A New Italian Butchery and Restaurant From Alumni of Tusk and Old Salt Is Coming to Northeast Portland

Austin Piccone, who raises hogs at Wallow & Root Farm in Sandy, is launching Piccone’s Corner in the same building as Petite Provence Bakery on Northeast Sandy Boulevard. He expects to be up and running by late summer.

Kickstand Comedy Is Moving into the Shuttered Brody Theater

The remodel would also transform an abandoned walk-in freezer into a podcast recording studio as well as improve sightlines to the stage.

In Memoriam: The Breweries We Said Goodbye to in 2018-2019

Welcome to the 2019 Beer Guide, Road Trips and Pub Crawls

I wasn’t quite sure what I’d find as I headed along Highway 20 to visit a brewery in Oregon’s hinterlands. It was Labor Day weekend 2017, and thick smoke from wildfires had Bend in a chokehold, prompting most pubs to close their patios and me to seek clearer air farther east.

What to Watch This Week: Muscle Cars, Richard Linklater’s Ode to Fleeting Love and a Kung Fu Romcom

Portland Is Getting a New Beer Garden Just in Time for Spring

The brewery that built its brand around sustainability won’t entirely abandon the two-wheel theme—you’ll still find bike frames hanging above the bar at its flagship location on Southeast Powell Boulevard. But the BikeBar is being rebranded as North Williams Pub and Beergarden.

What to Watch This Week: A Quarterback, A Gal With a Tank and Rowdy Roddy Piper All Saving the World

Five & Dime Channels the Spirit of an Old-Timey Discount Retailer into an Irreverent Cocktail Bar

The rounded jade shelving behind the bar is handsome enough to hold leather-bound books, as well as a collection of emerald banker’s lamps, but there’s also a neon ombré portrait of Rasheed Wallace in midroar.