Hail Caesar

Where to get the emperor of salads.

Food Reviews & Stories Even the most carnivorous among us concede there’s something special about a Caesar salad. It could be a nostalgic association with haute tableside service, or perhaps it’s the body’s occa   More

 

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 MICHAEL C. ZUSMAN

The Blind Onion Pizza & Pub

Food Reviews & Stories Are pizzas, like prophets, without honor only in their hometown? Founded in Portland in 1996, the Blind Onion Pizza & Pub has grown into a mini-chain with locations in Washington and Nevada.   More

 

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Yaw’s Top Notch

Food Reviews & Stories Keener minds than mine spent much of the latest election cycle confronting and debunking the myth of the Good Old Days. You know the ones: You could buy a brand-new hot rod on one month’s pay, a   More

 

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Toast 'N' Roast

Why Portland streets smell like burnt toast and how to fix it.

Food Reviews & Stories Portlanders are not actually terrible at making toast. That smell of burning breakfast that lands heavy on our streets, especially on wet days, isn’t bread-based—it’s smoke from a small co   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 WW Staff

Klatch of 2012

Our favorite new Portland coffee shops.

Food Reviews & Stories In the process of putting together this year’s coffee issue, we visited a coffee shop that delivers only by bike, a coffee shop in a bike store, a coffee shop in a motorcycle store, and a coffee   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 WW Staff

Double Brewed

The best coffee beers available in Oregon.

Food Reviews & Stories Portland is known for coffee and beer. But not coffee beer. Despite having the nation’s best crop of small-batch coffee roasters and making some of the nation’s best suds, few Portland brewe   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 MITCH LILLIE

Buzz Next Year

What and how Portland will be drinking in 2013.

Food Reviews & Stories Coffee Roasters United The problem: Small specialty coffee roasters can’t afford to buy raw beans from growers on other continents by themselves. Sterling Coffee Roasters owner Adam McGovern beli   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 MITCH LILLIE

Daft Dunk

Portland's finest coffee and doughnut pairings.

Food Reviews & Stories I was nervous the first time, shuffling my feet and crumpling the top of the paper bag as I waited for the barista’s attention. “I want something that will go well with this,” I offer caut   More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

The Caffeinator

Portland’s best new coffee shops and trends.

Food Reviews & Stories If you can’t find a place where everybody knows your name, at least find one where they know your coffee order. Mine’s a macchiato—but everyone at my local knows that. They also know what I    More

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Raccoon Redux

Tanuki is a mysterious creature: Eat first, ask questions never.

Food Reviews & Stories Tanuki is a strange little world. Known for its food but appointed as a bar, chef-owner Janis Martin’s Montavilla izakaya is a dim, nearly unmarked space frequented mostly by a small, self-selec   More

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE