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

Event date: Dec 9, 2011

Event location: Brasserie Montmartre

A unique wine dinner at Brasserie Montmartre with award-winning Willakenzie Estate wines paired with a delectable 5-course holiday dinner. Delight in the best wines from Willakenzie, hand-picked by founder Bernard Lacroute and dishes expertly prepared by Thomas Keller protege, Chef Michael Hanaghan, and Chef-Proprietor Pascal Chureau. Experience the unequaled wines of Willakenzie, and savor in winemaking tips with Bernard Lacroute. See more...

Event date: Nov 19, 2011

Event location: Locations throughout The Pearl & West End

Discover the world of chocolate, local history, and savor samples as you walk off the extra calories on this personally guided walking tour. Three and ½ hours in length, this walk is enjoyable, informative, and a must for any chocolate enthusiast. We'll walk one mile in search of all things chocolate. Visit our website for additional info. Registration deadline is 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18th. Meeting location will be more...

Event location: Various Portland locations

To celebrate the launch of their high quality coffee, Safeway brings free coffee break to PDX For those who want to enjoy the fresh-roast taste of their favorite, local coffee shop without leaving home, Safeway Select™ just released four new coffees with roast profiles similar to the most popular artisan coffee brands. Safeway is bringing a free coffee break to the City of Roses, who are no strangers to the power of a good more...

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...

Event date: Aug 27, 2011

Event location: Locations throughout The Pearl & West End

Discover the world of chocolate, local history, and savor samples as you walk off the extra calories on this personally guided walking tour. Three and ½ hours in length, this walk is enjoyable, informative, and a must for any chocolate enthusiast. We'll walk one mile in search of all things chocolate. Visit our website for additional info and to register by 9:30 a.m. Friday. Meeting location will be provided with more...

Better late than never, right? Summer, that is, and all the foods with which we associate the season. Owing to the impact of late storms and fluctuating temperatures, local farmers’ most reliable summer crops are just now starting to fill market stalls and CSA boxes. What does all of this mean for you, your kitchen, and your belly? It’s time to take full advantage of the flavors of late summer by sourcing your goods close more...

It’s no surprise that Storm Large was one of the judges at Kenny and Zuke’s recent citywide pickle competition; pickles are the new rock stars of the local rustic food scene. Forget whole-animal and think whole-garden; pickling is a great way to preserve seasonal fruit and vegetable bounty. And for the inquisitive, the playful, and the adventurous, there’s the appeal of the fact that you can pickle just about anything, more...

There’s no doubt about it. Portland is a drinking town. In a city where wet-brain dives and high-end cocktail bars proliferate in equal abundance, the options are myriad. You can have it all here: Jello shots or locally distilled brandy. A glass of smoked ice or a basket of deep-fried clam strips. A meat-market or a bar with its own butcher case. With so many places to choose from, how do you narrow it down? How do you separate more...

Move over, mojitos and caipirinhas. Tall and rummy was so last summer. You might have noticed a newcomer popping up on the cocktail lists of bars all over town: punch! Borne of the prevailing trend of the 1920s speakeasy throwback, punch is making a serious return to the drinking scene, and we suspect this is just the beginning! Good thing, because July’s around the corner, and what sunshine-and-libation-loving Portlander more...