WORD OF MOUTH

3 Things You Must Eat in Portland this January

Portland Monthly food critic Karen Brooks dishes on the restaurants, obsessions, and under-the-radar finds of the new year.

01/05/2015 By Karen Brooks

High Spirits

Get Juiced This Winter with Fresh Citrus Cocktails

Think refreshing cocktails packed with orange, grapefruit, lemon, and lime are for summer sipping? Think again.

01/05/2015 By Kelly Clarke

RECIPE

3 Killer DIY Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Deep in the bleak, bone-chilling days of winter, we adults need a booster of gooey, nostalgic grilled cheese just as much as the kids do.

01/05/2015 By Benjamin Tepler

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Slow Burn

Mole flights. Suitcase mescals. That goat barbacoa. Xico keeps getting hotter.

01/05/2015 By Karen Brooks

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Portland Monthly's Top Magazine Stories of 2014

Best bars! Earthquake survival! Day trips! Hot neighborhoods! Sandwiches! We take a look back on the best of the best.

12/31/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Portland Monthly's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2014

From a "store" full of 100% free stuff to the baby from Labyrinth, we take a look back at the stories you loved most this year.

12/31/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff

THE GRAPEVINE

5 Local Bottles of Bubbly to Help Toast to 2015

12/31/2014 By Allison Jones

GOOD EATS

11 Healthy Cookbooks to Start 2015 Off Right

Paleo, veg-focused, whole grain, fermented...no matter your resolution, these cookbooks will satisfy.

12/31/2014 By Allison Jones

EAT THIS NOW

Junk Food at Stray Dogs PDX

The talent-studded, hot dog-themed pop-up is a must-try.

12/23/2014 By Benjamin Tepler

GOOD EATS

Restaurant Trend: Tasting Menu Juice Pairings

From modernist feasts to detox dinners, chefs around Portland are offering a fresh alternative to wine, beer, and cocktails

12/19/2014 By Allison Jones

HOMETOWN PRIDE

Top Chef Recap: Episode 9

Gourdet and Adams pull through this week’s challenges: football stars and dead poets.

12/18/2014 By Benjamin Tepler

GOOD EATS

Aviary to Host First Vegetarian Dinner in January

Want to eat more veggies in 2015? Chefs Sarah Pliner, Kat Whitehead, and Jasper Shen want to help you out with a 7-course vegetarian feast.

12/18/2014 By Allison Jones

BREAKING NEWS

Holdfast Finds a New Home in Southeast Portland

In January, Portland’s modernist experiment will take its talent and runaway success story to the front room of Fausse Piste Winery, four nights a week.

12/17/2014 By Karen Brooks

HIT LIST

10 Last-Minute Holiday Gifts for Foodies

The perfect gift for every kind of foodie, (almost) all for under $50

12/17/2014 With Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks By Benjamin Tepler

OPENING WATCH

Inside North Portland's SamplingLab, Where Everything Is Free

An innovative Williams Ave. business trades complimentary products for candid feedback.

12/17/2014 By Tuck Woodstock

Slideshow

Slide Show: 10 Last-Minute Holiday Gifts for Foodies

12/16/2014

FOOD EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Departure Chef Gregory Gourdet Taps his Haitian Roots

Top Chef’s fierce competitor takes a deep dive into the dishes of his youth on December 21.

12/16/2014 By Karen Brooks

FOOD FINDER

Bring Some Scandinavian Holidays Home with Beaverton's Scandia Imports

Whether you've got roots in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland or simply love Nordic flavors, this sweet shop will stock you up.

12/16/2014 By Sara Rangel

FOOD NEWS

Instacart Adds Green Zebra to Portland Home Grocery Delivery Service

The popular online shopping and one-hour delivery service just announced their first local partner.

12/16/2014

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

First Impressions: All-Way

Broder’s Peter Bro resurrects the diner that time forgot, deliciously.

12/16/2014 By Kelly Clarke