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Slide Show: Portland Monthly's Country Brunch

June 24, 2013

All bloody mary, all the time.

Yale Union (YU) center for contemporary art

Le Bistro Montage

Montage's "Bloody Miles" from bartender Steve Dodge was made with house infused Andouille Sausage Absolut Vodka, horseradish, celery salt, lime, worchestershire, Tobasco, and a proprietary blend of other spices. Smokey, full of heat, and garnished with S

Pine State Biscuit's cornmeal crusted Carolina catfish mini biscuits with vinegar slaw and sweet pickle remoulade.

Stumptown Coffee kept the crowd caffeinated

Irving Street Kitchen

Last year's judges' choice and audience choice winner managed to charm the public once again, claiming the People's Choice award and bragging rights for another year with their fresh and zesty Irving Street Bloody Mary.

The Florida Room

The Church of the Bloody Mary (aka the Florida Room) representing at Country Brunch.

Satisfied brunchers!

The Lauretta Jean's team brought buttermilk biscuits with country sausage gravy and mini tart cherry pies.

Lauretta Jean's mini tart cherry pies in an all-butter crust.

Country Brunch revelers

Boke Bowl served up Boke Eggs & Bacon: Fried Quail Eggs with Pork in Black Bean sauce over Rice Tots.

The Olympic Provisions "Olympic Mary" with house mary mix, vodka, pickles, and (what else) a salami garnish.

Zenger Farms' Jill Kuehler and Portland Monthly's Randy Gragg talk about the Country Brunch beneficiary, Zenger's Urban Grange.

Country Brunch reveler

Irving Street Kitchen's bartender "Fresh Mike"

Country Brunch revelers

Caleb Klauder Country Band

Portland Monthly once again convinced the best of Portland's food and drink scene to wake up early for the seccond annual Country Brunch and Bloody Mary Smackdown on June 24. The benefit for Zenger Farms' Urban Grange barn-raising efforts featured brunch fare from Bent Brick, Boke Bowl, Departure, Genies Cafe, Lauretta Jean's, and Pine State Biscuits and Absolut-powered Bloody Marys from Circa 33, Florida Room, Genies Cafe, Le Bistro Montage, Olympic Provisions, and Pine State Biscuits.

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