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It’s about to get all food porn up in here. But first, some related anticipation with not only a purpose, but hope for those of us stuck working downtown and tired of shuffling away without direction when our go-to food cart is closed for the owner’s family cat’s birthday (which I totally understand): Sure

The Commons Brewery Taproom 1810 SE 10th Ave, Unit E Portland The tasting room entrance is on SE Stephens between SE 10/11th. Map

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Something crazy happened last month. I was fairly busy, fell off my budget a bit (which is ridiculous with my month off adventure fast approaching) and managed to participate in food cart regularity for the first time in what felt like years, not to mention sit down for brunch more than once. Super Creamy Ota Tofu Frittat

Laurelwood Collaboration Brewer’s Dinner 02/08/12 Laurelwood Public House and Brewery 5115 NE Sandy Blvd Portland 503-282-0622 $50 The dinner will feature collaboration beers brewed by Vasilios Gletsos of Laurelwood Brewing Co., Alex Ganum of Upright Brewing, Van Havig of Gigan

The Great American Nano Fest 8/27-8/28 Green Dragon 928 SE 9th Ave Portland 12-7pm Sun $10 for 5 tasters, $1 for additional tickets. A celebration of all things nano: breweries, food carts, music, craft vendors, and artists. The Great American Nano Fest is dog and kid friendly. A

The Great American Nano Fest 8/27-8/28 Green Dragon 928 SE 9th Ave Portland 12-9pm Sat 12-7pm Sun $10 for 5 tasters, $1 for additional tickets. A celebration of all things nano: breweries, food carts, music, craft vendors, and artists. The Great American Nano Fest is dog an

Living The Dream: The Truth About Life Inside Food Carts. (NPR) Squish Durawa owns Wy’East Pizza in Portland, turning out artisan pies from a 64-square-foot trailer. He tells me he loves what he does, would never go back to his old job at the tile store. But living the dream? “No. I work roughly 12 [...]

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THE DINING REPORT – GILDA’S Basking In An Aura of Obscurity Although I don’t know much about food carts, those restaurants in the Western suburbs, or the strip mall kinds of places, I do try to keep track of most the the “major” restaurant and bar openings in the Portland area. After all, this

The 5th Annual “Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers” Festival Returns April 30th What: Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers is back for its fifth year and promises to be bigger and better than ever, with 42 Oregon breweries crafting signature Belgian-style beers specifically for this annual event. A maj

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  Updated 3.04. Here is the last batch of results from the first 2011 reader survey. We had well over 1000 participants this year! A big thank you to all of our sponsors. Drawing prizes will be picked via a random

It’s no secret that I have always enjoyed pastry Chef Jeff McCarthy’s work at Ten-01 (and now Tabla), but I have also enjoyed his blog, which is why it has always been one of the few on my links list. I w

Back in the day (or "B in the D" as a friend's kid said) you went to a bar to

From the good folks behind Hollywood Wine & Espresso - Bittersweet message here. Hollywood Wine has been sold, and will be closed for a couple of weeks. Will reopen as “Magnolia’s Corner, inc.” This is just a brief “heads up” I will get more in

Catching up on news that is interesting, I present a deluge to match the rain outside your window. According to the Portland Business Journal, Ruth’s Chris is moving to Pacific Center over at 851 SW 6th Avenue: The Heathrow, Fla.-based chain will transform a 9,400-square-foot retail space int

My youth was ringed with the snowy peaks of the high Cascades, and I'd recite their

From OPB News: Portland commissioners put the city’s nationally known food carts on notice during a council meeting Wednesday. The council was debating dumpsters that block city sidewalks, when commissione

Commissioner Randy Leonard targets Portland’s food cart pods for permit violations. (OregonLive.com) Portland’s quirky, popular food cart scene is attracting even more attention — an

Pouring at the Coast 3/11+3/12, 2011 Seaside Convention Center 415 1st Ave Seaside 503-738-8585 The Seaside Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Oregon Brewers Guild will present “Pouring At The Coast,” a craft beer tasting and food pairing festival at the Seaside Convention

It's no secret that food carts are the hot items du jour all across the country. Citie

Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema, recently paid a visit to Portland, and has nothing but raves about our food scene. On the face of it, Portland, Ore., shouldn’t be one of the best places in the country to dine. Unlike New Orleans or San Francisco or Chicago, Portland doesn’t

Winter Strong Ale Fest 11/20, 2010 Sixteen Tons 265 E 13th Eugene 541-345-2003 http://sixteentons.biz Sat/6-9pm $15/includes your first 10 tasting tickets and a souvenir. Each additional tasting ticket is $1. 50+

The slick new Willamette Week restaurant guide is out, with one of my favorite restaurants, Tasty N Sons on NE Williams listed as their “Restaurant of the Year”. The runner-up is Castagna, also an excellent choice. Though WW announced they were improving their food coverage a few months back, the new g

Anyone who has ever eaten a morsel of bread in Portland seems to have something to say about the "Non-Foodies Food

PORTLAND, Ore. (Oct. 5, 2010) – Slip into your blue jeans, add a little bling and do-si-do to “Down on the Farm,” Oregon Food Bank’s annual fundraising dinner, Saturday, Oct. 16. The fun begins at 6:30 p.m. with games, a silent-auction, bluegrass by Jackstraw Trio and hors d’oeuvres by New S

My brother pretty much summed it up in a post about

Portland Oktoberfest 9/18-9/19, 2010 Director Park SW Park and SW 9th Portland Sat/12-9 Sun/12-7 $5 21+ only Tasters are $1 apiece. German fare from a variety of Portland’s best food carts, including sausages from Rollin’ Etta, roasted and marinated pork san

If the list of restaurants you'd like to try is as long as your arm but your wallet is looking

Picture courtesy FoodCartsPortland.com I’ve been waiting for push-back against food carts, and it sounds like a groundswell is building. From th

Posted under total speculation: KGW News reports a 26-year-old man was arrested for torching a bento food cart as SW 5th and Stark St. “Investigators arrested Kevin Daniel Mackin for burglary and arson near th

Deschutes Brewery Street Fare 08/12/10 Deschutes Brewery Portland Pub 210 NW 11th Ave Portland 503-296-4906 5-9pm $5 More tix are $4 Benefits Morrison Child & Family Services Featuring Portland’s Finest Food Carts, Deschutes will close down the stree

From NPR’s KPLU Radio, It might be easier to grab a bite on t

For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, the Krakow Cafe was in the new(ish) Overlook condominium building along the section of Interstate in what used to be called the Polish neighborhood. The reason for closing is “the economy”. I liked the Krakow for it’s eccentricities, but as a fr

The Third Annual Try Vegan Week PDX is coming up in two weeks! What better way to observe it than engaging with the varied, vegan-friendly and much-lauded Portland food cart scene? Consider it a challenge--can you not only try vegan for a week, but try a week's worth of novel food

With all the hoopla over locavores, 100-mile diets and plowing up lawns to make gardens, you'd th

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

Hopefully this fair-weather, intermittent blogging will become more regular again, now that my spring classes have come to an end. Plus, after one of the rainiest June’s yet, it’s finally sunny in Oregon, so I have no excuse not to write about the bounty finally revealing itself in our gardens and farms. Now we

More news from the Vancouver Sun.  In addition to the previously mentioned food cart article, they also ran an online story called “Recipes from Portland’s top chefs”. There must have been some arm-twisting behind the scenes, as the included recipes are for dishes that have received high praise

More and more cities are looking to emulate Portland’s bustling food cart economy. Vancouver BC city officials are launching a pilot project next month, with many saying Portland is the “model to emulate”. In a June 12th article titled “A taste for global cuisine”, many carts were hig

On Sunday, June 6 Try Vegan is hosting an event in Portland called Vegan Iron Chef. Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. Tickets are all sold out, but there will be live-streaming!The chefs:Aaron Adams from Portobello Tra

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Over the past five months we have consumed approximately eighteen burgers. Between the two of us, that

For one, I am back in Portland, albeit only for a few weeks. In the process of re-immersing myself in the vegan food culture (that is, acquainting myself with all these new food cart options), I have good news in that I have discovered a new vegan reuben to review, one which sounds quite unique and exciting. Just when I th

I've been ignoring this blog a bit, somewhat due to that I now have another blog. I had been discussing with a friend that I frequent coffee shops with about how I was thinking of starting a fashion blog. So many times I'm looking online at online shopping