Food Reviews & Stories The Woodsman Tavern’s roasted trout in crazy water is crazy—like a fox. Chef Jason Barwikowski has created a trifecta of salty, savory and acidic that makes me want each bite more than the one   More

Restaurant Guide The July 6, 2011, issue of Willamette Week hit the streets with a glowing review of a new Northeast Alberta Street restaurant. The food was “cerebral” and “playful.” It “surprises and    More

Food & Drink WW's 2012 Restaurant Guide is out today—as always, it is a beautiful full-color magazine full of food porn and excellent advice. And it's free. You really should pick up a copy. But we also wanted to offer a little something extra for our readers on the information superhighway, so we sent multimedia journalist Emilee Booher down to our restaurant of the year, Aviary, and runner-up, Smallwares, to ...   More

Restaurant Guide Portlanders are not big on dessert. It’s not that we’re health conscious, exactly—it’s that we indulge elsewhere. Or so says Jeff McCarthy, the former pastry chef at closed-down Ten 01 and   More

Cover Story You thought it was a victimless crime, a Portland rite of passage. You drive across the Columbia River, fill your trunk with powerful fireworks that are legal in Washington, and then smuggle the   More

Food & Drink Huzzah! Undaunted by fire damage from an illegal July 4th firework, the chefs behind Aviary will host a series of pop up dinners in Andy Ricker's Ping starting Monday, July 18 while their restaurant is rebuilt. Details about the dinners as well as a fundraiser organized by other local chefs in the presser below. Who says community spirit is dead?Portland’s vibrant, supportive community of restaurants, ...   More