Category Archives: Portland

Time for a TOAST!

Spirit lovers rejoice, the highly anticipated Oregon Distiller’s Guild’s 5th Annual TOAST is upon us! Tomorrow over 40 distillers will come together to produce an event that’s truly worth raising your glass. Held in the beautiful Leftbank Annex,TOAST will offer over 120 different types of classic and obscure spirits for attendants to sample, specialty craft…
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Portland Dining Month is Back!

  The city is gearing up to welcome back Portland Dining Month, and the deals are crazy! With over 100 restaurants participating for the month of March offering pre-fixed 3 course meals as low as $29 each, you’ll be hitting happy hours until April showers. Portland Dining Month is a great opportunity to finally hit…
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Chef Chat: Rick Holguin of Raven & Rose

Rick Holguin is the personification of determination and hard work.  We recently caught up with Chef Rick during a rare break in the action at Raven & Rose to learn more about his past, influences and culinary style.  By staying true to his lifelong ambition to cook amazing food, he now is at the helm…
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Palate Pleaser: Oven and Shaker

  Night out? Dinner (or Happy Hour!) and drinks at Oven and Shaker (1134 NW Everett Street) would be a strong start. Oven and Shaker, a part of Portland’s noteworthy ChefStable restaurant group, specializes in two areas: delicious pizzas pulled out of their wood oven, and original craft cocktails. At the helm is six time…
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Lazy Sunday: Your Fool Proof Guide to the Big Game

  February 1st marks this year’s biggest event in American football, Super Bowl Sunday. This is a country that thrives on tradition and since America’s greatest traditions are football, overeating, and lazy Sundays, I took the liberty of putting all three together to create your entire Super Bowl Sunday. All you have to do is eat,…
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