Pete Cottell

Tacos, quesadillas and tostadas are all familiar offerings that gain a new (and messy) dimension of juicy flavor when dipped in the deep red birria.

In its first expansion beyond the Seattle area, Mox Boarding House on West Burnside Street is a gilded palace of geeky delight. With chandeliers hanging from vaulted ceilings and clean, heavy wood tables for playing, it’s a convincing rebuttal to the false assumption that all gaming stores must be cramped and devoid of congeniality.

At Lazy Susan, the dust—proverbial and literal—hadn’t yet settled when Andrew Mace realized things might not go as planned.

There’s not a crispy edge or a toasty underbelly in sight among the offerings at this Montavilla bakery—it’s as if your stoner friend who worked at Subway and constantly snacked on the half-frozen cookie batter opened a Coldstone Creamery franchise.

On March 16, Gov. Kate Brown ordered a four-week shutdown of all bars and dining establishments across the state of Oregon in an attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19. It’s a rough time for the food business. But as a consumer, you still have options.

Snappy’s, the new “retro bodega” opened in January on the bustling inner eastside, isn’t likely to satiate convenience-obsessed New York transplants, but it’s still a welcome addition to the neighborhood.

You’re guaranteed to leave smelling like a campfire—an issue that forced Gabriel Pascuzzi to briefly shutter the restaurant shortly after opening last fall, following complaints about the smoke from his neighbors.

In 2016, Camden pulled the plug on Son of a Biscuit, a fried chicken-and-biscuits concept he co-founded with business partner Katie Poppe just two years earlier. It’s unclear what went wrong, given that it occupied a busy corner of red-hot Southeast Division Street. But it must’ve stuck with him, because four years later, Camden is giving chicken another shot, this time in an even more central location.

Remember when the future was something to look forward to? Casey Maxwell does. Though the concept of the future that consumes his latest project, The Lift Off Lounge, is outdated by more than half a century, it’s certainly more comfortable than the modern idea of what the world might look like another 50 years from now.

We spent a week sampling sandos at popular mainstays and newcomers alike to get a more accurate gauge on the hype, and our conclusion should be no surprise—it is well deserved. Below, we’ve ranked the sandwiches we feel are better than Popeyes’ and those that are worse.

Sure, the slices are topped with taquitos and chilaquiles. But the heart of Zapapizza isn’t the novelty of the toppings. It’s the pizza itself. And that pizza is damn good.

Gado Gado is WW's 2019 newcomer of the year.

A trio of new hotel-bound concepts—one entirely new, the other two reboots—are making a strong case for the hotel lobby as the next great place to wine and dine when you’re downtown.

Formerly buzzy indie bands face a tough decision as they enter their later years: pander to the youth and adapt to their surroundings, or double down on what made them relevant in the first place and become a legacy act. Vampire Weekend has chosen the former. But their sold-out show at McMenamins Edgefield on Sept. 28 demonstrated they’re going about it in an unconventional way.