Eat & Drink

Rise & Dine!

Portland's Best Breakfast Sandwiches

Five breakfast sandwiches done right

02/23/2012 By Kasey Cordell, Rachel Ritchie, and Benjamin Tepler Edited by Karen Brooks Illustrations by Dan Gay

RISE & DINE!

Portland’s Best Bloody Marys

Portland’s sauciest morning cocktails

02/23/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks By Allison Jones

Rise & Dine!

Portland’s Best Breakfasts

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!

02/23/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

New Details on Bamboo Sushi NW

Bamboo Sushi NW will open in May with fresh takes on raw seafood. We caught up with owner Kristofer Lofgren for all the details.

02/22/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Riffle NW Hooks Pearl District Space

East Coast transplant Ken Norris finds a home at last for his “catch-inspired” seafood vision.

02/22/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

Happy Hour

Happy Hour: Bent Brick

Bent Brick does haute for less

02/22/2012 By Sarah Moore

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

Party Pics: Mardi Gras at Irving St. Kitchen

Burlesque dancers! Tarot readings! A whole roasted pig! Eat and drink vicariously through my photos of this annual Pearl District Fat Tuesday party.

02/22/2012 By Allison Jones

FOOD NEWS

Portland’s 2012 James Beard Contenders

Six Portland chefs vie in a pool of 20 regional hopefuls for Best Chef Northwest, and four other talents compete in four national categories.

02/21/2012 By Karen Brooks

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

Eat Beat Neighborhood News

Top food news stories from around Portland, including the expansion of the Bunk Empire and more details about Duane Sorenson’s next project, Woodsman Hall.

02/21/2012 By Allison Jones

Market Watch

Cabbage Patch Meals

Unlike Cabbage Patch dolls of the '80s, cabbage the food is a hot ticket for winter dinner.

02/21/2012 By Kristin Belz

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

Eat Beat Weekly Planner

Our digest of Portland’s top upcoming food and drink events, including a Nordic supper club dinner for small business owners and Sunday Supper at Meriwether’s.

02/20/2012 By Allison Jones

Art Appreciation

Rothko: On the Rocks

Famed Portland artist gets multiple tributes—and a cocktail.

02/20/2012 By John Chandler

OPENING WEEK

Opening Week: Blue Collar Baking

Warren Becker’s working-class sweet shop opened its doors this week on Southwest Third and Pine, and we’ve got photos of the space that’s "not afraid of butter!"

02/17/2012 By Allison Jones

RECIPE

Make Meat Cheese Bread's Spring-Happy Grilled Asparagus Sandwich

The lunchtime mainstay showcases the season's first stalks.

02/17/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

INTERVIEW

5 Questions for Bar Avignon’s New Chef Eric Joppie

One of Southeast Division’s classiest neighborhood eateries has a fresh face in the kitchen, and we’ve got the scoop on his approach to simple, delicious food.

02/17/2012 By Allison Jones

VIDEO

In the Kitchen with John Stewart

Sandwich master John Stewart shows us how to showcase the first stalks of spring.

02/17/2012 Edited by Benjamin Tepler

HOMETOWN PRIDE

Woodsman Tavern in GQ

One of Portland’s sexiest new restaurants gets the Top Ten treatment from GQ Magazine’s restaurant team.

02/16/2012 By Allison Jones

EAT THIS NOW

Fried Chicken Skin Salad at Aviary

Aviary’s rebuilt menu packs bold new international flavors, and perfects old standbys, like the fried chicken skin salad.

02/15/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Daniel Mondok Reveals New Wine Country Restaurant Details

Chef Daniel Mondok and Master Somm Brandon Tebbe unveil plans for Paulée, their ambitious new Dundee eatery catering to wine lovers and wine industry workers—muddy boots and all.

02/15/2012 By Allison Jones