Future Drinking

An urban winemaking collective, Bipartisan at Milepost 5 and more new places to eat and drink in Portland

Food & Drink The latest scoop on new places to eat and booze in Portland, via the week's OLCC license applications:Four Portland "urban" wineries, Vincent Wine Company, Bow & Arrow, Helioterra Wines and Division Winemaking Company, are all moving into a single winemaking facility (ala Carlton Winemakers Studio), Southeast Wine Collective, at 2425 SE 35th Place. According to the presser, the space will feature ...   More

 

Friday, June 29, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Future Drinking

New tenant for old Music Millennium space, a rice wine distillery and more new places to eat and drink in Portland

Food & Drink Once again we look to the future of Portland's dining and drinking scene, via OLCC applications:After about a zillion years, the space that formerly housed Music Millennium on Northwest 23rd is finally getting a new tenant: The Fireside. Not much more info other than a name at this point, but it's a good location, so it's nice to finally see something happening there. Moscow Bar and Grill (which ...   More

 

Friday, June 22, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Future Drinking

Dot's changes hands, Slabtown gets falafel and more new places to eat and drink in Portland

Food & Drink It's time once again to peak into Portland's drinking and dining future:Stalwart Southeast Clinton divey diner Dot's Cafe has changed owners—John Ricci and Eli Johnson are the proud new parents of a fine velvet painting collection. Slabtown is getting falafels. The hard-rocking northwest Portland bar is bringing on Mike Warm—the drummer for Defect Defect and the Minds and also the man ...   More

 

Friday, June 15, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Future Drinking: Sizzle Pie Buys Plan B

And more new places to eat and drink in Portland

Food & Drink Bar and restaurant gossip, courtesy of this week's OLCC liquor license applications:Matthew Jacobson and Michael McKennedy, the owners of Sizzle Pie, have bought inner southeast punk/metal bar Plan B. The paperwork reveals that the previous owner was the awesomely titled Class War Begins at Home LLC.  The cursed location of 1101 E Burnside has a brave new tenant: Bar Alla Bomba, ...   More

 

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Future Drinking: Tiki Month Edition

Food & Drink According to a press release from the new Portland Trader Vic's, Mayor Sam Adams will declare August "Portland Tiki Month" at the bar's grand opening Aug. 1. So break out the leis, y'all.  It's retro-future drinking this week!The news from this week's OLCC applications:Fire on the Mountain Buffalo Wings has applied for a brewing license for its new location on Northeast Fremont Street. Harvester ...   More

 

Saturday, July 30, 2011 BEN WATERHOUSE

Future Drinking: Aug. 25-31

This week in OLCC applications.

Food & Drink After last week's torrent, a smaller but still interesting batch of new license applications:A pair of women from Sherwood are opening Vine Gogh, an "artists bar and studio" in (of course) Sellwood, in the space recently vacated by Spielwerk Toys. (The all-wooden toy store is still open in its North Williams Avenue location.) Vine Gogh will offer painting lessons and studio space along with beer and ...   More

 

Friday, September 2, 2011 BEN WATERHOUSE

Future Drinking: Sept. 26-Oct. 6

Food & Drink After two weeks of slim pickings, a torrent of new liquor license applications.Katie Potter and Christopher Loverro have applied to open a cafe, The Hazel Room, in the building at 3279 SE Hawthorne Blvd. that formerly housed the Dollar Scholar and currently houses the Mag Big crafts/art/fashion shop.A 7-Eleven will soon open in the former Blockbuster Video on Southeast Foster Road, to the delight of ...   More

 

Monday, October 10, 2011 BEN WATERHOUSE

Future Drinking: Oct. 10-13

Food & Drink It looks like Mount Hood is about to get a second brewery, albeit not as high up the slope as the venerable Ice Ax Grill. Solera Brewery has applied for a brewpub license at 4945 Baseline Drive, some 16 miles south of Hood River.Speaking of hood river, someone has applied for a limited license for a business called Cascade Pet Camp, which appears to be a kennel. What's the beer for? I'd rather not ...   More

 

Friday, October 14, 2011 BEN WATERHOUSE

Future Drinking: Oct. 17-20

Kells applies to open a brew pub

Food & Drink Here are the details on this week's new liquor license applications:Downtown Irish-themed bar chain Kells has applied to open Kells Brew Pub in the currently empty building at 210 NW 21st Ave.Also jumping into the brewing game is Old Town Pizza, with an application to turn its existing branch at Vanport Center into a brew pub.Chie Horibuchi, who somehow manages to have only nine hits on Google for ...   More

 

Friday, October 21, 2011 BEN WATERHOUSE

Future Drinking: Nov. 14-17.

Yet another craft distillery, and Nostrana alum to open Asian restaurant and bar

Food & Drink Yet another craft distillery is coming to town! Industrial Row Distillery has applied for a license at 645 N Tillamook St.Now here's a business name: Sweatpants Corporation, the business identity of Nostrana Sous Chef Johanna Ware, has applied to open Smallwares, an Asian restaurant and bar open until 2 am nightly, in the space at 4605 NE Fremont St. that last housed Doc George's Jazz Kitchen.Two realtors, ...   More

 

Friday, November 18, 2011 BEN WATERHOUSE