Locavore

Ranch to Table

Immediacy makes the heart grow fonder when you buy your meat from local farms.

02/03/2010 By Hanna Neuschwander

choco

Chocolate and Coffee Fest at Ecotrust

Ten Reasons to Love the Bean

01/13/2010 By Eat Beat Team

Q&A: JOE SACCO

Behind the Lines

Disillusioned by the American media’s coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, JOE SACCO went to the Gaza Strip to see things for himself. In the process, he invented a new kind of journalism.

11/09/2009 By Randy Gragg

Cheap Eats

$20 Is The New $50

Leaner wallets call for heftier values.

10/09/2009 By Mike Thelin and Eva Hagberg

BEST RESTAURANTS: AN APPENDIX

Snack Track

Stroll the city (or hop on the streetcar) to find these happy intersections of gastronomy and economy.

10/09/2009 By Thomas Cobb and Eva Hagberg

POUR

Autumn on the Rocks

Bridge the seasons with a dose of old-world bitters.

10/09/2009 By Rachel Ritchie

Portland Plated

Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

Portland restaurants rewrite the recipe for success.

08/18/2009 By Mike Thelin

Portland Plated

Club Sandwich

A new generation of sandwich shops delivers restaurant quality—at half the price.

05/26/2009 By Mike Thelin

Get Out

Hikes & Bikes

One of the best things about living in Portland is the ease with which we can escape the city for more rugged delights. So we paged through guidebooks, consulted local experts, and wore a little leather off our own boots...

05/20/2009 Edited by Kasey Cordell With Brian Barker By Kaitlin Johnson, Ariel Bleicher, Victoria Nguyen, and Bart Blasengame

(It's the place to be.)

Green Acres

Think communes went out with the 1960s? Welcome to Cedar Moon, where the quinoa grows tall, Nubian goats mow the lawn, and life (almost) off the grid is sweet.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Cornershop

Parallel

Parallel aligns itself with Portland's shopping hot spots.

05/19/2009 By Jill Spitznass

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

Article

12 Revolutionary Companies

Transforming the city that works (and yes, they’re hiring.)

05/19/2009 By Sally Powers

Prost

Heavy Drinking

A high-octane combination of age and alcohol makes barley wine an effective antidote to winter.

05/19/2009 By Nino Padova

Play

Toy Story

Four small shops that play big

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson

Article

Snurf’s Up

A sports revivalist brings snowtrashing to Mount Hood.

05/19/2009 By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Basketball

Calling the Shots

Before Kevin Pritchard took over as GM, the Trail Blazers were the most laughable, losingest team in the NBA.

05/19/2009 By Jason Cohen

Cover Story

A Shameless Peek at Portland's Money

Ever since 1843, when William Overton cut Asa Lovejoy in on his 640-acre land grab—for a quarter!— Portland’s attitude about money has been considered, shall we say, nonchalant at best.

05/19/2009 By Jill Davis, Stacey Wilson, Randy Gragg, and Kym Croft Miller

Sweets

Clearing the Bar

Once you’ve tasted the otherworldly chocolate offerings at Cacao, there’s no going back to those emulsifier-laden bars that lurk near checkout counters.