Food Reviews & Stories The flavor-rich food of Eastern Africa (Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia)—redolent doses of lemon, nutmeg, bay leaf, cilantro, cumin, and coriander—is a good reminder of why spice played such a deep role in the development of the modern world. Dig the lukkuu akhaawi (spice-rubbed chicken) and any of the bee   More

RIFF CITY Many of us have never had the opportunity to experience in person the vulnerable sense of heartbreak in Billie Holiday's voice. But we continue to return to her. Why? Because we live in a world where ...   More

Performance [DANCE] Swan Lake is like a good Western. It's an excellent study in contrasts—black/white, good/evil, duty/surrender. Christopher Stowell's Oregon Ballet Theatre production, with two pairs of d ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories OK, the prices have been recently jacked (thanks, Capitalism), but the Russian food at this Java Man coffee shop is a beloved secret weapon for damp, cold days�doughy pierogis filled with cabbage and beef, a substantive borscht, rich pelmeni (dumplings), and the ground jewel: golubtzi (cabbage rol   More

Food Reviews & Stories Discovery is about opening your senses to the improbable and the land beyond the what-ifs. Case in point: The best falafel I've experienced (outside of the Marais section in Paris improbable, non?) comes from a fast-talking, larger-than-life, yarn-spinning NYC transplant named Al Herre. Outlandish s   More

Food Reviews & Stories Every other dog-contender pales next to Wynn's high-quality, 8-inch, quarter-pound franks (from Canada, no less) in an array of fashionable getups, like the Seattle (cream cheese and bacon), the Chili, and my fave, the Chicago (cucumbers, tomatoes, and celery salt). Buy 10, next one's free. (Origina   More

Food Reviews & Stories Not to be confused with its neighbor New Taste of India or the late, lamented Taste of India, Real Taste is one of the better bets for Indian on-the-go. Sometimes ordering can feel like Malayalamese bingo, but you'll score with a great buttery chicken Makhani, crispy samosa, refreshing mango lassi a   More

Food Reviews & Stories Resembling a tiny hut along the Vltava, Tabor deserves immortal status for its Wienerschnitzelwich alone a god-sent creation of breaded pork loin between Grand Central Bakery ciabatta accompanied by an earthy paprikova spread, horseradish and crisp lettuce. But Tabor (named for the Czech birthplace    More

Food Reviews & Stories Hands down the best burrito al pastor you're apt to ever hoover down, this humble truck (within spitting distance of both Lauro and Pix) is an eight-cylinder celebration of Central Mexican delights. Exquisitely seasoned birria de chivo (goat), lengua (beef tongue), barbacoa and carne asada inhabit a   More

RIFF CITY Jim (Jimmy Mak) Makarounis may be the only pre-Socratic jazz-club owner in the world. Like the ancient philosopher Heraclitus, Makarounis' ancestral homeboy, the club owner understands that the nature ...   More