http://www.wweek.com/portland/articles.sec-201-1-.html Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT+7 en hourly 1 http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19173-best_new_band_2012_10_local_acts_that_portland%E2%80%99s_music_insiders_think_you_should_hear.html This isn’t a list of our favorite bands. If it were, there’d be a big picture of Everclear on the cover. Not the real Everclear—just Art Alexakis and the scabs he hired for his upcoming su]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20586-chew_on_this_sure_we%E2%80%99re_about_to_vote_on_fluoride_but_also_on_issues_about_kids_and_open_spa.html Many election battles vow an eye for an eye. But this spring’s fight is something even fiercer: a tooth for a tooth. This off-year election—held in a season when voters might be understandably]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11719-cheap_eats_2010_hungry.html http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18900-cheap_eats_2012_listings_by_cuisine_.html  ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18888-cheap_eats_2012_listings_by_location_.html http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19459-best_of_portland_2012_best_bytes_.html Best Off-The-Rails Office So your tech company works out of a refurbished factory with sky-high ceilings, polished concrete and an XBOX 360? Urban Airship and Emma ain’t got nothing on Cascade ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18889-cheap_eats_2012_listings_a_z_.html We consumed a lot of tacos while researching this 2012 edition of Cheap Eats; we also ate inordinate helpings of pizza, burgers and pho.]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20585-best_new_band_2013_10_local_acts_that_portland%E2%80%99s_music_insiders_think_you_should_hear.html Close your eyes and think of a typical Portland band. You’re imagining a group of sensitive lumberjacks playing sad-sack folk tunes on old-timey instruments, aren’t you? Ask those truly in]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18903-cheap_eats_2012_eat_this_the_final_25_amazing_things_to_put_in_your_mouth_for_%247_or_less.html  Images by Mike Grippi

]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19344-summer_guide_2012_make_your_portland_summer_an_epic_one.html It might hurt a little. A nasty sunburn may ooze and peel. You may not be able to get your swollen, blistered feet into a pair of shoes. A hangover may leave you in a sour fog until the next day]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-16352-restaurant_guide_2010_listings_a_to_z_.html Before we begin, let us reflect upon how tremendously fortunate we are to be eating here, in Portland, at this moment in time. ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18636-crazy_enough_getting_off_snorting_up_and_wrestling_with_family_demons%E2%80%94excerpts_from_storm_la.html Storm Large is calling from the Four Seasons in New York, where she is having lunch. “I’m looking at Martha Stewart, Tom Brokaw, Vernon Jordan,” she says. “I’m in a den of 1 percenters. ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19810-restaurant_guide_2012_a_space_pod_yssey_.html Now that the hype has died down, food carts have settled into the Portland landscape. We could just name our top five carts, but they’re notoriously bad at keeping to their posted hours, and s]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-10542-drink_guide_2009_.html http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19187-devour_2012_meat_fish_.html Top Picks: Flying Fish Company to see the best our ocean has to offer.Gartner’s Country Meats to feed a small army.Olympic Provisions for sublime salami.Otto’s Sausage Kitchen for t]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11720-25_more_amazing_things_to_put_in_your_mouth_for_%247_or_less_.html http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19185-devour_2012_world_markets_.html Top Picks: Dutch American Market for the wall of licorice. Fubonn to learn that Portland is more diverse than you think it is. H Mart because it’s a foreign country. La Tapatia for enormous ch]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19801-restaurant_guide_2012_neighborhood_eats_good_food_wherever_you_find_yourself.html Boise Mack & Dub’s Excellent Chicken & Waffles 3601 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 933-7662, mackanddub.com. Waffles and chicken from James McClendon, better known as J. Mack of the U]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19186-devour_2012_grocers_.html Top Picks: Cherry Sprout Market ‘cause it’s just so darn Portland. Barbur World Foods for the city’s best deli case. Pastaworks for fresh noodles and housemade mozzarella. Sheridan Fruit Com]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19920-klatch_of_2012_our_favorite_new_portland_coffee_shops.html In the process of putting together this year’s coffee issue, we visited a coffee shop that delivers only by bike, a coffee shop in a bike store, a coffee shop in a motorcycle store, and a coffee]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19188-devour_2012_bakeries_.html Top Picks: Delicious Donuts as an antidote to the Voodoo mania.Ken’s Artisan Bakery for the country brown and a fruit tart.Little T American Baker for the pretzel bread and the city’s best ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19189-devour_2012_beer_wine_spirits_.html Top Picks: Clear Creek Distillery to meet the master.CorksCru to feel the chill in your bonesHollywood Fred Meyer for volume.Saraveza ’cause it’s so darn cute.Stone Barn Brandyworks to ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11627-50_ways_to_please_your_lover_from_porn_and_back_rubs_to_folding_laundry_and_unleashing_flower_bombs_.html http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20295-cheap_eats_2013_listings_a_z_.html 24th & Meatballs 2341 NE Glisan St., 282-2557, 24thandmeatballs.com. Lunch and dinner daily. Despite a prominently displayed 50-EAT-BALLS phone number and a website exhorting visitors to “pu]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19460-best_of_portland_2012_best_bites_.html Best Fantasy Espresso Machine How do you make a coffee shop stand out in a city full of them? Connect it to a motorcycle shop. Even better: custom-paint your espresso machine to resemble the colo]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19463-best_of_portland_2012_best_sights_.html Best Automotive Artist When Rev. C.E. Linville noticed people praying outside his 1987 Toyota Tercell, he assumed they were worshipping false idols. Turns out, they were actually praying for his ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18294-cinnaman_seven_dudes_pick_portland%E2%80%99s_best_cinnamon_roll.html It wasn’t Willamette Week’s intention to limit our taste-off of Portland’s best cinnamon rolls by gender. But by happenstance, only dudes—seven of ’em—came down to the conference room ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19461-best_of_portland_2012_best_nights_.html Best Poor Man’s Las Vegas Though best known for ugly shopping centers, house boats and one of the Portland area’s three Hooters franchises, Jantzen Beach is also home to a delightful string o]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18780-pet_love_special_valentines_pooch_poetry_cat_chat_and_warm_wishes_for_goldfishes.html Love and ink create a potent alloy. Shaw Flick’s chest testifies to that. The 29-year-old Portland man is tattooed with a nearly life-size portrait of his dog, Scurvy. Make that Flick’s ex-d]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19152-take_me_to_the_river_portraits_of_the_willamette.html The Willamette River divides Portland. Not just physically, east from west, or in the inconvenient gulf that opens whenever a bridge is up. The Willamette shows us the ways we embrace, and betra]]>