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Coalition Brewing: 2 Legit 2 Quit


Bar Reviews
The MC Hammer card is a good omen. Hanging at Coalition Brewing (2724 SE Ankeny St., 894-8080, coalitionbrewing.com), it shows MC at his peak, gold harem pants in full flutter. He is untouchable b   More
 
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Minizo


Food Cart Reviews
Minizo’s Munny population has exploded. The colony of vinyl toys was kept in check when the cart was downtown. But Minizo is now on Northeast Alberta Street, where a shop sells the toys around t   More
 
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Scott Jurek, Eat & Run

Tramps like us, baby.


Books
The last few miles are rough for Scott Jurek. As Eat & Run (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 272 pages, $26) comes to a close, we find the Michael Jordan of ultra-running in a bad way. Abandoned by    More
 
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Drank: Two Dogs IPA (Coalition Brewing Co.)


Drank
I wasn’t excited to try Coalition’s Two Dogs IPA. Most new Northwest IPAs are basically alpha acid concentrates with none of the fresh, zesty hoppiness I love. But the guy pouring samples of t   More
 
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Headout: Wine & Wag

The life of a veteran Oregon wine dog.


Headout
Before people buy your wine, they want to pet your dog. Alex Sokol Blosser has accepted this. “I don’t know why—it’s gotta be that when you go to a farm, you expect to see a dog,” he s   More
 
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Primer: Schoolboy Q


Music Stories
Born: Oct. 26, 1986, on an Army base in West Germany. Sounds like: A thugged-out West Coast version of Kid Cudi who wants to go clubbin’ with 50 Cent but ends up taking a bunch of ’shrooms an   More
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Velo Cult: Biker Bar


Bar Reviews
I dunno, man, it’s hard to explain. If you ride, you get it. But if you’ve never shown up to work late and dripping, your teeth tingly from some potholed street, you won’t understand. For    More
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Headout: Willy Wagon

Your neighbor’s car, in Pinewood Derby form.


Headout
Sometimes you’re toast before the green flag falls. We couldn’t compete with the swell of creative force fueling the Stumptown 40 adult Pinewood Derby. Past races have seen models made to lo   More
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Fried Egg I’m In Love


Food Cart Reviews
Which comes first, the pun or the menu? “We knew we wanted to do breakfast,” says the guy inside the bright-yellow Fried Egg I’m in Love cart on Hawthorne. “We thought about something NP   More
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Salt & Straw

A frosty reception.


Food Reviews & Stories
But what do the children eat? “Oh, they like the vanilla,” answers the knit-capped woman behind the counter at Salt & Straw. This is suspicious. As a child, I remember screaming for bubble   More
 
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR
 

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