Pickle Throwdown (23-July-2011)

The first annual Kenny & Zuke’s Pickle Throwdown takes place Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Sandwichworks (2376 NW Thurman).

From noon until 5pm taste pickles, enjoy BBQ and beer and wine – all for a good cause – your $5 at the door goes to the Oregon Food Bank.

Providing pickles for this event are local restaurants and pickle purveyors Kenny & Zuke’s, Metrovino, Ned Ludd, Olympic Provisions, Grüner, Garden State, Picklopolis, Spints Alehouse, Biwa, Toro Bravo, and the Sunshine Tavern.

Attendees and celebrity judges, including Storm Large and Allison Jones, will pick apart the entries in four categories: Sweet Pickles, Classic Cucumber, Not Involving a Cucumber, and Portland Weird.