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When You'd Rather Be Eating Good Food Instead of Standing in Line
6 Biscuits and Gravy Plates That Don't Require an Hour Wait

It’s some time past a respectable hour to get out of bed, you’ve yet to have your first meal of the day, and there’s only one thing on your mind: biscuits and gravy. The line at Tin Shed is enormous. Pine State will be an hour, at least. Driving out to Arleta Library Bakery Cafe seems an insurmountable task. What is a biscuits-and-gravy-craving Portlander to do? This humblest of humble dishes, fellow food more...

Local Mixologists Using Herb-Infused Digestifs in Cocktails
5 Amaro Cocktails That Won't Leave You Bitter

Although amari are most commonly drunk as a post-meal digestif, the unsung heroes of the Italian bitters family should not be limited only to soothing diners who have overindulged with one too many courses. Usually drunk neat, the complex, herb-infused digestifs can vary widely in flavor and even alcohol content, but they also lend depth to cocktails and make excellent compliments to dark and light liquor alike. But, if you're not more...

Get your fried chicken fix with a variety of mouth-watering styles
5 Portland Spots Frying Up Finger Lickin' Fried Chicken

Portland may not have “traditional” roots in frying chicken, but it doesn’t take an expert to grasp that fried chicken is “finger lickin’ good.” And although KFC ditched that slogan of 50 years for something “healthier” sounding, Portland knows fried chicken is just that. Luckily, we have our own deliciously crispy fried chicken scene (yep, we said it, there is one) going strong, and then more...

Alternatives to the Most Commonly Ordered Drinks
5 Craft Cocktails That Will Shake Up Your 'Usual'

Why waste your neighborhood-dive order at Portland's craft cocktail bars? Shake up your 'usual' with a snappier alternative. more...

Get Reacquainted With Everyone's Old Winter Friend
Hot Toddies: Portland Bars Reinterpret Seasonal Favorite

It’s getting cold out there, fellow drinkers, and soon, the rains will come. We have two choices: to despair at the impending sunless months or to reacquaint ourselves with everyone’s old winter friend, the hot toddy. But let’s be honest; there’s an obvious winner here. Portland loves a good toddy, as evidenced by the beverage’s regular seasonal appearance on our bar menus. Sure, most dives can make you a more...

Five Places to Feed Your Savory Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup Habit
Best Phơ in Portland

Welcome back, rainy fall days! Perfect timing, because we’ve been looking for a better excuse than a hangover to get back into our weeklyphơhabit. And what a town to do it in! Not only is there a lot of this savory Vietnamese beef noodle soup in Portland, we also have a surfeit of regional variations on the dish, ranging from a soup with escargot to one featuring pig’s feet. With this bounty comes a lot of people swearing more...

Food and Drink Options That Will Make Everything Better. Promise.
Hung Over in Portland: Curing What Ails You

Well, this topic has been a long time coming. We’ve been to a lot of patio bars, had a few too many punch bowls, and we might have tried to drink our nocino way too early. So what can you do with your heavy, nauseated sack of a body when you’re hung over? Your choices are to sit quietly and hope to die or ingest something. We think that doing the latter—really taking charge of one’s self-imposed state—is more...

Local Bars Incorporate Literary Themes into Decor, Events and Menus
Portland's Literary-Themed Bars: Where Drinking and Reading Mix

Portland's bookish persona even extends to our drinking. Two new bars, The Jack London Bar and The Lovecraft, take their names from famous writers and incorporate literary themes into their decor, events, and menus. They join a small battery of established lit bars. Buckman The Lovecraft is like the corner bar in the friendliest neighborhood of hell. Named after Old Evil fabulist H.P. Lovecraft, the bar takes its horror theme more...

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Exploring the World of Tea

Exploring the World of Tea

Feb 26, 2012
The Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants, 724 NE 22nd Ave.

Join the owners of Portland-based Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants for a tea odyssey. They will share with you their combined two decades of experience with—and love for—tea. Included will be a discussion of the various styles and origins of tea, hints about what to look for when cupping teas, a review of the art of blending and crafting, and insights into responsible sourcing and what The Jasmine Pearl is doing to make tea more...