Breakfast is Served!

Breakfast is Served! <p>We spent weeks eating breakfast all over the city to bring you a comprehensive roundup of morning eats (and drinks!) at sixty-four restaurants. Portlanders, prepare to grow hungry. Plus, local stripper, rocker, writer, and bartender Viva Las Vegas pens a story about her battle with breast cancer.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Music

Rock Locally

Bono is, like, so bourgeois. Get your groove on with new music by one of these homegrown rock stars instead.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Eat & Drink

Bottoms Up

Five Reasons … to Drink This Month

Five? That's all?

05/19/2009

Pour

Southern Oregon Tempranillo

Tempranillo is becoming the backbone grape of the Southern Oregon winemaking territory.

05/19/2009

Review

Joy to the Pearl

With first-rate pasta and rustic pizza, Bella Gioia succeeds in its quest for authenticity.

05/19/2009 By Nino Padova

Portland's Best Breakfasts

B... Is for Bacon

We spent weeks eating breakfast all over the city to bring you a comprehensive roundup of morning eats (and drinks!) at sixty-four restaurants. Portlanders, prepare to grow hungry.

05/19/2009 By Brian Barker, Camas Davis, Nino Padova, Lynette Sanchez, and Bart Blasengame

Jobs

Coffee Filter

To work at this St. Johns java joint, you need mad espresso skills and a way with words.

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

High Spirits

The Agency Ultra Sport Lounge

Game-time fixes at The Agency Ultra Sport Lounge

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

Introducing...

Bunk Sandwiches

Lip-smacking lunchables at Bunk Sandwiches

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

FEAST

The Royal Family of Breakfast

Old-world recipes and generations of family focus keep the pancakes fresh (and the breakfast lines long) at the original Original Pancake House.

05/19/2009 By Nino Padova

Pour

Buenos Vinos

A Portland expat’s Buenos Aires–based wine club delivers rare Argentine finds right to your door.

05/19/2009 By Tom Colligan

RECIPE

The Great Bavette Steak Hunt

Bavette steak may be the tastiest cut of beef you never heard of.

05/19/2009 By Camas Davis

Editor's Note

Article

Good Morning, Portland

A few thoughts on breakfast from our Editor in Chief

05/19/2009 By Paige Williams

Health & Wellness

FEATURE

The Last Days of My Left Breast

I’m a stripper, rocker, bartender, and writer. I had a lot of plans last year, but none of them involved breast cancer. The disease sidetracked my livelihood, threatened my life, and forced me to reinvent my chest. So far, I’ve lived to to tell the tale.

04/15/2013 By Viva Las Vegas

Home & Real Estate

Habitat

Town and Country

A former carriage house in the Southwest Hills gets an elegant new life for a family of four.

05/19/2009 By Anna Sachse

News & City Life

Save

How To... Live the High Life for Less

Get more bang for fewer bucks

05/19/2009 By Kristen Hall-Geisler

College Ball

Duck Blind

The University of Oregon baseball team returns to the diamond with bravado—and uniforms you can see from Kansas.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Article

The Closer

There's one thing Willamette Week reporter Nigel Jaquiss won't do when he's on a story: stop.

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell

All Lacrosse the World

Stick Figure

Portland Lumber Jax defenseman *Brodie Merrill* talks tough about lacrosse, jet lag, and being mocked by Canadian teenagers.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Living Here

In The Zone

Is this the year Oregon schools finally get serious about seismic safety? Earthquake expert Yumei Wang hopes so.

05/19/2009 By Linda Baker

Style & Shopping

Home Decor

Greenhouse Effect

Eco-friendly doesn't have to mean ugly. Add organic panache to home and garden with a trip to Ink & Peat.

07/24/2012 By Jill Spitznass

Spectacle

Rim Shot

Style Essential: Big, Bold Frames

05/19/2009 By Jill Spitznass

Travel & Outdoors

PLAY

Easy Rider

I swapped out my skis for a powder cruiser.

05/19/2009 By Jim Gullo

Hit List

Recession-Friendly Spring Break

Kick back close to home.

05/19/2009 By Kaitlin Johnson and Isaac Darnall

Beyond the Bridges

Town of Plenty

Corvallis isn’t all dive bars and Beavers anymore.

05/19/2009 By Jill Davis