taken too fa   More

Headout To us, every day is pie day. Mmm, pie. For the math nerds who calculate among us, the celebration of Pi Day (named for the irrational number 3.14159265…) must wait until March 14 (3.14, get it? ...   More

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Say what you will about incendiary Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist and reporter Thomas Friedman: It takes some serious chutzpah to stand in front of a packed house of Portlanders and tell them that all of their green activis...   More

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Nigel the Llama, this is everyone. Everyone, meet Nigel, a friendly pack llama from Wallowa Llamas, undoubtedly the most melodic company name that I've ever heard. Nigel will be greeting visitors to the Portland REI...   More

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How does an eco-conscious fashionista reconcile her love of clothes with her love for the planet? Is it reeeeally necessary to eschew conspicuous consumption and strip old tires for shoe leather, darn your old Carhatts with used dental floss?    More

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This is not your grandpappy's snowshoe competition. This Sunday, March 8, nationally ranked snowshoe athletes from all over the country will be arriving on the flanks of Mount Hood to compete for twenty-one spots on the U.S. Natio...   More