VendrTV is kind of like a best food blog, except with high-quality video cameras, fancy editing, and the ability to tour the country covering delicious food carts (read: some foodies’ dreams come true). They post a new video episode every Wednesday on their website and it’s pretty cool watching what other cities’ food carts are [...]
2217 NE Alberta St. Portland, OR 97211 (503) 477-5022 Vegan. Baking. Two things that creative culinary Portlanders are trying to fuse together more and more. Big names in the scene include: Sweetpea, Black Sheep, Cherry Bomb, Dove Tail and as of Tuesday, Sept. 22, Back to Eden Bakery Boutique opened a retail space destined for [...]
1737 NE 42nd Ave. Portland OR 97213 (503) 954-1091 Complaining about coffee in Portland is treacherous territory. In a place where quality coffee is almost as much a birthright as water, it can sound trite to say, “there’s no good coffee in this neighborhood.” But when the developing standard is to be able to enjoy [...]
I just unwrapped the thin plastic film protecting my constant companion from intruders: The Orbit Big Pak, boasting 35 pieces of powdered, chewy, minty sticks of bliss. Yes, I’m talking about my three-letter rock: gum. Gum and I go way back, back to the days of my girlhood. “Pass me a piece of gum, will [...]
You may have noticed a little thing crept up along the right sidebar there (yep, I’M A TWITTERER NOW!) Ah! How did this happen? The slope… so… slippery… can’t… resist. Therefore the bulk of this round of updates originates from Twitterville, except not everything of course. I’m a big believer in doing my best to [...]
300 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97204 (503) 546-2666 There are a lot of reasons to go to The Original: they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner; they have shakes; it’s good for groups; it’s downtown; they have Stumptown coffee and local alcohol… need I go on? It’s also physically gorgeous, complete with a huge second [...]
It’s been exactly an hour and 15 minutes since operation bake sale has finished. I can proudly say that Share our Strength is $35 richer due to the efforts of the Fly on the Wall’s four-hour bake sale. But no; there’s absolutely no way I can take even a slight majority of the credit. A [...]
720 SE Sandy Blvd. Portland OR 97214 Anyone who knows Kevin Ludwig, the owner of Beaker & Flask, knows this guy’s been working on opening his first bar-restaurant for a looong time. The latest hold up was the good ole OLCC. Then the waters parted and just in time for their opening on June 25, [...]
3640 SE Belmont Street Portland, OR 97214 (503) 236-3346 Lordy, lordy, if I ate here as much as I’d like, I’d put on another 40. I hope you’re not sick of me blabbing about how rad things like, oh, I don’t know, a breakfast sandwiches are because (gasp!) yes, they make an amazing one. Don’t [...]
2723 NE 7th Avenue Portland, OR 97212 (503) 281-1420 I lived in Irvington once. And when I did, I realized how many beautiful, incredible trees filled up almost every street. I miss that — North Portland’s trees are little. My visit to Cartola, Irvington’s newest coffee shop reminded me of this. Simone (pronounced Sim – [...]
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