2010 Best Bars

Best Bars to Hide Out

Whether off the beaten path, underground or out-of-state, these regional haunts are great for ladies' nights, discreet encounters or silently lurking in the shadows.

11/17/2010 By Kasey Cordell and Rachel Ritchie With Brian Barker

Cover Story

Best Bars

Sipping Spots for Every Occasion

11/17/2010 Edited by Kasey Cordell

Review

Little Big Buzz

Restaurant entrepreneur Micah Camden flips the fast-food model.

11/17/2010 By Karen Brooks

Eat Here Now

The Secret Thanksgiving Potluck

…and some other reasons to give thanks at Coffeehouse Northwest.

11/16/2010 By Karen Brooks

Beer Bulletin

Review: New Brew Venue

Hawthorne has a Hophouse

11/16/2010 By John Chandler

COMPARE

Survey of Portland Drinking

Results from our online survey

11/16/2010

Booze News

Four Loko Update

It tastes really bad. Really, really bad.

11/15/2010 By John Chandler

Sweet Gifts

Bizarre Bonbons from Seven Top West Coast Chefs

The holidays are like this box of designer chocolates—colorful, confusing, memorable, and alternately unpleasant or fabulous.

11/15/2010 By Anna Sachse

'Burbs Bites

Restaurant Update: MiNGO West

Simple, solid, and delicious Italian cuisine in Beaverton.

11/12/2010 By Anna Sachse

Booze News

Bad News in a Can

Drunk and wired is no way to go through life

11/12/2010 By John Chandler

Piece of the Rock

Serenity Now!

Soothing sounds abound at Kelly’s Olympian

11/10/2010 By John Chandler

Eat Here Now

Hoop Dreams

Spirit of 77: slam dunks and flagrant fouls at Portland’s new bohemian sports bar

11/10/2010 By Karen Brooks

Cheap Date

A Budget-Friendly Bistro for Budding Romance

Thanks to Savoy’s new chef, new (and long-time) lovers can eat well, without having to cash in their 401(k).

11/10/2010 By Anna Sachse

Happy Hour

Happy Hour: Ate Oh Ate

Great plates at Ate Oh Ate

11/09/2010 By John Chandler

Hometown Pride

Food & Wine Magazine Gives Props to Robert Litt

The co-owner of Southeast Portland’s tiny Urban Farm Store gets national attention for thinking big.

11/08/2010 By Anna Sachse

Five Questions

Chef Q & A: Jason Neroni

Talking food, folks, and fun with the new executive chef at downtown Portland’s Saucebox.

11/05/2010 By Anna Sachse

New Bars

First Impressions

Catching up with the latest locals

11/04/2010 By John Chandler

Slideshow

Slide Show: Perfect Pies – To Go

11/03/2010

Article

Perfect Pies – To Go

Holiday desserts, without the performance anxiety

11/03/2010 By Karen Brooks

Article

Karen Brooks on Live Wire!

Portland Monthly’s restaurant critic dishes it up on this week’s live radio broadcast.

11/03/2010 By Randy Gragg