LONG STORY SHORT

Kristen Murray: Dessert Whiz

The makings of the sweet chef behind Maurice—downtown's new "pastry luncheonette"

03/03/2014 Photography by Nicolle Clemetson By Marnie Hanel

BEST SANDWICHES 2014

Five Ways Portland Redefines the Hamburger

What can a burger be? Meet these revolutionary takes.

03/03/2014 By Karen Brooks

BEST SANDWICHES 2014

Vegan Grilled Cheese to Buttery Sausage Biscuits: Five Portland Sandwiches Built on Obsession

Passion unbound, no apologies: that’s the secret ingredient to sandwich happiness.

03/03/2014 By Karen Brooks

BEST SANDWICHES 2014

Jalapeño Pickles to Raspberry Jam: Five Portland Sandwiches with Crazy-Good Condiments

To cut the mustard in Pickle Town, it is advisable to craft your own artisan extras.

03/03/2014 By Karen Brooks

BEST SANDWICHES 2014

String Beans, Coffee Mayo, and Chocolate: Five Portland Sandwiches That Break All the Rules

The coup de grace on a true, Stumptown-style sandwich? A renegade cry of “Anything goes!”

03/03/2014 By Karen Brooks

BEST SANDWICHES 2014

Five Phenomenally Meaty Portland Sandwiches

Portland meats are serious business: smoked, brined, and charcuterized. (They don’t call us Porkland for nothing.)

03/03/2014 By Karen Brooks

BEST SANDWICHES 2014

Five Portland Sandwiches Made with Killer Bread

Artisan bakery loaves, custom-ordered rolls, and an “I Baked It My Way” mindset aren’t merely options in Portland. They’re the law.

03/03/2014 Edited by Karen Brooks

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

Eat Beat Weekly Planner: February 2014

Wine dinners galore, Fat Tuesday revelry, a National Pancake Week celebration, and more of Portland’s upcoming food and drink events.

02/26/2014 By Kristin Leigh

TREND WATCH

5 Food and Drink Trends Taking Portland by Storm

The Hot List of 2014

02/25/2014 By Benjamin Tepler

THE GRAPEVINE

Apolloni's "Pasta & Pinot" Dinners Return

Apolloni Vineyards teams up with Portland area restaurants for their fifth annual showcase of wine and handmade pasta

02/25/2014 By Erik Maurer

RESTAURANT & BAR UPDATES

Portland News to Chew

Woodstock gets a Dick's Kitchen, Fifty Licks offers boozy ice cream, and a "coffee desert" in Northeast Portland gets some welcome relief.

02/21/2014 By Tuck Woodstock

HOMETOWN PRIDE

Roe and Sweedeedee Crack GQ's Best New Restaurants List

The mens' magazine's famously stuffy critic gives some love to two very different Portland establishments.

02/20/2014 By Nathan Tucker

PORTLAND DINING MONTH

99 Problems But a 3-Course Meal for $29 Ain't One

March ushers in a month of 3-course meals for under $30. With nearly 100 options, the biggest question is how to decide!

02/19/2014 By Tuck Woodstock

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Wildwood Closing After 20 Years in Northwest Portland

Two decades after Cory Schreiber debuted his farm-centric vision of Pacific Northwest dining, the landmark restaurant is closing its doors.

02/18/2014 By Allison Jones

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Pepe Le Moko, Unveiled

The long anticipated bar beneath the Clyde Common takes its first few sips.

02/17/2014 By Benjamin Tepler

BEST SANDWICHES 2014

Food Fight! Who Will Win the Sandwich Smackdowns?

The Portland Monthly staff (and a few guests) entered the ring to fight in favor of the city's beloved bread-cradled creations. Now it's your turn to choose the winners.

02/14/2014 Illustrations by Nick Stokes

BEER BULLETIN

Not Your Granddaddy's Coffee Beer

While the majority of Oregon's bottled and canned coffee beers are standard stouts and porters, here are three that sit slightly off the beaten path.

02/14/2014 By Nathan Tucker

OPENING WATCH

Garden Bar Brings "Farm-to-Go" Salads to the Pearl

The new choose-your-own-adventure salad bar aims to change the way Portland thinks about grab-and-go lunch, one piece of arugula at a time.

02/13/2014 By Allison Jones

Slideshow

Slide Show: Inside Garden Bar, Now Tossing in the Pearl

02/13/2014

GET OUT AND GROW

Spring Food and Farm Workshops for Chefs and Gardeners

Grab a seed catalogue, gardening books, and make plans to attend one of these timely food and farm events.

02/13/2014 By Kristin Leigh