Hot Breakfast Spots

Hot Breakfast Spots It's the most important meal of the day so we're loading you up with a buffet of breakfast bounty; from where to get the best Bloody Mary in town, to finding a restaurant that the whole family will enjoy. Arts editor Aaron Scott pens an in-depth feature on the effects of gentrification on local African American churches, and we make our picks for the "Shows to Know" in our Spring Arts Datebook.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Mudroom

Do This Now! March 2012

Sample the pinots at the Classic Wines Auction, get a new workout manual, or take a melodic trip to the Magnetic Fields this month.

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Mudroom

Five Questions For Hometapes

A wife-and-husband team’s homey approach to the record business

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Robert Ham

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: March 2012

The guests we’d most like at our dinner table this month

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Now Read This

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

By Cheryl Strayed

02/23/2012 By Brian Barker

Feature

Spring Arts Date Book

Mark your calendar now for this season’s top shows to know.

02/23/2012 By Randy Gragg, John Chandler, Anne Adams, and Martin Patail

Best of the City

BEST OF THE CITY

Portland's Best Breakfast Spots

In Portland, land of the food-crazy, nothing trumps breakfast. Consider this your wake-up call: the city’s best dishes, biscuits, Bloody Marys, and more. Dig in!

03/01/2012

Eat & Drink

Cellar Notes

Place Matters

Our critic's guide to the subregions of the Willamette Valley, home of the world's finest pinot noir.

02/24/2012 By Condé Cox

Pour

Kosher Cocktail

Bartender David Welch sees the bright side of Manischewitz.

02/24/2012 By Deena Prichep

EAT HERE NOW

Introducing: Tanuki

Chef Janis Martin's newest location on SE Stark raises the bar on Japanese bar food.

02/23/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

RISE & DINE!

Portland's Best Baked Goods

Baked goods worth an early-morning alarm

02/23/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie By Karen Brooks

Rise & Dine!

Portland’s Battle for the Best Fried Chicken & Waffles

It’s brawn against brine.

02/23/2012 By Zach Dundas and Martin Patail Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks Illustrations by Dan Gay

RISE & DINE!

Best Family Breakfast Spots

Where to haul the restless brood when they rise

02/23/2012 By Zach Dundas and Karen Brooks Edited by Rachel Ritchie Illustrations by Dan Gay

Rise & Dine!

Portland’s Best Biscuits

02/23/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks By Benjamin Tepler

Rise & Dine!

Portland's Best Breakfast Sandwiches

Five breakfast sandwiches done right

02/23/2012 By Kasey Cordell, Rachel Ritchie, and Benjamin Tepler Edited by Karen Brooks Illustrations by Dan Gay

RISE & DINE!

Portland’s Best Bloody Marys

Portland’s sauciest morning cocktails

02/23/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks By Allison Jones

Rise & Dine!

Portland’s Best Breakfasts

In Portland, land of the food-crazy, nothing trumps breakfast. Consider this your wake-up call: the city’s best dishes, biscuits, Bloody Marys, and more. Dig in!

02/23/2012 Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks

RECIPE

Make Meat Cheese Bread's Spring-Happy Grilled Asparagus Sandwich

The lunchtime mainstay showcases the season's first stalks.

02/17/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

VIDEO

In the Kitchen with John Stewart

Sandwich master John Stewart shows us how to showcase the first stalks of spring.

02/17/2012 Edited by Benjamin Tepler

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

The Limits of Nice

02/24/2012 By Randy Gragg

Health & Wellness

Rainmaker

Raising the Barre

A new fitness player exports ballet bodies and Portland principles.

02/23/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Ramona DeNies

Home & Real Estate

$10 and Under

Need a Hand in the Kitchen?

Try the #1 Chef’s sporty, spirited helper.

03/05/2012 By Kristin Belz

Plantwise

Spring Ahead!

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Kate Bryant

News & City Life

Mudroom

Kick Starters

Four diagrams, three pundits, and one Scot preview the 2012 Timbers.

02/24/2012 By Zach Dundas and Martin Patail

Mudroom

PDX Index: March Madness

02/23/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Will Lambeth

Feature

Beyond the Churches

Jefferson High School & SEI

02/17/2012 By Aaron Scott

History

Black in Portland

130 years of dislocation

02/17/2012 By Randy Gragg

CHURCH & STATE

From the Archives: By the Grace of God

With the gentrification of North and Northeast Portland, churches hold the city’s African American community together. But how much longer can the bonds last?

02/17/2012 By Aaron Scott