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Ice Cream Portland

Interview: ice cream maker Tyler Malek (Salt & Straw)

Longtime marketing professional Kim Malek opened Salt & Straw in Portland’s Alberta Arts District in 2011 and tapped cousin Tyler to make the ice cream. He dove right into his ice cream education, learning...
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Restaurant Sign Portland

Nostrana: Our Notable Italian Experience in Portland

For our last meal in Portland, all signs pointed to Nostrana. Earlier in the day, our Interview with bar manager Douglas Derrick piqued our interest in the restaurant with demonstrations on cocktail derring-do and...
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Brewery Portland

Cascade Brewing Barrel House: Pucker Up in Portland

Sour Patch Kids, your days are numbered. Lemons, look out. Cascade Brewing Barrel House, the Portland based company’s second establishment, specializes in “barrel aged sour beers” from Ron Gansberg, who’s figured out how to...
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Coffee Portland

Heart Coffee Roasters: Applying the Right Touch in Portland

Portland continues to burn white hot in the specialty coffee world, with even more small roasters making names for themselves in a market that somehow supports all of their respective efforts. Still, one particular...
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Restaurant Portland

Olympic Provisions: Balancing Rich Food + Lighthearted Fun

It was a good sign when we entered Olympic Provisions, the surprisingly airy butcher shop/café near Portland’s Willamette River, and saw a sushi case…full of sausage, bacon and ham. That kind of playfulness translated...
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Coffee Portland

red e: cafe with lowercase lettering and uppercase coffee

Most coffeehouses are located in either downtown, Northwest or Southeast Portland, but people at SCAA kept praising some outliers that we felt obligated to try. Even with public transportation as a slow hindrance, red...
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