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Best Restaurants 2012

20 Spots That Defined the Year in Food

It's our annual assemblage of Portland's most exciting eateries.

10/16/2012 With Mike Thelin, Benjamin Tepler, and Allison Jones Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

Eat Beat Weekly Planner

Our digest of Portland’s top upcoming food and drink events, including the annual Wetlands & Wellies benefit and ForkLift's dinner featuring Jacobsen Salt Co. and Clyde Common.

10/16/2012 By Allison Jones

Market Watch

Criss Cross, Applesauce

When life gives you apples, make... applesauce, of course. The easiest way to enjoy a bounty of apples is still possibly the most delicious.

10/16/2012 By Kristin Belz

Portland Cocktail Week

Dale DeGroff Sings Cocktails' Greatest Hits

Revered bartender and author will sing and spin stories during Portland Cocktail Week.

10/15/2012 By John Chandler

Party Time

Tailgating That Won't Get You a Ticket

When there's football, and fans, there's gotta be a tailgate party too.

10/13/2012 By Kristin Belz

VIDEO

In the Kitchen with Diane Morgan

Root expert Diane Morgan sets the table for the holidays.

10/13/2012 Edited by Benjamin Tepler

Savor

Holiday Recipes from Diane Morgan

The local cookbook dynamo shares her crowd-pleasing, root-themed holiday dishes.

10/11/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

GET SCHOOLED

Get a Masters in Foodie-ology

Marylhurst University's new Master of Arts in Food Systems & Society could set the bar for the next generation of conscious eaters.

10/11/2012 By Allison Jones

BEST OF PDX

Take Five with Global Chef Jun Robles

The hungry chef of Hawthorne's BridgePort Ale House shares his favorite Asian eats, from Sellwood to Beaverton.

10/11/2012 By Allison Jones

EAT THIS NOW

Power Salad at Addy’s Sandwich Bar

Addy's power salad is a no-frills lunch with dynamic textures, fresh ingredients, and balanced flavor—all for $6.50.

10/10/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

Eat Beat's News to Chew

Top food news stories from around Portland, including the third location of Sizzle Pie and Sunset Magazine's picks for the Northwest's top markets, cheese shops, fish mongers and more.

10/10/2012 By Allison Jones

WINE BULLETIN

Wine Country Deals for PoMo Readers

Mention Portland Monthly's 2012 Oregon’s 50 Best Wines list and receive these special discounts at several dining and drinking destinations in the valley.

10/10/2012 By Allison Jones

SPIRITED AWAY

8th Annual Great American Distillers Festival

This October 19th and 20th, more than forty small-production distillers will arrive in Portland to revel in the community spirit of craft spirits.

10/09/2012 By Allison Jones

WINE EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Orange Wine Cometh

Get to know the indie darling of the wine world at Genoa's upcoming Orange Wine Dinner on November 4th.

10/08/2012 By Allison Jones

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

Eat Beat Weekly Planner

Our digest of Portland’s top upcoming food and drink events, including Zenger Farm's annual Farm to Table Dinner and Random Order Bakery's voter registration party.

10/08/2012 By Allison Jones

Recipe

Fallen Figs

The most local bounty of all: harvesting fruit falling from our neighborhood street trees.

10/07/2012 By Kristin Belz

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Details Emerge for Scott Snyder's Levant

We've got the first word on the "French Arabesque" restaurant heading to the East Burnside space most recently home to Alder Pastry and Dessert.

10/05/2012 By Allison Jones

FOOD EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Chef Studio Mentor Dinners Continue

The second round of intimate, collaborative dinners brings together Robert Reynold's former students to raise funds for the Studio's culinary scholarship fund.

10/05/2012 By Allison Jones

READ EM AND EAT

Win a Copy of Clark Haass's Hashcapades

Learn the fundamentals of a worldwide brunch staple from a Portlander with a penchant for "hash adventures" via his new cookbook.

10/04/2012 By Allison Jones

WINE WEDNESDAY

2012's First Crush at the SE Wine Collective

Go behind the scenes of Portland's newest urban winery as the first tones of grapes roll onto the production line.

10/03/2012 By Allison Jones

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