Drabs – Miscellaneous Portland Restaurant news for 7.30.07
July 31, 2007 by Food Dude
Filed under News/Discussion
Back in May, we reported that Hayden Enterprises (now West Coast Restaurants), had gotten a $1.75 million cash infusion from Aequitas Capital Management. NW Hayden Enterprises will use the infusion of capital for the opening of new restaurants throughout the state, including in Portland the opening of Mark Lindsay’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Cafe in July 2007, and the re-opening of
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Teardrop Cocktail Lounge
July 29, 2007 by Food Dude
Filed under Other Reviews, Spirits
As I was doing research for this review in my father’s old bar notebook, I came across a list of ingredients labeled “always have on hand”. What especially interested me were incidentals like falernum, cassis, five types of bitters, orange flower water, Herbsaint, and tepache. They were standard ingredients back in those days, but you don’t see them much anymore.
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The 20th Annual Oregon Brewers Festival
July 23, 2007 by Suds Sister
Filed under Beer
The 20th Annual Oregon Brewers Festival by Suds Sister I have a friend who very cleverly convinced his girlfriend to make the move from Manhattan to Portland. One thing that worked in his favor was to make sure that her first visit to Portland was during the last full weekend in July, which is when the Oregon Brewers Festival is
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For those of you into happy hour…
This is a great site: Urban Drinks.com. I covered it about a year ago, but since then it has come a long way. Well worth checking out!
Let’s see….
July 20, 2007 by Food Dude
Filed under News/Discussion
I’ll have the tang tang noodles, ginger chicken, and a side of rats. According to MSNBC, China is suffering from such a problem of rats, they are trucking them to other areas to be used in fancy restaurant dishes. “Some Guangdong restaurants were promoting “rat banquets,” charging 136 yuan ($18) for one kilogram of rat meat, the newspaper said.” “…So
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Drips of News
July 19, 2007 by Food Dude
Filed under News/Discussion
A week or so ago, I gave some background on a chef from NYC, Jason Neroni, who was supposedly heading to Portland. Word on the street is that he is here, and has already done at least one test meal for “a large hotel”. I’m thinking Gracies. Anyone else? A little bird tells me Jason is reading this site. Comment?
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Cupcake Jones
July 18, 2007 by Joanna Miller
Filed under Product/Business Reviews, Retailers
It’s not like me to be so Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to the new stuff in town. For example, I got to Clyde Common for the first time just last week (and really liked it, by the way. And the fact that we scored an extra dessert due to a mistake by the kitchen didn’t make me cry, either.) But
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