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It’s Labor Day weekend, so surely you’re kicking back and patting yourself on the back for being such dedicated, hard worker. Why not reward yourself even more with a cocktail—and a quick and easy...

Caesar Salad at Cafe Castagna. We have started a tradition of going out to dinner on Tuesday nights. Originally, we were thinking maybe every other Tuesday, but this month went to three places —

I was in New Orleans recently and I had the opportunity to try out some of your recommendations from a while back. Very impressive in general, the eating and drinking in the Crescent City, but you already know that. Just a cou

The Sept/Oct issue is arriving in mailboxes and stores, and it's full of great articles and recipes. For our cover story, we compiled a list of our top 50 favorite seasonal bottled beers, including a...

Chef Tomas Curi, previously Chef de Cuisine at Inoteca Gramercy in NYC, is now hard at work, putting his own stamp on the menu at Lolo, Portland’s Spanish tapas restaurant and bar. Curi, who started at the restaurant in June, is focusing on finger foods designed to compl

With the paucity of posts going on here you might think I've been getting my drink on a bit too much. Such

Note: This is a new review as of  August 2010. The summary has also been updated with new prices for each restaurant in the Steakhouse Round. You’ll find it here. Not long aft

This fine North Portland bottle shop/wine bar/ beer bar/cocktail spot The Hop & Vine turns two on Thursday with a party thyat illustrates why this is such a fine place...lots of special beers, cocktails and snacks...

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Fin is the new restaurant in the old Sel Gris space. Trent Pierce will be taking the reins as executive chef, the owner is Joan Dumas. An important goal is to source locally, and sustainably. A couple of friends who were invited to private dinners have reported back that the

In our July/August cover story on summer cocktails, bartender Elizabeth Markham (formerly of Beaker and Flask in Portland, Ore.) created a garden-fresh Julep with spearmint, genever and white Port....

Yes, we tent camp. But with a car. And a queen-sized blow-up mattress. And a fully stocked bar. It's just the way we roll.

LOMPEIZER RELEASE PARTY 7/17 Lompoc Brewing-5Q 3901 N Williams Ave. Portland 503-288-3996 12-6pm SON OF C-NOTE PREVIEW This Saturday is the annual Bastille Day Celebration at N Failing and N Williams, and Lompoc is joining in the celebration with a beer garden featuring the

BREWING UP COCKTAILS 7/17 The Hop&Vine 1914 N. Killingsworth St. Portland 503-954-3322 3-7 p.m. $5-9 New School Beer Blog writers, mixologist Jacob Grier and Oregon brewers will have a discussion and tasting of beer cocktails. More info

The New School and mixologist Jacob Grier will show you thqat beer works perfectly well as an ingredient in cocktails, especially when it's a beer such as Upright Brewing's barrel-aged yarrow, rose petal Four.

This press release got lost in my spam folder, but if you haven’t read these elsewhere, it’s interesting news. Eco-Modern Seafood Restaurant Opens in Former Sel Gris Space FIN, an eco-modern seafood restaurant, is slated to open July 28, 2010 under the direction of executive c

We've been trying to go to Castagna for a couple of years now, but it just never seemed to happen.

On August 1, the Oregon Bartender’s Guild and LUPEC Portland will be holding a benefit event in Portland, Ore., to support the Gulf oil spill relief efforts. In addition to top-notch cocktails mixed...

Beer Northwest's third annual summer issue features picks for the Northwest's best patios.

Remember American Cowgirls Bar & Grill? Neither does anyone else. It was at 500 NE Martin Luther King blvd, in what was once a pager store. There is a strange rumor  that the guys behind Clyde Common are picking up the space to build a sports bar. Though the building is ok – it was completely rebuilt in about

I could tell the battery was wearing down. The lights were dimming intermittently, the engine

This won't come as a news flash to anyone who consumes the demon alcohol at home, but I'm guessing that li

If you were to think of the places in town that you could consider ‘all purpose’, it would be a pretty s

Are you of the "simple is better" school of cooking? Me too...depending.There are times when I want

Grüner isn’t a “German” restaurant, nor does it

I rarely mention press releases on the main site, but this one caught my eyes for several reason. First, it’s a BREAKFAST with paired cocktails. Second, the menu sounds great: Brunch & Cocktail Menu for both days Roquefort toast with soft-boiled egg Cocktail by Neil K.: The May Pole (w/

In case you haven't figured it out by now I am a huge fan of the classics. Old Archie comics, early-60s Am

Hard to believe it's been so long since I've written up a restaurant visit. Of course it's also hard to be

Echo opened in 2006, and was quickly popular after a lot of positive reviews. After a long series of chefs and more hills and valleys than a roller coaster, a new owner is in place, and though the menu has stay

The May/June issue of Imbibe is arriving in mailboxes and heading to newsstands, and this issue features a cover story we're incredibly excited about: The 25 Most Influential Cocktails of the Past...

As one of the country’s most well known bartenders, Jeffrey Morgenthaler and his cocktails have been featured in countless magazine, blogs and websites, and when he’s not behind the bar at Portland,...

Portland is a mecca for microbrews, artisan espresso and local coffee roasters, chocolatiers, pizza, breads, pastries etc. Oregon also has an established wine industry and an agrarian economy for ingredients just meant to be distilled – local fresh fruits for brandies, grains for whiskey and vodkas, and nuts and he

Sure, you could whip up a batch of Mimosas or Bloody Marys, but why not liven up this year’s Easter brunch celebration with something a little more unexpected? From garden-party punches to refreshing...

(Note: the hours have been updated – closed Sunday for the time being.) I normally wouldn’t write a first impressions piece on a restaurant in its first week of busi

My husband has been really, really, really busy: building out the new industrial roasting facility (this means painting, doing the floors, electrical et al), getting the new roaster in, and -- perhaps most grueling -- getting the old roaster out of the shoebox-size Ristrett

Note: this post is a complete re-write of the 2007 review – an ext

Part 2. N through Z. Part 1 is here. New Cascadia Traditional

With Sundays being a traditional day of reverence it’s fitting that Seattle’s Sorrento Hotel has found its own spirited devotion with Drinking Lessons, master classes in cocktails held twice monthly...

Want to know what's really going on in Portland? Then get out of downtown and, in

Part one A through M. Part two is here Portland is well-known for great beers, coffee, and quality European style artisan breads, yet we also boast a very large choice of sweet shops, pa

I frequently post little tidbits of news on Twitter and Facebook, but promptly forget to put them on the site. I’m going to clean out my news inbox now. Dovetail Bakery has opened at NE 31st and Alberta. I’m told they used to be be in the wholesale baking business in St. Johns. According to my source, the

This is it! The biggest list of Valentine’s Day events you will find anywhere West o

Excuse me if I seem a bit distracted. I was just going to write about a rece

Join the Beermongers at the store for a special apple cider tasting event featuring Blue Mountain Cider from Milton-Freewater Oregon. Andy will host the event which will feature free samples of craft cider, unfiltered cider on draft and cider "cocktails." Blue Mountain ciders are created from whole apples grown in th

First of all, thanks to everyone who took the survey! We had a fantastic response this year. As soon as I finish going through the results, I will have the prize drawing. Though I asked that folks make their answers as simple as possible to facilitate sorting, many did not. So, even though I’d like to strang

This is it, my yearly roundup of New Year’s eve events! Keep in mind, though I do my best to keep everything up to date, things do change, so call the restaurant to double-check. I’ve already had quite a few updates in the line of downward prices over the past week. 50 plates We are rolling out

Geez, has it been THAT long since my last post? It's not like I've been going hungry for the last three weeks. Call it a little blog vacation. And as you'll see here I have most assuredly NOT been going thirsty. Especially in this season of good cheer. Hence my need to share with you your new favorite cocktail!

Lovely Hula Hands will be closing in January. From the owners: “Hello friends and fans of Lovely Hula Hands- Our new wood fired pizza restaurant, Lovely’s Fifty-Fifty, should be open sometime in January. There have been a lot of construction setbacks since the beginning of the project, but we a

Robin Goldstein is the author of "Fearless Critic Portland Restaurant Guide" and someone

A few weeks ago, I got an invitation to a dinner at Davis Street Tavern, showcasing Crispin Cider. It sounded good. And I thought, this will be a good opportunity to meet people and not say stupid things. And network. Since you are

There's something enjoyable about writing about a new cocktail find at ten in the morning. It seems some