A Pokémon-Themed Pop-Up Bar Is Coming to Portland

Coming next year, you’ll have a chance to turn your cap backward, Ash Ketchum-style, and display your skills against other obsessives when a yet-to-be-announced Portland bar gets turned into a Poké-extravaganza.

Five Pop-Ups to Eat at This Summer

Randomly occurring Hot Plates to keep an eye out for.

The Pop-Up from Acclaimed Danish Brewery Mikkeller Is the Talk of Portland Beer. But the Brews Don’t Live up to the Hype.

We all know Portland has one of the best beer scenes in the country, if not the world. Even for a renowned global brand, if you’re going to come here, you need to bring your A game. And what we’re getting from Mikkeller is a C-plus.

The Holiday Pop-Up at Kimpton Hotel Vintage Is the Pricey Version of an Ugly Christmas Sweater

At His Gado Gado Pop-Up, a Han Oak Alum Serves Playful Pan-Asian Creations

After a quick jaunt through the menu, it’s easy to imagine Thomas Pisha-Duffly being left alone as a hungry teenager in his Chinese-Indonesian household, upgrading cheap foodstuffs with luxe ingredients relatively unknown to most American families.

You Can Now Eat Spicy, Funky, Kashmiri Soul Food at One of Portland’s Best Breweries

Kashmiri food is all about the devil’s dirt. Asafetida, which has acquired all sorts of hilarious nicknames going back to Alexander the Great, is a bulbous fennel known for its strong and funky odor. But when you cook its resin, the spice smooths into deep umami, an almost leeklike smoothness.

This Oregon Restaurant Makes Its Entire Menu From Wild-Foraged Food

Everyone dreams of “going rogue” and leaving their day job for something unconventional. Joshua Dorcak took the risk. Dorcak is a forager and the chef behind MÄS, Southern Oregon’s first and only pop-up restaurant.

Maya Lovelace’s Fried Chicken at Mae Is So Immaculate It Seems Imaginary

Mae is a world we wish existed, clean and generous and warmed by a bottle of brown-bag whiskey.