Dave Knows: Portland

Last week I got a sneak peak at the new Deschutes Brewery pub in the Pearl District.
Brian Libby at Portland Architecture has a much more thorough, and informed, description and review of the Emmons Architects designed space than I could muster, however.
You could tell there was a real architect behind the design in terms of […]

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The grand opening for Deschutes Brewery’s first Portland pub (210 NW 11th Avenue) is scheduled for next Friday, May 2nd. This Saturday, April 26 the pub is hosting a (sold out) pre-opening fundraising party to benefit Oregon Trout.
We’d heard rumors, however, that the pub might be open already for lunch, so Amy and I […]

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The Portland Building is ours!
Walking / Drinking Tour of Portland by pickled Berkely wine writer, Tim “Blind Muscat” Patterson
Just in time for the beautiful weather, the Portland Area Patio Dining lineup from Portland Food and Drink
North Portland’s got a podcast. This week’s discussion: North Portland Streetcar
Great new blog: Trimetiquette
TriMetiquette covers personal TriMet stories […]

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A whiff of varnish, not the bar-y spice of cigarette smoke, greets us as we enter the new Virginia Cafe (820 SW 10th Ave).
On Monday the bar moved from its old (since 1922!) space on Park. Thursday we needed a beer.
The new location is smaller. The bar is on the left now. […]

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Arguably Portland’s best buffalo wings restaurant, Fire on the Mountain (4225 N Interstate) is profiled in BusinessWeek’s Success Stories feature.
The gist of the article is that restaurants don’t fail as often as one would think because of lack of capital, or poor location, but that restaurant success is largely influenced by the strength of the […]

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Biscuits and gravy (b&g) are not hard to find. In fact, they’re ubiquitous. But Portland’s best?
Candidates
Arleta Library (5513 SE 72nd) claims to have Portland’s Best Biscuits-n-Gravy.
Slow roasted pork loin comes thinly sliced, nestled between two sweet potato biscuits and smothered in rosemary sausage gravy
They are pretty damn good, but the best? I […]

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The steady stream of New York Times articles about Portland’s quirks and merits continues in Wednesday’s paper: In Portland, a Golden Age of Dining and Drinking.
At first it was a sort of underground stop for food and wine lovers who had heard word of small, fascinating restaurants run by young, talented chefs serving a bounty […]

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Debbie Moost, a visitor from North Carolina, enjoys a recent trip to Portland:
The News and Observer - Foodie finds joy in ‘eatin’ town’
So in Portland, I let the forks fall where they may. Not being able to let go completely, I still checked with the usual suspects — food writer friends and online chat groups […]

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Missing a Timbers match is not something I take lightly.
A team of wild horses won’t be able to drag me away from the Timbers match Sunday at PGE Park.
So naturally I joined over a hundred of my fellow fans at Slabtown last night to watch the Timbers draw 1-1 in the first leg of the […]

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The Little Red Bike Cafe (4823 N. Lombard St) is now open.
A few months ago I stumbled upon the eponymous blog with the stated purpose to document the process of building a restaurant in our beloved hometown of Portland, Oregon.
I too am a native Portlander, and I too aspire to open a cafe/pub/restaurant/bar someday, so […]

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