Eat & Drink

RESTAURANT OPENINGS

Eat Beat First Look: KASK

Your exclusive first look inside Christopher Israel’s new West End bar offering craft cocktails, local charcuterie, and a side of classic cool.

07/13/2011 By Allison Jones

New Bars

Base Camp Brewing

Brains meet brawn meet brew

07/13/2011 By Carly Scheick

FOOD CART WATCH

Kure for the Common Smoothie

A refreshing new food cart offers smoothies with substance.

07/13/2011 By Benjamin Tepler

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

Community Rallies Around Aviary

Portland restaurants rise to the occasion to support newcomer Aviary after 4th of July Fire.

07/12/2011 By Allison Jones

FOODIE FREEBIES

Doug Fir Menu Revamp Giveaway

Don’t miss your chance to try the Doug Fir’s new menu for free, plus two tickets to a show to make a night of it!

07/11/2011 By Allison Jones

Happy Hour

Happy Hour: Oswego Grill

A confluence of comfort and style

07/11/2011 By Chelsea Fitch

MARKET EATS

Chef in the Market: Leena Ezekiel

Renowned local Indian chef is next in the summer series of free cooking demonstrations at the PSU Portland Farmers’ Market.

07/08/2011 By Allison Jones

Random Notes

News, News, News

Too much going on for one Bar Pilot!

07/08/2011 By John Chandler

Market Watch

Kohlrabi is King

This beautiful green vegetable gets less attention than broccoli or kale, but it’s too versatile and delicious not to try.

07/07/2011 By Kristin Belz

HAPPY HOUR OF THE WEEK

Happy Hour of the Week: Clay’s Smokehouse

With a wide variety of $5 baskets boasting comforting BBQ bites, this Southeast eatery provides wallet friendly flavor bombs for all.

07/07/2011 By Allison Jones

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

New Bunk Sandwiches to Open Downtown

Sandwich kings Tommy Habetz and Nick Wood head west with their third location.

07/06/2011 By Benjamin Tepler

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

9 Oregon Craft Beer Month Events

We’ve culled through over 300 beer-centric events to bring you our top picks for maximum microbrew merrymaking.

07/06/2011 By Allison Jones

EAT HERE NOW

Fish on Wheels

A new fresh-fish cart offers some of Oregon’s best and most accessible seafood

07/06/2011 By Benjamin Tepler

FOOD NEWS

Andy Ricker to Publish Pok Pok Cookbook

The secrets of the Pok Pok kitchen will be revealed in a book coming in 2013.

07/06/2011 By Benjamin Tepler

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

Portland Pickle Throwdown

The first annual Pickle Throwdown will showcase the top salty and sweet preserves "put away" by Portland’s top restaurants on July 23rd.

07/05/2011 By Allison Jones

Out and About

Paris in Portland? Mais Oui!

I know Paris isn’t Portland, but can’t we just pretend? With a movie and a new style guidebook, it’s not hard at all.

07/01/2011 By Kristin Belz

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

Castagna’s Matt Lightner Moving to New York

Portland’s modernist pioneer, the first to rethink local cuisine since the farm-to-table movement in the 1990s, will open a restaurant in Tribeca this fall.

07/01/2011 By Karen Brooks

DATE NIGHT CONFIDENTIAL

Saké Rendezvous

Grab your sweetie and scoot up to NE Alberta for a night of sushi and saké that will leave you satisfied in more ways than one.

07/01/2011 By Allison Jones

Beer Bulletin

Based On What?

Brews from America’s Best Beer City need love too!

06/30/2011 By John Chandler

BREAKING FOOD NEWS

A Tastebud Hiatus

Tastebud takes a break for July…possible relocation in the works.

06/30/2011 By Benjamin Tepler