Matthew Trueherz is a former Portland Monthly associate editor.

Restaurant Openings

Janken, An Upscale Pan-Asian Restaurant, Opens in the Former Bluehour Space

After cutting his teeth in Miami, chef Rodrigo Ochoa serves everything from wagyu steaks to pekin duck and nigiri at his first Portland restaurant.

11/23/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Book Review

Katherine Dunn’s Posthumously Published ‘Toad’ Cuts Deep

The author of Geek Love has a new Portland-set novel out, six years after her death.

11/22/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Best Restaurants 2022

At Bar Cala, It’s Summer 365 Days a Year

The pink stucco castle is basically a $14 flight to the tropics.

11/22/2022 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Michael Novak

Food News

Pizza Pop-Up No Saint Will Open a Restaurant on NE Killingsworth, and a Separate Wine Shop

At the end of the month, veterans of Sweedeedee, Tastebud, and Ava Gene’s plan to open their first two restaurants, simultaneously.

11/15/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Books

Reese Witherspoon Wasn’t at the Portland Book Festival, Per Se

From Election to Wild, the books behind some of Witherspoon’s most acclaimed roles were the talk of this year’s festival.

11/08/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Food Industry

Help Wanted: The Kitchen Is Hiring

Restaurant jobs are nearly back to pre-COVID numbers and unemployment is lower than ever, but cooks are nowhere to be found.

11/04/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Books

The Best Way to Do the 2022 Portland Book Festival

Portland’s annual literary celebration can get overwhelming. Here’s how we’d tackle it if we were you.

10/31/2022 By Conner Reed and Matthew Trueherz

Veggie Tales

Are You Ready to Join This Pacific Northwest Vegetable Cult?

A chicory-roots organization strives to connect the dots of the food system, and localize your diet. Radicchio is their totem.

10/27/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Books

Your Oregon-Made Fall Reading List

Curl up by the fire with new titles from Lidia Yuknavitch, Colin Meloy, Christine Sinclair, and more.

10/26/2022 By Conner Reed and Matthew Trueherz

Events

'Pop-Up Magazine' Brings Multihyphenate Ryan O’Connell to Portland

The actor and writer will read a short memoir created as part of Pop-Up Magazine’s multi-media live show “Love Stories.”

10/21/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Art

A Designer for Kendrick Lamar and Odd Future Just Opened His First Gallery Show in Portland

Chris Burnett’s Colibri is on at Fisk through December 4.

10/19/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Theater

A New Play at Portland Center Stage Examines the Link Between Segregation and Swimming

PCS and ART are tackling the second-ever production of Tony-nominated playwright Christina Anderson’s ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home.’

10/14/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Halloween

7 Pop Culture–Inspired Halloween Costumes You Can Shop for Locally

If you’re panicking as Halloween approaches and you haven’t been stockpiling costume ideas all year, we’ve got you covered.

10/14/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

Ripe Cooperative, the Year-Old Euro-Centric Sidewalk Café in the Former Beast Space, Is Closing

Naomi Pomeroy’s exciting pandemic pivot aimed to show the true cost of running a restaurant. What does its closure mean?

10/12/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Openings

Paniolo in the Pearl: Fools and Horses Slings Hawaiian Cowboy Fare

The people behind Pink Rabbit open a slightly grown-up, but equally hip spot next door.

10/06/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Arts

Return to Sender: The Next ‘Dear Stranger’ Swaps Letters on Memory

Memory is the theme of Oregon Humanities’ current Dear Stranger letter exchange. They’re accepting submissions through October 31.

10/04/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Bars

First Look: Basquiat and Pink Velour in Kann’s Basement

Sousòl, the subterranean sibling bar of Gregory Gourdet’s ode to Haiti, is a pan-Caribbean party.

09/29/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Gone Fishing

9 Places to Eat a Whole Fish in Portland

From branzino to pompano, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite nose-to-tail offerings across the city.

09/23/2022 By Matthew Trueherz and Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Local Food Magazine Looks to the Community to Print Its Latest Issue

Rising costs have threatened the production of Portland-based Kitchen Table. Will a crowdfunding model—and an even bigger magazine—work?

09/21/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Visual Art

Lisa Congdon Is Cataloging Herself

The prolific Portland artist’s quarterly “monograph” collects her gallery work, commercial art, iPhone photos, and everything in between.

09/19/2022 By Matthew Trueherz