Our April Fools Stories Archive

{this, of course, was an April fools post}Over the past year, I've been concerned that PortlandFoodandDrink.com is falling behind in today's quickly changing food scene. But I'm tired of overblown restaurant reviews that clog our mobile devices with hyperbole, the constant bombardment of "breaking news!" stories about restaurants - and we are just talking restaurants for … [Read more...] about Portland Food and Drink Rebrands – New Direction

I'd like to say this was all April fools, but the HunnyMilk brunch is true. Wake and Bake Brunch at HunnyMilk Intrepid Willamette Week reporter Martin Cizmar wrote a review this week of the new "Wake and Bake Brunch" at HunnyMilk, a popup inside Hogan's Goat Pizza on NE Sacramento street. This is not some stupid April fools joke - I hate those; this is for real. Here is the … [Read more...] about News Roundup for April 2016

[Note: Since I don't have anything ready for April Fools day 2015, I thought I'd repost this story from 2010. The best part is, this really happened, but I thought it would make a good April Fools Story. I've written many on this site over the years.]A few years ago, food critic and Gourmet Magazine editor Ruth Reichl, published her "Never List" of words that should never … [Read more...] about In Depth Review: Gas Station Food

This is of course, an April Fools joke. I'm so tired of all the stupid words being made up by aging writers in a vain attempt to come across as cool, all the stupidity to make the food scene sound more important than it really is, and the over-the-top hyperbole being used by people who used to be good critics, I couldn't take it anymore. Not that this will make any difference, … [Read more...] about New Review: SE Portland’s Roman Candle

This was, of course, an April Fools joke. I apologize to the lady who wrote me a nasty letter this morning about being embarrassed by her butcher.This is the first of a new once a month series of articles about food ingredients. I hope you use the information to better understand some of the lesser used but interesting ingredients available in Portland. I will always … [Read more...] about Ingredient of the month – all about Oxtail