Q&A

Meet Portland’s World-Famous Cyber Dominatrix

“Humiliatrix” Ceara Lynch cracks the whip.

03/25/2016 By Alex Keith

HIT LIST

Portland’s Best Bars for Late-Night Eating

It’s not all tater tots and cheese fries at these food-focused after-hours watering holes.

03/01/2016 By Alex Keith

RESTAURANT AND BAR UPDATES

Food Cart Carte Blanche Closes, Kitchen Shake-Ups, and Little Big Burger Expands to Seattle

... and more Portland food news.

02/15/2016 By Alex Keith

POMO PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Feb 11–14

Bill Maher hits the Schnitz, Grace Potter plays the Roseland, and the symphony does a live-score Star Trek. Plus: vice-riddled tales of Portland and the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards. It's the weekend—seize it.

02/11/2016 By Ramona DeNies, Rebecca Jacobson, and Alex Keith

FIRST LOOK

Inside Pastaworks' New Providore Fine Foods Market

The relocated flagship location of Pastaworks includes an oyster bar, florist, and Mediterranean-style chicken rotisserie.

02/10/2016 By Alex Keith

FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS

The Chowder Challenge Returns, Foster's Craft Cooking Holds a Secret Supper, and More Portland Food Events

…including the spirit-forward Toast tasting, a five-course “dirt” dinner, and a weekend of wining and dining at Newberg’s Allison Inn & Spa.

02/08/2016 By Alex Keith

V-Day Cheat Sheet

Valentine’s Day for the Portland Nontraditionalist

Candlelight and rose petals not your thing? No worries: we’ve got sweet alternatives to keep you and your honey happy.

02/05/2016 By Alex Keith

V-DAY CHEAT SHEET

Valentine’s Day: The Take-Home Edition

Whether you’re flying solo or flocking together, we’ve rounded up Portland’s best Valentine’s Day treats to savor from your love nest.

02/05/2016 By Alex Keith

HOLIDAY EATS

How to Celebrate Fat Tuesday, Portland-Style

Grab your beads and party down with these Mardi Gras-loving Portland restaurants.

02/05/2016 By Alex Keith

Super Bowl

Grub Guide: Portland's Best Super Bowl Eats

We’ve got the spread covered with a list of go-to Portland eateries screening the big game, along with a few gut-busting specials you can enjoy from your couch.

02/04/2016 By Alex Keith and Elise Herron

ART AND CRAFT

Portland's Museum of Contemporary Craft to Close Its Davis Street Doors

The oldest continuously running craft institution in the United States is on the move, with a new name and a new home in the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design.

02/04/2016 By Alex Keith

V-DAY CHEAT SHEET

Valentine’s Day in Portland: Where to Dine Out

Only a decadent date night will do for your one and only. In Portland, that means beef cheek dumplings, foie gras crème brûlée, and four-course meals—complete with oyster shucking—delivered to your doorstep.

02/03/2016 By Alex Keith

RESTAURANT AND BAR UPDATES

Portland News to Chew: February 2016

Hokusei is reborn as Fukami Sushiya, John Gorham to open Shalom Y’all! in Pine Street Market, and Hamlet does ham and cheese to go.

02/01/2016 By Alex Keith

FIRST LOOK

Ataula Chefs Open the City’s First Authentic Xurreria, 180

Xurros, xocolata, and xuixos make their Portland debut.

01/29/2016 By Alex Keith

FIRST LOOK

Portland Institution Besaw’s Reopens on NW 21st Avenue

What’s old is new again: a first look at the 112-year-old bistro’s brand-new Northwest digs.

01/26/2016 By Alex Keith

HOMETOWN PRIDE

Oregon Dominates the 2016 Good Food Awards

At the major annual food fest, artisan producers from across Oregon scored big. (Only a certain state to our south—so, like, whatever—earned more accolades.)

01/21/2016 By Alex Keith