A complete list of distilleries open to the public in the Portland area. Updated 1/17. Portland is a mecca for micro-brews, artisan coffee roasting, chocolatiers, pizza, bread, pastries and more. Oregon also has an established wine industry and an agrarian economy for ingredients that are just meant to be distilled. There are plenty of local – Read more…
Clear Creek Distillery
2016 James Beard Foundation Semifinalists Announced
The James Beard Foundation has announced the 2016 restaurant and chef award semifinalists. As usual, a bunch of Portland places made the list. Of course there will only be a few winners by the time this shakes out, but what the heck, I’ll list them all, bolding the Oregon nominations. For those of you who only – Read more…
Portland Food News ROCO, Clear Creek, Bunk Alberta, St. Jack NW, and Ike’s Wings
Online website Thrillist has declared Pok Pok’s “Ike’s Vietnamese fish sauce wings” one of America’s “most iconic foods”. In a city known for its innovations on seemingly ordinary foods — where people will wait in line for 45mins for a phallic donut, call a grilled cheese gourmet, and consider eating something made of weeds from – Read more…
James Beard Semifinalists 2013 Announced
As every year about this time, the James Beard Foundation announced its huge list of semifinalists for the 2013 Restaurant and Chef awards. While the list includes plenty of local chefs and restaurants, no Portland restaurants are nominated in the “Best Restaurant” section. Note that Portland also did not get any nominations for “Best Service” (gasp). For maximum press coverage, each – Read more…
Star Chefs Adding Three New Categories to Portland’s Rising Stars Awards
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 here, StarChefs has decided to add a new category: the Rising Stars Artisan Awards, to include coffee – Read more…
News – United States Barista Championships and More!
Barista, Billy Wilson’s new coffee shop is now open in the old Acorn spot at 539 NW 13th street. He’s got some beautiful equipment including a stunning vacuum pot, and coffee from Stumptown, Ecco Cafe and Chicago’s Intelligentsia – you can pick which bean you want them to use. It’s really interesting comparing the differences. Along with building-out and opening the shop, he’s getting ready for the United States
NY Times on Clear Creek Distillery, World’s Most Expensive Dessert
Alien Life Forms in Clear Creek Distillery Bottles Identified! Yet another article from The New York Times on Portland, or to be more specific, Clear Creek Distillery. They have some really nice pictures of pears that have been grown in the bottles, but most interesting is the attitude of Clear Creek’s Stephen McCarthy. While the – Read more…
Think Globally, Drink Locally
Portland has become positively civilized with its recent explosion of small distilleries. Let’s raise a glass and have a proper drink toasting the city’s burgeoning local, made-by-hand liquor producers. Classic cocktails are nothing new, but small-batch artisanal liquors are showing up in liquor stores, restaurants and bars all over town. It should come as no – Read more…