Portland food news and views
We are about a week or so out from what many food lovers in the Portland area consider “the most wonderful time of the year”—the annual Feast Portland. This week I’ve heard a number of people compare Feast to Christmas, and local gastronomes are pretty giddy right now.
Continue reading “It’s Almost FEAST Portland 2017 Time”
This past weekend I attended the inaugural Portland Radler Festival, AKA “Portland’s Most Refreshing Beer Festival,” organized by StormBreaker Brewing. There was a healthy spread of breweries offering radlers, a fun and laid back atmosphere, and a lot of love for this tasty beverage under the big tent.
Continue reading “Recap: The Inaugural Portland Radler Festival Was Rad”
Each week we will bring you a roundup of public food events in the Portland metro area. It’s not every single event that’s going on, but the ones in particular that catch our eye. Want to submit an event? Fill out this form. Listings curated by Meg Cotner.
Summer Ice Cream Series: Salt & Straw + Xurros
Thursday, August 10, 2017, 8am-8pm
180 Xurros, 2218 NE Broadway Street, Portland
180 will be serving some of their favorite Salt & Straw Ice Cream flavors to go along with their freshly made xurros. More information.
Continue reading “Portland Area Food Events, August 10-17”Last year when I moved to Portland, I came to know about Feast Portland embarrassingly (but understandably so) late in the game—pretty much all events were sold out by August, and I was still recovering from the intense move across the country, so attending was just too much to consider.
I’m pleased to say that I’ll be there this year, just not as an attendee—I’ll be a volunteer!
I’m pretty psyched, to say the least. I attended numerous food events as press over the years in NYC, and I saw how hard the volunteers and staff work to make each event a success. It’s my time to give back and be a volunteer myself. I think it’s going to be a great experience.
