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Ice Cream Portland

Salt & Straw: Cranking Out Old School Ice Cream in PDX Parlor

These days, it’s not enough to just create good food or drink and expect people to swarm the front door. It of course helps to have some marketing prowess and social media ingenuity. For...
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Restaurant Sign Portland

Laurelhurst Market: Pulling Double Duty in East Portland

In Portland, there seems to be a push towards greater efficiency. Coffeehouses like Coava Coffee Roasters and Sterling Coffee Roasters decided that sharing space with another tenant makes more sense for their respective business...
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Restaurant Sign Portland

Little Bird: Taking Flight at Portland-Tinged Bistro Petit Oiseau [CLOSED]

Haunting might not be the word, but when we ate at Le Pigeon in 2009, chef Gabriel Rucker left a lasting impression on our palates, with dazzling dishes like pork belly with tripe, foie...
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Coffee Portland

Water Avenue Coffee: Walking the Caffeinated Walk in Portland

Running the American Barista & Coffee School and Barista Exchange somehow wasn’t enough for Matt Milletto and father Bruce, so they teamed with roaster Brandon Smyth on Water Avenue Coffee in 2010, opening down...
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Restaurant Portland

Aviary: Put a Bird on It in Portland’s Alberta Arts District [CLOSED]

Maybe it’s in the water, but as Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein point out in “Portlandia,”, residents are infatuated with bird imagery. Plenty of Portland shops and restaurants sport bird logos, including local favorites...
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Restaurant Portland

Boke Bowl: Nouveau Ramen, but No Knuckleheads, in Portland

Sometimes, the answer has been right next door all along. While visiting coffee pro Matt Milletto at Water Avenue Coffee, the topic of lunch came up. We intended on visiting a (relatively) far-flung cafe...
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