Best Burgers

Best Burgers For a meal that evolved with the automobile and our need for food to go, the hamburger has come a long way, especially in our city.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Music

New Moons Rising

Five bands carrying on Fred and Toody Cole's legacy

07/27/2009 By Kim Winternheimer, Robert Runyon, Laura Klairmont, and Bart Blasengame

Features

Cole Mining

Five decades of Portland rock from Fred and Toody

07/23/2009

Music

The Ballad of Fred and Toody

Fred and Toody Cole, Portland's rock lifers, reflect on making music and staying in love after 40 years of marriage and life on the road.

07/21/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Mudroom

Summer Lovin’

Six ways to savor the last days of the season

07/20/2009 By Kasey Cordell With Brian Barker

Mudroom

30 Seconds With…Ron Jeremy

Club Sesso mascot Ron Jeremy waxes philosophical on the potential of a sex club across the street from a synagogue or church.

07/20/2009 By Victoria Nguyen

Eat & Drink

HIGH SPIRITS

Invasion Atomic Cafe and Lounge

Portland bar morphs from upscale café by day to cocktail-fueled magnet for the city's gay elite by night.

07/20/2009 By Mike Thelin

POUR

Relief Pitcher

Put down your pint glass and reach for something sweeter: Sangria.

07/20/2009 By Tom Colligan

SAVOR

Orange Crush

The unassuming cantaloupe offers a savory summer surprise with Jerry Huisinga’s Tonnarelli al Melone

07/20/2009 By Martha Calhoon

EAT THIS NOW

Fried Crawfish Pie

A downtown food cart brings the taste of NOLA to PDX.

07/20/2009 With Brian Barker

PORTLAND PLATED

At Long Last, Portland Chefs Lift the Curfew on Fine Dining

With the city expanding, our options for late night cuisine have expanded beyond "Fourth Meal" at Taco Bell.

07/20/2009 By Mike Thelin

Best Burgers 2009

Create the Perfect Burger

Three Chefs. One Kitchen. One Mission.

07/20/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Burgers

Portland's Best Burgers

30 Finger-lickin', fixin-drippin' masterpieces, from high-end to drive-in that will cure your burger lust

07/20/2009 With Martha Calhoon, Randy Gragg, Brian Barker, John Chandler, and Rachel Ritchie Edited by Kasey Cordell

Mudroom

Grounds Control

New competition mght be a boon for Stumptown Coffee Roasters

07/20/2009 By Mike Thelin

Editor's Note

EDITOR’S NOTE

Faith, Medium Rare

07/23/2009 By Randy Gragg

Home & Real Estate

Habitat

Cultivated Living

A family creates a sanctuary for birds, beasts at their hilltop Portland home

07/20/2009 By Amara Holstein

News & City Life

Mudroom

Light Show

Traffic signals keep rhythm with the city’s new MAX lines

07/20/2009 By Kasey Cordell

Style & Shopping

Prêt-à-Portland

Best Tressed

This season’s hair accessories take their cues from the garden

07/20/2009 By Melissa Tessitor

Currency

Street Cents

As it turns out, the money the Portland Bureau of Transportation received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act only equals 1.25 Raef LaFrentzes.

07/20/2009 With Brian Barker

Travel & Outdoors

Mudroom

How To…Hunt for Huckleberries

07/20/2009 By Kim Winternheimer