Yellow Bellies
Which local mustards pass muster?
Food Reviews & Stories Most shelves at the Made in Oregon store are stocked with the obvious: Jams made from native berries, our famous wines and cheeses, the blankets our pioneers traded to indigenous people before s ... More
May 15, 2013 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR
Ries Above
Testing 11 grocery-store-bought Oregon rieslings.
Drank Oregon rieslings are not like German rieslings. Grown in the cool climates along the Rhine river, traditional German rieslings are sweet and fruity. Though the Willamette Valley is also known fo ... More
May 15, 2013 12:01 am by KAITIE TODD
Drank: Lila (Hair of the Dog)
Drank Old dogs are notoriously reluctant to perform new tricks. So someone give Hair of the Dog brewmaster Alan Sprints a good belly scratching for his new Lila Maibock. Sprints’ brewery will celebr ... More
May 15, 2013 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR
Pickin’ Apples
A massive blind taste test of Portland-area apple ciders.
Drank Like the national census or U2’s popularity, a cider boom recurs about once a decade. We’re nearing the crest of a wave right now, according to Wandering Aengus co-owner James Kohn. “The n ... More
May 8, 2013 12:01 am by ENID SPITZ
Via Chicago
Food Reviews & Stories It’s been seven years since I lived in Chicago, where I attended college, drinking too much Midwestern beer and cramming as much of the city’s famous stuffed pizza into my maw as my student bu ... More
May 8, 2013 12:01 am by ANDREA DAMEWOOD
Cardinal Club: Direction Unknown
Bar Reviews While the world around it bathed in filthy lucre, now-defunct dive bar Chin Yen was a dimly lit, dirt-cheap holdout of turpentine drinks and oil-slick Chinese food, home to old men who fought th ... More
May 8, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Way Off-Key
Quartet tries to bring true fine dining to Portland.
Food Reviews & Stories In this unicorns-and-rainbows town, all the food carts are fabulous, and free-spirited chefs never fail to deliver mealtime magic on the cheap. Sycophants cheer the indie scene with the shrill fer ... More
May 1, 2013 12:01 am by MICHAEL C. ZUSMAN
Rigoberto’s
Food Reviews & Stories Rigoberto comes from a family that is large and well known, if not especially prestigious. Sitting snugly against a tire shop across from Grocery Outlet on Highway 99E in Milwaukie, Rigoberto’ ... More
May 1, 2013 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR
Drank: El Cuatro (The Ale Apothecary)
Drank The Ale Apothecary’s Paul Arney revels in making concoctions that are tough to wrap your head around. The former Deschutes brewer, who now works alone in a small barn outside Bend, outdid hims ... More
May 1, 2013 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR
Lil’ Cooperstown: Hey There, Sport
Bar Reviews For what is ostensibly a sports bar, Lil’ Cooperstown (1831 SW River Drive, 719-5394, lilcooperstown.com) sure has a large and eccentric cocktail list. Along with bottled Michelob Ultra ($3.50) ... More
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Bar Guide 2013: Editor's Note
Bar Guide 2013 After long marches through Portland’s bars, pubs, lounges, taverns and brewpubs, we’ve come to believe that bars age a lot like the wine or whiskey served at them. Only a few are at their ve ... More
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Bar of the Year 2013: Victory Bar
Bar Guide 2013 Rare that a name is as felicitous as Victory Bar’s. Willamette Week’s first-ever Bar of the Year isn’t shiny or new or even particularly fashionable. It’s just a goddamn winner. The bar came ... More
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Bar of the Year 2013 Runner Up No. 1: Hale Pele
Bar Guide 2013 There’s never been anything quite like Hale Pele in Portland. Tiki bars are, of course, nothing new here. This town has long had respectable versions of the Singapore Sling-slinging Polyn ... More
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Bar of the Year 2013 Runner Up No. 2: Blue Diamond
Bar Guide 2013 It’s 9:30 on a Monday night at Blue Diamond, and a band called Sumo is playing War’s “Spill the Wine” for a couple dozen regulars. A pretty brunette swing dances with a guy who’s old e ... More
Apr 24, 2013 12:01 am by CASEY JARMAN.nal.jpg)
Bar Guide 2013: Listings A-Z
Bar Guide 2013 4-4-2 1739 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 238-3693, 442soccerbar.com. 11 am-10 pm Monday, 11 am-11 pm Tuesday-Thursday, 11 am-midnight Friday, 7 am-midnight Saturday, 8 am-10 pm Sunday. When 4-4-2 opened i ... More
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Bar Guide 2013: Listings by Type
Bar Guide 2013 COCKTAIL BARSBarwares4605 NE Fremont St., 971-229-0995, smallwarespdx.com. 5 pm-1 am daily.Barwares exists only because of an architectural fluke. Chef Johanna Ware’s Asian-leaning restaurant, ... More
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Bar Guide 2013: Five Bar Crawls
Bar Guide 2013 North Bar Crawl Red Fox 5128 N Albina Ave., 282-2934, redfoxpdx.com. 3 pm-1:30 am daily. Happy hour: Food specials and $1 off beer and well 3-6 pm daily. Happy hour at Red Fox starts at 3 pm. Thi ... More
Apr 24, 2013 12:01 am by WW Culture Staff
Bar Guide 2013: It’s Always Happy Hour Somewhere
Bar Guide 2013 7 am $1.99 for two eggs, hash browns and toast at the Cheerful Tortoise, 1939 SW 6th Ave., 224-3377. 8 am $2.75 well drinks at the The Commodore (pg. 34). 9 am $2 for two eac ... More
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Bar Guide 2013: Five by Five
The Drunken List of Lists
Bar Guide 2013 Taverns Dubiously Tavernous The Woodsman Tavern 4537 SE Division St., 971-373-8264, woodsmantavern.com Is calling a swanky place a tavern good for business? The minimal drinking snacks are a cute ... More
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Bar Guide 2013: Old Town Drag
Where nobody knows your name.
Bar Guide 2013 “Best-looking women in Portland!” says the man in the street. He wasn’t talking about anyone nearby: He was making an offer. Promising immediate access to “40 of Portland’s hottest women, ... More
Apr 24, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW KORFHAGE
In a Neat Little Roe
Former Fin chef Trent Pierce works wonders in Wafu’s back room.
Food Reviews & Stories Going to Roe is a bit like passing into the Egyptian afterlife. Before you reach its peaceful space, you must first pass through the land of wish fulfillment—in this case, the lively food tunn ... More
Apr 24, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Chez Dodo
Food Cart Reviews You don’t have to know where Mauritius (moh-RISH-us) is to delight in cilantro chutney-embellished vegetarian samosas ($5) at Chez Dodo. Once you pinpoint the tiny island nation in the Indian Oc ... More
Apr 24, 2013 12:01 am by ENID SPITZ
Nargila Garden: Castle Keeper
Bar Reviews It’s pouring rain early on Saturday evening, and most vassals operating at the Green Castle food-cart pod have decided to flee the fields early. But Ian Griffonwyd of Nargila Garden hookah cart ... More
Apr 24, 2013 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR
Drank: Espelette (Agrarian Ales)
Drank Chili peppers—25 varieties of them—were once the top crop at the Tilley family’s 25-acre farm in Eugene. Hops now get more attention from Ben and Nate Tilley, but they haven’t plowed the peppe ... More
Apr 24, 2013 12:01 am by BRIAN YAEGER
Keeping it Kosher
Five local rabbis pick Portland’s best bagel.
Food Reviews & Stories Five out of five rabbis agree: Portland is still suffering from the closure of Kettleman Bagel Company. Despite the efforts of many who have stepped up to fill the bagel-shaped void, nothing has b ... More
Apr 17, 2013 12:01 am by ENID SPITZ
The Tannery Bar: Go to the Mountain
Bar Reviews The Tannery Bar (5425 E Burnside St., 236-3610) is the location’s former business, Skin & Bones, stripped of fat and cured in alcohol. The tiny room consists of a one-plank bar, a pair of ... More
Apr 17, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Drank: Hop Project (10 Barrel Brewing)
Drank Is IPA the new Amber? Though still the top-selling style of craft beer in Oregon, lately it’s seemed as though brewers have exhausted every possible permutation of suitable hops and malts. For ... More
Apr 17, 2013 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR
