Eat & Drink

Cheap Eats

Kalé’s Bowls of Japanese-Style Comfort

Rice, curry, beef, and cheddar cheese combine for cheap thrills in the Southwest Hills.

01/19/2011 By Anna Sachse

Happy Hour

Happy Hour: Bonfire Lounge

Warming up to the Bonfire

01/18/2011 By John Chandler

Breaking Food News

FIN TO CLOSE AFTER VALENTINE’S DAY

The daring Southeast Portland seafood restaurant tanks itself after a promising six-month run.

01/17/2011 By Karen Brooks

Gluten-Free Find

Dessert Labs Concocts Freakishly Tasty Cupcakes

Whether you’re gluten-intolerant or not, this new Northwest Portland bakery inspires gluttony.

01/17/2011 By Anna Sachse

Mud Room

Sea Change

A new captain steers McCormick & Schmick’s through choppy waters.

01/14/2011 By Zach Dundas

SLURP

Eat This Now: Handmade Noodles at Frank’s Noodle House

Frank's Noodle House in NE Portland, serves up "the best handmade noodles in town."

01/14/2011 By Rachel Ritchie

Pour

Bar Star

The results are in! You, our fair readers, have voted Clyde Common’s Jeffrey Morgenthaler your Bartender of the Year.

01/14/2011

Wine

Cellar Notes: February 2011

Despite what some critics say, the Oregon 2007 vintage pinot noir has matured into a quality wine. Notable 2007 pinot noirs include Cristom, Erath, Bethel Heights, Lemelson, and Et Fille.

01/14/2011 By Condé Cox

Behind Bars

People’s Party

Democrat Jesse Cornett becomes a publican

01/14/2011 By John Chandler

Interview

5 questions for: wine country wizard ERIC BECHARD

Thistle’s dashing defender of local pigs dishes about the upcoming Community Plate and other places to eat good in his neighborhood.

01/14/2011 By Anna Sachse

Eat This Now

The Best Cubano, Ever. Really.

Bunk Sandwiches’ pork belly cubano just might change your life.

01/12/2011 By Karen Brooks

Happy Hour

Happy Hour of the Week: Fenouil

Happy hour food that will actually make you forget about your wine, even when it’s a brilliantly matched glass of full, crisp, spicy Daedalus Gruner Veltliner.

01/12/2011 By Anna Sachse