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Here Are the Winners of Ramen + Whisky 2020

You sipped. Your slurped. You judged. Last Sunday, 650 fans of noodles and booze crowded the Leftbank Annex for Willamette Week and Fubonn’s Ramen + Whisky. Six of Portland’s best ramen chefs served up soup for the masses, alongside one specialty whisky cocktail. And then, everyone voted for their favorites.

What’s Your Secret For Sprucing Up Top Ramen?

Mingling at Willamette Week’s Ramen + Whisky event.

CJ McCollum Sent Jennifer “I’m Trying” Williams a Gift to Thank Her for Inspiring the Blazers’ Playoff Run

That is indeed a velvet bag embroidered with her Twitter handle and the words “I Tried Jennifer, And I Did It.”

Scotch Lodge Appeals to a Range of Whisky Aficionados, from Newbies to Fedora Bros

Scotch consumption carries a lot of cultural baggage. In America, at least, it’s seen as a signifier of class and status. So it was hardly surprising to see Scotch Lodge—the new venture from Multnomah Whiskey Library curator Tommy Klus, located in the basement space that formerly housed landmark izakaya Biwa—packed on a recent Thursday night with swole 50-something CEO bros, polished gentlemen in fedoras and neckties and young dudes in pink button-ups you suspect voted for Trump.

Craving Ramen and a Nightcap? Try One of This Year’s Ramen + Whisky Fest Winners.

On Sunday, six of Portland’s best ramen chefs and half-a-dozen bartenders presented their most slurb-able samples at the Willamette Week-sponsored Ramen + Whisky festival.

To Our Readers: A Letter From WW’s Editor and Publisher About Our Work

Readers care—and their expectations both challenge and hearten us.

Willamette Week’s Ramen + Whisky Festival

Ramen + Whisky = combining two of the hottest trends in food and drink. Willamette Week is bringing together Portland’s favorite ramen chefs and pairing each delicious ramen sample with a custom Japanese whisky cocktail.

We Went To Tokyo To Figure Out Why They’re Obsessed With Our City

In Tokyo, Portland is an aspirational brand. There are more than a dozen Portland-themed restaurants, bars and shops in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, a hip neighborhood that’s home to vibrant street fashion and is one of the only two wards in Japan to recognize same-sex marriage.

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