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Before Dinner Drinks

Our Critic's Top Wine Picks

08/17/2012 By Condé Cox

Recipe

Giro D’Italia

For this summery cocktail, Ciao Vito bartender Christopher Abbott mixes gin with a float of Campari.

08/17/2012 By Camas Davis

Recipe

Strawberry Margarita

Recipe Courtesy of Janina Wager, general manager of Saucebox

08/17/2012

FOOD EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Portland Pastry Chefs Join Forces

Members of the Portland Pastry Chefs Association are throwing an old-fashioned cakewalk to help end childhood hunger—so we got the skinny on the desserts that inspired their sweet tooth.

08/17/2012 By Allison Jones

INTERVIEW

5 Questions for God King Slave Wines’ Christine Collier

One of Southern Oregon’s freshest stars shares how young winemakers are carving their place into Oregon’s wine industry one vintage at a time.

08/16/2012 By Allison Jones

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Fifty Licks Lands Brick-and-Mortar Scoop Shop

Chad Draizin’s retro-chic ice cream truck will grow into a scoop shop next April, with new flavors and a soft serve machine.

08/16/2012 By Allison Jones

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Bunk’s New Restaurant: Tex Mex–Loving Trigger

In October, Portland’s sandwich kings will go underground with a rock ‘n’ roll Tex-Mex eatery beneath the Wonder Ballroom on NE Russell Street.

08/15/2012 By Karen Brooks

EAT THIS NOW

Three Sisters Nixtamal

Portland newcomers bring pitch-perfect tortillas to the artisan food scene.

08/15/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

Eat Beat’s News to Chew

Top food news stories from around Portland, including the opening of Xico on Division and Whey Bar, Ox Restaurant’s new booze-fueled waiting area.

08/14/2012 By Allison Jones

HOMETOWN PRIDE

Luce is Bon Appetit’s #4 Best New Restaurant of 2012

The list of 50 nominees for Bon Appetit’s Best New Restaurants of 2012 has been narrowed down to 10, and John Taboada’s sweet East Burnside Italian spot Luce made the cut.

08/14/2012 By Allison Jones

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OPENING WATCH

Bagels on Wheels

Alice’s Bagels will be serving up cold-fermented, hand-formed, boiled, and baked bagels (plus all the trimmings) from the former Lardo space at Good Food Here starting August 17th.

08/14/2012 By Allison Jones

OPENING WEEK

Inside Adam Berger’s 24th & Meatballs

The meatball-only eatery debuts on NE Glisan, marking the first opening of the highly-anticipated micro-restaurant row The Ocean.

08/13/2012 By Allison Jones

Article

Portland’s Best Breakfast Spots

In Portland, land of the food-crazy, nothing trumps breakfast. Consider this your wake-up call: the city’s best dishes, biscuits, Bloody Marys, and more. Dig in!

08/13/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Lauretta Jean’s Expands to Division

Downtown pie maven Kate McMillen is heading across the river to open a second bakery on Southeast Division in the former Pix space, set to open this fall.

08/13/2012 By Allison Jones

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

Eat Beat Weekly Planner

Our digest of Portland’s top upcoming food and drink events, including a mid-week happy hour at Random Order, "Gastro Brew Sessions" at the Thirsty Lion, and a rooftop wine and aioli party at Olympic Provisions Southeast.

08/13/2012 By Allison Jones

Market Watch

Cucumbers Chillin' Southern Style

No need to heat up the kitchen (or the grill) for a good meal; just microwave cukes and onions for a chill soup.

08/12/2012 By Kristin Belz

A Fond Farewell

Adios Amigos!

Bar Pilot is moving to Eat Beat

08/10/2012 By John Chandler

HOMETOWN PRIDE

Bon Appetit names PDX’s Woodsman, Luce, and Ox among the Year’s Best

Three Portland favorites nab spots on Andrew Knowlton’s list of the country’s 50 Best New Restaurants of 2012.

08/10/2012 By Allison Jones

FOOD EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Get Wild!

The state’s best food festival highlighting the upper echelon of Oregon game meat is back.

08/09/2012 By Allison Jones

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

Eat Beat’s News to Chew

Top food news stories from around Portland, including the closing of Oregon Ice Works, the opening of Kitchen Dances and The Ocean’s micro-restaurants, and a new Saturday Brunch at EaT: An Oyster Bar.

08/08/2012 By Allison Jones

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