{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 – Read more…
Our April Fools Stories Archive
Every year we try to do April fools stories for Portland. This might be crazy reviews, fake news posts... whatever imaginative (or unimaginative) ideas I can come up with.
News Roundup for April 2016
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 – Read more…
In Depth Review: Gas Station Food
[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 – Read more…
New Review: SE Portland’s Roman Candle
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 – Read more…
Ingredient of the month – all about Oxtail
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 – Read more…
Little Big Burger Open SE Division and a Fresh Grind of Coffee News
April Fools 2013! Easter weekend brought news of a plethora of restaurants opening on SE Division Street. Some of these are confirmed, others just rumor at this point. In the waning months of the summer, Micha Camden of Little Big Burger and Blue Star Donuts fame will be opening take-away restaurant, Red Star Pierożki. Preferring to – Read more…
Portland Food and Drink – Change in Direction
In a recent meeting with the PortlandFoodandDrink.com editors, we noticed a continuing trend. It doesn’t matter where a chef is cooking, if they are lousy at one restaurant, chances are, they will be lousy at the next… and the next… and the next; this is Portland, after all. In order to save our dwindling dollars, – Read more…
Breaking: Post Cereal Food Fraud!
One of our faithful sleuths turned us on to this story, and it’s a PortlandFoodandDrink.com exclusive! Brace yourself; Post Grape-Nuts cereal contains “whole grain wheat flour, malted barley flour, salt and dried yeast”. Hello? What’s missing here? Grapes! There are no grapes in Grape-Nuts cereal. Further investigation reveals the cereal also does not contain nuts. Not – Read more…