Black Water Will Bring Food, Drink, Music to NE Sandy Blvd in Portland

The new location of Black Water in the old Laurelwood Brewing Pub on NE Sandy Blvd. Photo credit: Laurelwood Brewing.

Black Water, an established local record label, performance venue, and vegan bar, is coming to Rose City Park. They will set up shop in the old Laurelwood Brewing pub space. This feels like a big deal, as locals have lamented the absence of a tenant in that location since the pub closed in 2023.

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Face Plant Wants To Take Down McDonald’s in Portland

Burger at Face Plant.
You put plants in your face. Photo credit: Face Plant

The other day I was perusing Instagram and came across this new account called @eatfaceplant. Turn out Face Plant is a new fast food restaurant that will offer a 100% plant-based fast food menu in what used to be a 1990’s-era McDonald’s on Swan Island. There is just something poetic about that.

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November Is World Vegan Month in Portland

Sweet Mary Jane, a vegan pizza at Virtuous Pie.
Sweet Mary Jane Pizza: topped with cashew mozzarella, TVP bacon, caramelized onion jam, shaved parmesan, and hot honey, at Virtuous Pie. Photo credit: Veganizer.

Portland ranks high as a vegan-friendly city in recent lists (Wallet Hub in 2023, Happy Cow in 2024). So embracing World Vegan Month is probably one of the most on-brand food celebrations of the year here. And there sure is a bounty of delicious things you can try this month that, as they say, “do not have a face.”

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Halloween 2024: Food and Drink in Portland

This is a vintage Jack O'Lantern.

Spooky season is upon us! Halloween 2024 in Portland offers plenty of things to do: decorate your home, trick-or-treat, tour a haunted house, go to a costume party. But for us, we are focused on the spooky food and drink treats for this time of the year. There’s plenty out there to enjoy, too!

I’ll continue to update this post over the month of October as new treats make themselves known.

Caseus Diem

Through the end of October, Caseus Diem presents the Boo-Brie: President-brand Brie with Divina sour cherry spread for $13.

3320 SE Division Street, Portland. Caseus Diem website.

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