For our last meal in Portland, all signs pointed to Nostrana. Earlier in the day, our Interview with bar manager Douglas Derrick piqued our interest in the restaurant with demonstrations on cocktail derring-do and wood-fired visions of the open kitchen. We brought reinforcements for our...
Sour Patch Kids, your days are numbered. Lemons, look out. Cascade Brewing Barrel House, the Portland based company’s second establishment, specializes in “barrel aged sour beers” from Ron Gansberg, who’s figured out how to achieve balance tart flavors and seasonal fruits in his sour beers...
Portland continues to burn white hot in the specialty coffee world, with even more small roasters making names for themselves in a market that somehow supports all of their respective efforts. Still, one particular company was the talk of the town among an international contingent...
It was a good sign when we entered Olympic Provisions, the surprisingly airy butcher shop/café near Portland’s Willamette River, and saw a sushi case…full of sausage, bacon and ham. That kind of playfulness translated to our plates during a memorable brunch. The quintet of Michelle...
Most coffeehouses are located in either downtown, Northwest or Southeast Portland, but people at SCAA kept praising some outliers that we felt obligated to try. Even with public transportation as a slow hindrance, red e in North Portland became a priority. Mindy Farley and Keith...
Sometimes gluttony can be a byproduct of proximity. Other times, it’s thanks to an array of tantalizing choices. Both reasons intersected at Little T American Baker, a bakery from Tim “Little T” Healea that he debuted in 2008…around the corner from our Broder brunch. Little...
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