Portland Oregon Food and Drink
Throwing Ourselves On The Grenade of Bad Food to Save You
A newcomer on the Portland coffee scene, Water Avenue Coffee started as a pop-up shop named Temporary Coffee during construction of their permanent space in 2009. They officially opened in 2010, in the up and coming Central Eastside Industrial … [Read more...]
If you missed it, Oregon Art Beat did a nice piece on local coffee. A bulk of the story was focused on the how and why of latte art, but they also covered roasting at Water Avenue Coffee, and a bit on cupping at Barista Coffee. If you aren't familiar … [Read more...]
On October 10th, the Rising Star Awards were announced by StarChefs.com. The attention was surprising, because they have never paid attention to Portland before. Now it seems they have been won over by our culinary scene. After spending some time … [Read more...]
It's true, as often happens, I get deluged with new tips every time I post a roundup. Here we go: YamYam's restaurant in N Portland was being used as a front to launder money from a Crips gang cocaine deals. As someone said on Twitter, no wonder … [Read more...]
