The Woodsman Tavern Set to Close by End of Year The Woodsman Tavern, which has seen a rotation of remarkable chefs along with some dips in food quality in between, is closing but the Gorham restaurant empire has already staked its claim on the space.
Pig Heads, Strip-Club Sandwiches and Other Tales from Feast, Portland’s Most Overindulgent Food Festival For Portland’s food-service industry, this is effectively its South by Southwest—a weekend-long party of consumable extravagance. And you don’t partake in such excess without coming away with a few great stories. So to mark the festival’s sixth year, we asked local writers and restaurateurs for their most overindulgent Feast memories.
Where to Get Proper Cask Ales Inside and Outside Portland Higgins was the first fine-dining spot in Portland to focus on beer from local breweries, and in their classic wood-grain bar they always keep one cask-conditioned beer from a local brewery on tap—recently a 12-percent Orange Giant barleywine from Ecliptic.
The Five Places We’re Most Excited To Eat This Week Clay’s Smokehouse has come back revitalized. Along with great saucy ribs and crazily good dessert, it’s serving the platonic ideal of smoked chicken wings: tender and smoky, with a great tangy sauce.
The Five Places We’re Most Stoked to Eat This Week Under former Imperial chef Doug Adams, the Woodsman has entered a new golden age. Order the fried chicken, or the trout, or the pimento dip, or the oysters, or… honestly, you can’t go wrong.
The Nautical-Themed Lighthouse Is An Old Portland Tradition That’s Been Thankfully Preserved A motorcycle trip led new owners Alex and Julie Bond to preserve the old Linnton bar
The Woodsman Tavern is Entering A New Golden Age Under Chef Doug Adams Suddenly, the Woodsman Tavern is once again among the hottest restaurants in town
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