Mike Cindy from The Portland Happy Hour Guide mentioned Jimmy Mak’s on Facebook today. I had heard the name before but didn’t know much. I feel silly, even USAToday knows about Jimmy Mak’s. “Don’t miss nationally known Jimmy Mak’s jazz club” – USA Today I will admit that I am not a huge Jazz fan. As … Read more
I just came upon the Breakside Brewery this weekend. I didn’t have a chance to stop by but I wanted to promote a new venture, especially when it already has 16 reviews on Yelp in the matter of two months. Tammy E. – “I can’t find any reason to not give this place 5 stars, … Read more
From Tuetonic Wine Company – Teutonic Wine Company is a boutique winery focusing on terrior-driven style wines. Our primary focus is to bring out the flavors of the soil where the fruit was grown in each bottle of wine. We do this by practicing spontaneous fermentation, which means we use the natural yeast found on … Read more
I didn’t not know until recently that Dutch Bros. was an Oregon company. Maybe it was the name that threw me or the many locations with their polished image but Dutch Bros was founded by brothers Travis and Dane Boersmain in 1992 in Grants Pass. The former dairy farmers started with a push cart and … Read more
Yesterday was my first Oregon Brewers Festival. It wasn’t what I expected. Normally if there is an event at the waterfront you have all tons of booths selling stuff, businesses promoting themselves, and just weird stuff. You don’t have that here but I did see a guy with a pretzel necklace like the candy necklaces … Read more
Enjoy the Oregon Brewers Festival happening all this weekend at the waterfront.
The Oregon Brewers Festival is one of the nation’s longest-running and best loved craft beer festivals, held annually in Portland, Ore. the last full weekend in July. The 2010 festival will take place July 22 through 25. Join the parade today at 10AM starting at Deschutes Brewery. Twenty-three years ago, three local microbreweries – Portland … Read more
ANNUAL NW SPIRITS AND MIXOLOGY SHOW This July, Get an Insider’s Look at the Beverage and Liquor Industry- Complete with Tastes and Sips of the Latest Trends Portland, Oregon (26, June 2010)- The NW Spirits and Mixology Show is bringing the Portland public an exclusive insider’s look at the latest trends to follow in the … Read more
PINTS URBAN TAPROOM EVENT. PINTS will be grilling brats and serving Oregon craft beer this Friday, July 16th from noon to 6 pm at 412 NW Fifth Avenue. Live music by Shane Brown will start at 6 pm until 9 pm. Every Friday at PINTS is Aloha Friday. Kona Longboard Island Lager pints are $3 … Read more
When I was at Depoe Bay Winery to take pictures for yesterday’s post on Ray Shackelford, Angie told me about Brent at Big Mountain Coffee. I talking to her about how interesting I thought Ray Shackelford is and she said I should meet Brent Duering just up the road between Depoe Bay and Lincoln City. … Read more