Pour Wine Bar & Bistro

Pour Wine Bar & Bistro is featured on Groupon today where you can buy a $30 gift card for $15. I have wanted to do a post on Pour for a while.  I mean really, Pour and Pouregon, it just makes sense I should spotlight them. The perfect food and wine pairing is like the fateful … Read more

Apex Bar

So I was out looking for places to highlight for the beer post and a server at another bar said to check out Apex Bar.  What could be a better testimonial than a server at another bar telling me to check out this one.  I went straight over on a sunny Thursday, well, sunny between … Read more

Artemis Cafe

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

Boedecker Cellars

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

Coconut Cafe

All of us at the Coconut Cafe, owners and staff alike , strive daily to bring you the authentic coffee house experience. Hand crafted latte and espresso drinks are our standard. Reading the reviews online show that the Coconut Cafe has won over the hearts of the locals making this truly a neighborhood place.  They … Read more

50 Plates

In the previous years, there have been a multitude of fads and trends in the world of wine. Regions come and go; vintages wax and wane; buzzwords are carelessly tossed to and fro. As a result, we often overlook the gems that are hidden right under our noses. American food and American wines are excellent … Read more

Speedboat Coffee

Speedboat Coffee is a fantastic coffee shop for many reasons. Recently it came under new ownership with Don and Carissa and they switched over to the popular Stumptown Coffee. They still have the popular Mighty Leaf Tea and the great ambiance. The exterior is unassuming but inside it is lush with cumfy chairs, electric fireplace, … Read more

Hopworks Urban Brewery

Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) is Portland’s first Eco-Brewpub to offer all organic handcrafted beers, fresh local ingredients, and a sustainable building with a relaxed and casual atmosphere. Brewmaster Christian Ettinger has spent the past year and half constructing his “dream brewpub”. Hopworks has four distinct areas including a family friendly restaurant with play area, a vibrant … Read more

Public Domain Coffee

Public Domain Coffee has opened on the corner of Broadway and Alder in SW Portland.  After some evenings of private parties and tastings (which is why my photos are from the outside) finally opens it doors. Coffee Bean International owns Public Domain.  CBI started in a small town in Oregon as a small two-man storefront … Read more

Gigabit IPA

I felt this was a fitting beer to make the first day of Pouregon’s beer post.   Oregon loves beer and technology and it made sense that when Google announced it was going to pick a city to install an experimental fiber network that the community jumped to create a beer. From PortlandFiber.com – Portland … Read more