Best Restaurants

2010 Best Restaurants: The Icons

Eight pioneers of the Portland food scene

10/08/2010 By Karen Brooks

Editor's Note

The Eat Beat

Portland Monthly welcomes local restaurant critic Karen Brooks as the new Food Editor just in time for the annual Best Restaurants issue.

10/07/2010 By Randy Gragg

Sweet Food News

New pastry Chef Lauren Fortgang Sweetens Le Pigeon

Get ready for the Choco Taco

10/06/2010 By Karen Brooks

Openings

Hiro Ikegaya to open Mirakutei

Local sushi master will open Japanese-style “tapas” joint

10/06/2010 By Karen Brooks

Hometown Pride

Support Your Local Terra Madre Members!

All it takes is pocket change to help promote global food sustainability

10/06/2010 By Anna Sachse

Behind Bars

Spot Inspection

Spot 79 on SE Foster is a mysterious venue

10/05/2010 By John Chandler

Cheap-ish Eats

To Each Their Own on NE 28th

City State Diner offers perfectly passable Portland-ized versions of diner classics—but vegetarians beware.

10/04/2010 By Anna Sachse

Such a deal

Happy Hour of the Week

The news is mostly good at the Original

10/01/2010 By John Chandler

Foodportunity

Shake Things Up with “Bar Camp” at NoPo’s Lincoln

Co-owner David Welch teaches campers when to shake and when to stir—as well as the proper shaking and stirring technique—while fellow owner/chef/wife Jenn Louis does them one better than PB&J.

10/01/2010 By Anna Sachse

Behind Bars

Open-Closed

In with the new bars—out with the old

09/30/2010 By Geoff Earl

Five Questions

Chef-ish Q & A: Matt Jacobson

Tasty tidbits from the co-owner of Sizzle Pie and the Quality Bar, opening soon on East Burnside.

09/29/2010 By Anna Sachse

Celebrity Sighting

Dan Aykroyd Redux

Or, what would I do for free vodka?

09/28/2010 By John Chandler

Chef shuffle

Pok Pok’s Andy Ricker departs Foster Burger

Asian street food guru ready to launch new Japanese drinking vinegar company

09/27/2010 By Karen Brooks

Vegetarian Viand

Tricycle-Powered Biscuits & Gravy

The brand new Biscuit Bike dishes up hearty vegan fare in the Hawthorne district and beyond.

09/27/2010 By Anna Sachse

Foodportunity

A Downtown Dinner Series — Part Zwei

Grüner continues its “Tuesdays on the Stammtisch” dinner series with menus featuring fall flavors and guest chefs.

09/24/2010 By Anna Sachse

Spirit Guide

Five Minutes With Dan Aykroyd

Comic actor chats about his Crystal Head Vodka

09/24/2010 By John Chandler

Foodie fest

Indulge? Why Yes, I Did

Getting stuffed for a good cause rules!

09/24/2010 By John Chandler

Web Exclusive

Wine Tasting Day Trips

09/23/2010

Food Cart News

Spella Caffe Coffee Cart Closing October 6; People’s Pig Moves In

Micro-roaster Andrea Spella goes full-time brick-and-mortar

09/22/2010 By Karen Brooks

Food News

Breaking Food Cart News

Chef Kenny Hill of Trébol is going to go to-go, Oaxacan-style, with a new food cart in Chinatown.

09/22/2010 By Anna Sachse