The Artemis Café is an offshoot of Artemis Foods, Inc., Portland’s premiere local, organic and sustainable catering company. They serve Stumptown Coffee and The Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants for their drinks and produce a fresh menu daily. And they serve local wines and brews. The food they serve is from Artemis Foods, Portland’s premiere local, … Read more
I should have done this post sooner because this cute little sticker was my inspiration for Pouregon (Pour + Oregon). I was admiring this clever image because it so clearly conveys it’s meaning. I wondered what else you could do with the image of the state. One day the state just tilted in my head … Read more
Boedecker Cellars was founded in 2003 by winemakers Stewart Boedecker and Athena Pappas, Boedecker Cellars hand crafts small lots of structured, food oriented wines. They focus on Pinot Noir, bottling cuvees that bear the name and reflect the individual palate of each winemaker: Stewart and Athena. They work with eight vineyards to produce some fine … Read more
Blitz Ladd is a HUGE sports bar that I wouldn’t have expected when I first drove by. They have fifteen 52″ TV’s and a 12ft HD projector showing your favorite sports teams and all of the sports stations. They have pool, shuffle board, foosball, and the night that I was there they had a ping … Read more
How do you know when a coffee place is popular? Looking through the reviews for Insomnia Coffee Company on Yelp! I found this: My friend is so obsessed with this place! She loves it so much that she and her husband even got married here last summer! – Tami H. 4/21/2010 I really don’t know … Read more
I must confess complete ignorance on this one. Much like people confused the Spanish word “embarazada” with “embarrassed” when it really means “pregnant’, corked just seems like a simple word and you don’t ask it’s meaning. While visiting the Chehalem Wine Tasting Room in Newberg Sunday I noticed the screwcap on one of the bottles. … Read more
Our May 1st launch was the post for Florio Cafe and Bakery. For their post picture we had Trailhead Coffee Roasters which they are quite proud to serve. Trailhead Coffee Roasters launched January 2009 and made it into Whole Foods Markets on May 24, 2009 then added other stores later which I think is pretty impressive. … Read more
How many places can you find Happy Hour in the Portland? Apparently over 350. Yeah, think about that. You could go to a different Happy Hour every night for a year, your liver may not appreciate it but oh the fun that could be had. So how do you keep track of them all? With … Read more
Last year Portland tied with Asheville, NC for Beer City USA 2009. As of this writing we are behind, this cannot stand! Portland is known for it’s beer, we have the best brewers in the country, we created Gigabit IPA to lure Google’s new network here, and we deserve it. Since the winners were announced … Read more
When Ava Roasteria opened a few years back I didn’t quite understand the location that they picked. It was on the corner of a one way street with what seemed to be very sparse parking. It looked gorgeous from the outside but, as the Realtor in me saw it, it was overbuilt for the area. … Read more