The nominees for the 2018 James Beard Awards have been announced Once again Portland has a good number of nominees for the James Beard Awards. Winners of the 2018 James Beard Media Awards will be announced at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City on Friday, April 27, 2018. Winners of the remaining awards will be announced at the James Beard Awards Gala at the Lyric … [Read more...] about 2018 James Beard Award Nominations are Here
Joshua McFadden
Food & Wine – Tusk One of America’s 10 Most Exciting Restaurants of 2017
Food & Wine Magazine's “America’s 10 Most Exciting” new restaurants includes Tusk Restaurant From the press release,PORTLAND, Ore. (May 4, 2017) – On their third annual Restaurants of the Year list, FOOD & WINE named Tusk among the 10 top new restaurants around the United States. The editors described this year’s selections as “ambitious,” “fun,” and “generous to … [Read more...] about Food & Wine – Tusk One of America’s 10 Most Exciting Restaurants of 2017
News Roundup: Ava Genes, Nodoguro, Lardo, Clay’s and More
Lardo's North Williams restaurant has closed. The restaurant which opened in early 2014 closed. The ChefStable restaurant group location had never taken off as much as the Hawthorne and SW Washington street locations.The Lardo partnership is currently embroiled in a $1.6 million lawsuit between investors. Nodoguro Reopens Japanese restaurant Nodoguro has opened … [Read more...] about News Roundup: Ava Genes, Nodoguro, Lardo, Clay’s and More
Vote for Food & Wine People’s Best New Chef
Food & Wine magazine is asking for votes for "People's Best New Chef: Northwest & Pacific". Portland has a good selection of contenders - Greg Denton & Gabrielle Quiñonez Denton from OX, Joshua McFadden of Ava Gene's and Roman Candle, Sarah Pliner of Aviary, Scott Snyder of Levant, Smallwares Joanna Ware, and Justin Woodward of Castagna. Seattle's selections pale in … [Read more...] about Vote for Food & Wine People’s Best New Chef
This and That – News Clips Portland and Around the U.S. – May 29th
This Wednesday will finally see the opening of Paulée in Dundée (yes, I did that on purpose). Chef Daniel Mondok, most recently known for Sel Gris which burned in 2009, told OregonLive, "We want to make this the next Napa Valley," says chef Daniel Mondok. "Today, people come from all over the world to the Napa Valley to eat. Now they're going to come from all over the world to … [Read more...] about This and That – News Clips Portland and Around the U.S. – May 29th