Willamette Week - http://www.wweek.com/portland/articles.sec-1421-1-.html Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT+7 en hourly 1 Oregon’s 10 Best Beers - 2011’s finest brews from Portland and the rest of the state. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18588-oregon%E2%80%99s_10_best_beers_2011%E2%80%99s_finest_brews_from_portland_and_the_rest_of_the_state.html Oregon makes—and drinks—a lot of beer. No one keeps a comprehensive list of every Oregon beer released, but informal estimates suggest at least 2,000 brews were crafted here this year. From th]]> Restaurant Guide 2012: Smallwares, Restaurant of the Year Runner-Up - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19798-restaurant_guide_2012_smallwares_restaurant_of_the_year_runner_up_.html Life on the food frontier can be rugged and lonely. Ask Johanna Ware. As a child in Chicago, Ware remembers the quizzical reaction to the “crazy lunches” packed by a mother “who cooked her w]]> Beer of the Future - A new era of Oregon hops will better your brew. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18817-beer_of_the_future_a_new_era_of_oregon_hops_will_better_your_brew.html Four years ago, things were great for Gayle Goschie. She was growing hops on the same 1,000 acres in the Willamette Valley that her parents and grandparents had tended, selling a key ingredient ]]> The President of Beers - We bootlegged beer from all 50 states for the ultimate American taste-off. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19731-the_president_of_beers_we_bootlegged_beer_from_all_50_states_for_the_ultimate_american_taste_off.html

Beer is made from barley, hops, yeast and statute. We tend to forget, but the bearded men with sweaty brows who toil over copper...

]]> Lake Affront - Oswego Lake’s big secret: It’s public and you can paddle it. In fact, I did. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18897-lake_affront_oswego_lake%E2%80%99s_big_secret_it%E2%80%99s_public_and_you_can_paddle_it_in_fact_i_di.html Carrying a big green kayak down the sidewalk in Lake Oswego gets attention.

“You know you can’t just go in there?”

“They’ll ding ya if they catch ya in there!”

To hear it described by townsfolk...]]> Teff Love - Crowning Portland’s best Ethiopian restaurant. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18715-teff_love_crowning_portland%E2%80%99s_best_ethiopian_restaurant.html People aren’t shy about recommending a favorite Ethiopian restaurant. Their opinion is usually worthless, however, because it’s one of the two they’ve visited. It’s true that the menu, pri]]> Cod Save The Queen - Giving the gold to Portland’s best fish and chips. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19473-cod_save_the_queen_giving_the_gold_to_portland%E2%80%99s_best_fish_and_chips.html It’s tough to get behind Team USA at this year’s Olympics. It’s bad enough that both LeBron James and Mitt Romney’s dancing horse are representing our country in London, but now American c]]> Confessions of a Chubster - The moral crusade against fatties. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18663-confessions_of_a_chubster_the_moral_crusade_against_fatties.html Americans are disgustingly fat. I’m allowed to say so because not long ago, I was disgustingly fat. Three years ago, I weighed close to 300 pounds. I would like to tell you being a big, lazy s]]> How To: Stay Warm And Dry - Coping with Oregon sunshine through trial and error. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18855-how_to_stay_warm_and_dry_coping_with_oregon_sunshine_through_trial_and_error.html It’s possible to cycle across town on the coldest, wettest day Portland has to offer without even the slightest chill.  I suspect it is, anyway. Call me naive, but with an unlimited budget ]]> Restaurant Review: Cibo - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19594-restaurant_review_cibo_.html It’s surprisingly easy to guess which guys are headed through the mirrored door to the adult theater. Grandfatherly gentleman in a plaid shirt scurrying down the sidewalk like he’s late for a ]]> A Prim Woodland - The Woodsman Tavern tastes good and looks better. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18507-a_prim_woodland_the_woodsman_tavern_tastes_good_and_looks_better.html It’s Thanksgiving eve and the Woodsman Tavern is bustling. The harried staff darts about as diners seated on iron-legged drafting stools blend together in the richly dim room. A pale, slightly b]]> The Cake Wars - Who among us is righteous enough to eat of the sacred buttercream Bible-beating Oregon bakers have denied gays? http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20698-the_cake_wars_who_among_us_is_righteous_enough_to_eat_of_the_sacred_buttercream_bible_beating_oregon.html Sugar, flour, eggs and water are now munitions in America’s culture war. Or so you’d think from two Oregon bakeries that recently refused to make cakes for same-sex weddings, getting national ]]> Salt & Straw - A frosty reception. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19166-salt_straw_a_frosty_reception.html But what do the children eat? “Oh, they like the vanilla,” answers the knit-capped woman behind the counter at Salt & Straw. This is suspicious. As a child, I remember screaming for bubble]]> Locking Up Oswego Lake - Lake Oswego’s city council has voted to bar park access to the public lake. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19055-locking_up_oswego_lake_lake_oswego%E2%80%99s_city_council_has_voted_to_bar_park_access_to_the_public.html All of Oregon’s navigable waterways are public, but some are more public than others. Or so it goes in Lake Oswego...]]> Spiked Shamrock - What's the best way to spike a McDonald's Shamrock Shake? http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18932-spiked_shamrock_whats_the_best_way_to_spike_a_mcdonalds_shamrock_shake.html Shamrock Shakes are not delicious. Please don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. The green concoctions McDonald’s rolls out about a month before St. Patrick’s Day—regular ol’ vanilla-fla]]> Biggie Small - Ready to dine: The hypnotic charms of the notorious Smallwares. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19437-biggie_small_ready_to_dine_the_hypnotic_charms_of_the_notorious_smallwares.html Portlanders are obsessed with authenticity, especially when it comes to Asian food. We’ll huddle for an hour outside a tarp-sided shanty, poring over a menu and sprinkling pompous little annot]]> Summer Guide 2012: Nifty 50 - John Lovegrove hits 50 local breweries in a single day. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19325-summer_guide_2012_nifty_50_john_lovegrove_hits_50_local_breweries_in_a_single_day.html It was a terrible time for a malfunctioning alarm clock. Don’t worry, John Lovegrove wasn’t late for work or a flight—he was behind schedule on a trip to the bar, missing his 7 am deadline f]]> Jones: Younger Us - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19495-jones_younger_us_.html They don’t make Zima anymore. I know this because I tried to order the original alcopop at Jones (107 NW Couch St., 971-271-7178, jonesbarportland.com), the new ’80s- and ’90s-themed dance clu]]> Shut Up, Lardo - A bun-based battle of rival Southeast sandwich shops. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19838-shut_up_lardo_a_bun_based_battle_of_rival_southeast_sandwich_shops.html Yo! Asshole! Youse can plainly see I’m eatin’ at dis sandwich shop. And youse gonna eat at d’otha sandwich shop? In South Philly, where partisans yell insults across the street as they line ]]> Beer Guide 2013: Introduction - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20389-beer_guide_2013_introduction_.html Do you prefer BridgePort IPA or Full Sail ESB? The last time Willamette Week published a beer guide, that was the hot debate. The editor of our 1999 guide—a guy named Jeff Alworth—couldn’t]]> Headout: Wine & Wag - The life of a veteran Oregon wine dog. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19225-headout_wine_wag_the_life_of_a_veteran_oregon_wine_dog.html Before people buy your wine, they want to pet your dog. Alex Sokol Blosser has accepted this. “I don’t know why—it’s gotta be that when you go to a farm, you expect to see a dog,” he s]]> Pils Off - Pining for Oregon’s best pilsner. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18898-pils_off_pining_for_oregon%E2%80%99s_best_pilsner.html The Pilsner was created after the pissed-off townsfolk in the beer’s namesake village dumped their skunky suds down the gutter—or so the legend goes. The Czechs then built a new brewery and ]]> Summer Guide 2012: Pedal to the Pacific - Riding to the beach is easy, but it might make you hate cars. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19329-summer_guide_2012_pedal_to_the_pacific_riding_to_the_beach_is_easy_but_it_might_make_you_hate_cars.html They crashed through the rainforest like dinosaurs. A distant rumble, a whoosh, and more rumble, before the creatures were gone and I could again hear my bike tires roll softly along the edge of t]]> Drank: Fresh Hop Seizoen (Logsdon Farmhouse Ales) - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18127-drank_fresh_hop_seizoen_%28logsdon_farmhouse_ales%29_.html Despite the hoity name, saisons are workin’ man’s beer, originally intended as crisp, low-gravity refreshment for the pitchfork-wielding farmhands moving Monet’s haystacks around. The late Br]]> Drank: Dunkelweizen (Occidental Brewing Co.) - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18176-drank_dunkelweizen_%28occidental_brewing_co%29_.html Traditional Germanic brews are often ignored by American craftsmen who might rightfully resent the fact that “beer” is synonymous with Bohemian pilsners in red states. By making only German sty]]> Blue Star Donuts - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20134-blue_star_donuts_.html Fried chicken with fancy doughnuts is, apparently, a thing. The combination has taken the East Coast by storm, with four such shops announced in Washington, D.C., alone. But, as best as I can ]]> Requiem for a View - Amadeus Manor has the best view in town http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19138-requiem_for_a_view_amadeus_manor_has_the_best_view_in_town.html People have stopped looking up in restaurants. We’re so busy Instagramming our plates, or poring over our meal’s backstory, that a great view seems superfluous. People now chat excitedly about]]> Those Crafty Canadians - Be proud of Vancouver, B.C.’s Portland-themed restaurant. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19806-those_crafty_canadians_be_proud_of_vancouver_bc%E2%80%99s_portland_themed_restaurant.html Cameron Forsyth has never lived in Portland. This did not stop him from opening a Portland-centric restaurant in his native Canada. Yes, our city has a culinary embassy in Vancouver, B.C. The ]]> Paradise City - Take me to Vancouver, where the grass is legal and gays can marry. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19986-paradise_city_take_me_to_vancouver_where_the_grass_is_legal_and_gays_can_marry.html Civilization beckons with red and orange lights. They’re faint at first, glowing brighter as you drive north. The little green sign marking the border sneaks up on you. “Entering Washington,]]> Ava-Garde - A user’s guide to Duane Sorenson’s offbeat Italian joint. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20191-ava_garde_a_user%E2%80%99s_guide_to_duane_sorenson%E2%80%99s_offbeat_italian_joint.html Why was my beer coming in bottles? Tap handles hang behind the bar at Ava Gene’s, the new Italian restaurant from coffee kingpin Duane Sorenson, and the tables]]>