Beaker and Flask, Clyde Common Nominated for “Spirited Awards”

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Tales of the Cocktail is a five-day drinks convention where thousands of chefs, bartenders, spirits writers, and drink geeks go to New Orleans to gorge on seminars and tastings. It is the most important cocktail education, celebration and awards … [Read more...]

Clyde Common and Teardrop Lounge Named Two of “50 Best Bars in America”

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Food & Wine Magazine likes to post lists. Not only do they get people excited (and subscribing) in each city that wins, but they also generate tons of clicks as we click slog our way through never-ending slide-shows to find out who is on the … [Read more...]

Portland Food Scene Finally Acknowledged by Rising Star Awards

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You may have never heard of the Rising Star Awards, because they have not honored any of Portland's culinary talents until now. Sponsored by StarChefs.com "the magazine for culinary insiders", the awards are nominated by their own advisory board, … [Read more...]

Survey: The Best Restaurants in Portland!

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Last but certainly not least, the results of the reader survey of the best restaurants in Portland. The total number of votes was a bit daunting, but I narrowed them down to a group which stood far above the rest. Within each of the three groups, the … [Read more...]

Survey 2011: Best Place to Dine with a Group

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This pretty much fell along the lines of whatever restaurants in town have a group table, and are reasonably priced. Not sure why I even asked this question, though number 2 was a surprise. Out of 556 votes: Toro Bravo – 120 NE Russell St., … [Read more...]

Survey 2011: Best Happy Hour in Portland

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This vote restored some of my faith in readers picking some of the more interesting places in town rather than the most popular. I'm rather surprised by the outcome. Although we got a good number of votes, there was a huge spread in the number of … [Read more...]

The Best of Portland 2011!

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Updated 4.29. Here are the results from the our 2011 reader surveys. We had well over 1100 participants this year! A big thank you to all of our sponsors and participants! A few notes: If the top two choices were significantly higher than the … [Read more...]