Portland (Oregon)

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Will the Bay Area's Street Food Scene Ever Rival Portland's? No.

​As I wrote several weeks ago, despite San Francisco city officials' attempts to help the city's food truck scene grow, the conflicts between brick-and-mortar restaurants downtown and food trucks applying for street-parking permits are intensifying. Trucks attempting to park in downtown Oakland ar ... More >>

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​As I wrote several weeks ago, despite San Francisco city officials' attempts to help the city's food truck scene grow, the conflicts between brick-and-mortar restaurants downtown and food trucks applying for street-parking permits are intensifying. Trucks attempting to park in downtown Oakland ar ... More >>

Getting a Taste of PDX During SFBW

NorthwestBeerGuide/FlickrOut-of-towner: Deschutes' The Dissident.​Bridgetown, aka Beervana, aka Portland has much to brag about when it comes to beer culture, but it doesn't yet have a Portland Beer Week (with stress on the "yet"). So some of Oregon's savvier breweries put some flowers in thei ... More >>

Will S.F. Ever Get a Beer Truck Like Portland's?

Brian YaegerBrew truck Beervana launched this weekend at Portland's new D-Street Noshery food-cart pod.​Former SFoodie beer contributor Brian Yaeger recently moved to Portland, where he's combating instant-onset S.A.D. with ― you guessed it ― beer. Portland's pods ― those clusters of f ... More >>

Canada's PS I Love You Spread the Love Stateside on First Tour

Vanessa Heins​San Francisco, meet PS I Love You. They're new here, and they're psyched to meet you. The Kingston, Ontario duo of Paul Saulnier and Benjamin Nelson are a few dates into their first U.S. tour, weathering the ups and downs of the road and bringing their clamorous caterwaul to the ador ... More >>

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Vanessa Heins​San Francisco, meet PS I Love You. They're new here, and they're psyched to meet you. The Kingston, Ontario duo of Paul Saulnier and Benjamin Nelson are a few dates into their first U.S. tour, weathering the ups and downs of the road and bringing their clamorous caterwaul to the ador ... More >>

Mayor Newsom Paints a Bike Lane

​We don't exactly frequent the mayor's self-congratulatory press conferences. But when we heard he'd actually be painting part of a bike lane around the corner from our offices today at 1 p.m., we put down the amyl nitrate and headed out.The requisite media circus had congregated on the corner of ... More >>

It’s So Bright! It’s So Vivid!

​We don't exactly frequent the mayor's self-congratulatory press conferences. But when we heard he'd actually be painting part of a bike lane around the corner from our offices today at 1 p.m., we put down the amyl nitrate and headed out.The requisite media circus had congregated on the corner of ... More >>

Food Carting in Portland, Part 2: Downtown

Tamara PalmerThe Dump Truck's bacon cheeseburger dumpling.​Downtown Portland has several areas, including parking lots called pods, dedicated to street food. We decided to check out the scene on S.W. Alder between 9th and 10th Streets, where a few relatively new carts are parked alongside some ... More >>

10 Things: Good Bands, Gay Pride, Free Market and The Life and Death of an Italian Cat

Portland's The Caps, performing at Summer Solstice Spectacle on Saturday​On this fine Pride weekend, let's step back and take a moment to appreciate all the superb events our foggy town has to offer without high costs or shitty attitudes. Where else in the world can you find citywide Michael Jacks ... More >>

The Prids Are All Right

Portland's The Caps, performing at Summer Solstice Spectacle on Saturday​On this fine Pride weekend, let's step back and take a moment to appreciate all the superb events our foggy town has to offer without high costs or shitty attitudes. Where else in the world can you find citywide Michael Jacks ... More >>

Cochon 555 is Rolling into San Francisco. With Luck, No Punches Will Fly

wanderkeil/FlickrGet ready for the thunderous, rollin' pig-pulling ― and hopefully brawl-free ― review.​Cochon 555 is coming to San Francisco ― you know, that thunderous, rollin' pig-pulling review boasting five lauded chefs, five hapless swine, and five exemplary wine crafters. On June ... More >>

What To Do? Pierced Arrows at Bottom of the Hill

​Pierced Arrows @ Bottom of the Hill "New kids on the block have taken my place/Walking on my grave," Fred Cole screeched in his last band with his wife, Toody, the mildly legendary garage-rockers Dead Moon. He has a right to those lyrics -- he turns 62 in August. In the Portland, Ore., native's ... More >>

Pierced Arrows

​Pierced Arrows @ Bottom of the Hill "New kids on the block have taken my place/Walking on my grave," Fred Cole screeched in his last band with his wife, Toody, the mildly legendary garage-rockers Dead Moon. He has a right to those lyrics -- he turns 62 in August. In the Portland, Ore., native's ... More >>

Behind the Beat with Low Limit of Lazer Sword

Lazer Sword's Low Limit (left) and Lando Kal​Bryant Rutledge has come a long way. He moved to San Francisco from his hometown of Portland, OR, took a position at electronic music rag XLR8R (where, I should note, I also contribute), and began work on his music career as a multi-talented DJ and prod ... More >>

If Portland Has an Urban Wild Foods Database, Why Don't We?

Urban EdiblesSay you had a hankering for loquats: You'd know exactly where to score.​We long for a user-friendly online database to conveniently catalogue everything we like ― pick-up basketball runs, fishing holes, and soda fountains, to list a few ― and we're pleased to learn that, incre ... More >>

What To Do? Wednesday's Pick: Builders and the Butchers

​Builders and the Butchers @ Bottom of the Hill The specter of the South may loom large in the songs of the Builders and the Butchers, as do God and the Devil, but the five-piece has its origins much further north. Based in Portland, Ore., each member is a transplant from Alaska. But that doesn't ... More >>

Clean Pickin’

​Builders and the Butchers @ Bottom of the Hill The specter of the South may loom large in the songs of the Builders and the Butchers, as do God and the Devil, but the five-piece has its origins much further north. Based in Portland, Ore., each member is a transplant from Alaska. But that doesn't ... More >>

What To Do? Tuesday's Pick: Church

​Church @ Hemlock Tavern An air of mystery hangs over Portland, Ore., quartet Church, and not simply because of its vague name. The band's debut album, Song Force Crystal, is all over the place, and yet remarkably understated. Moods and textures come and go, but there's none of the erratic showin ... More >>

Church

​Church @ Hemlock Tavern An air of mystery hangs over Portland, Ore., quartet Church, and not simply because of its vague name. The band's debut album, Song Force Crystal, is all over the place, and yet remarkably understated. Moods and textures come and go, but there's none of the erratic showin ... More >>

I Love a Bike Parade

​Church @ Hemlock Tavern An air of mystery hangs over Portland, Ore., quartet Church, and not simply because of its vague name. The band's debut album, Song Force Crystal, is all over the place, and yet remarkably understated. Moods and textures come and go, but there's none of the erratic showin ... More >>

A New Queer Smorgasbord

​Church @ Hemlock Tavern An air of mystery hangs over Portland, Ore., quartet Church, and not simply because of its vague name. The band's debut album, Song Force Crystal, is all over the place, and yet remarkably understated. Moods and textures come and go, but there's none of the erratic showin ... More >>

Seven Tasty Food Carts (and Trucks) From Across the Country

We've got the Sexy Soup Cart, Creme Brulee Man and Amuse Buchee, but the growing food cart phenomenon isn't limited to San Francisco. That's right -- food carts and trucks throughout the nation are serving up deliciousness far beyond the usual pretzels and dogs. We've corralled seven of our favo ... More >>

The In-Betweens

We've got the Sexy Soup Cart, Creme Brulee Man and Amuse Buchee, but the growing food cart phenomenon isn't limited to San Francisco. That's right -- food carts and trucks throughout the nation are serving up deliciousness far beyond the usual pretzels and dogs. We've corralled seven of our favo ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

We've got the Sexy Soup Cart, Creme Brulee Man and Amuse Buchee, but the growing food cart phenomenon isn't limited to San Francisco. That's right -- food carts and trucks throughout the nation are serving up deliciousness far beyond the usual pretzels and dogs. We've corralled seven of our favo ... More >>

The New Song and Dance

We've got the Sexy Soup Cart, Creme Brulee Man and Amuse Buchee, but the growing food cart phenomenon isn't limited to San Francisco. That's right -- food carts and trucks throughout the nation are serving up deliciousness far beyond the usual pretzels and dogs. We've corralled seven of our favo ... More >>

Blitzen Trapper

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From hair gel to guitar picks, musician necessities in price bind

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The New Tweedy Bros! craft one of rock’s most collectible LPs

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Jolly Rogers

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Hillstomp defines the down ‘n’ dirty gutbucket blues

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Shocker: S.F. Ranked Second Greenest City, Behind Portland

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The Thermals Back in SF at Slim's December 5

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We're Number Three! San Francisco Among Top Blogging Cities

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You'll Laugh Dying

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Squeezing Beasts

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Van accident- Trainwreck riders show cancelled tomorrow

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Q&Atcha

Talking shop with frontman Colin Meloy, of the newly signed major-label hopefuls the Decemberists

Framing Picture

Cold outside, hot inside

Best Alternative to Public Transportation

Cold outside, hot inside

Viva Voce

The Heat Can Melt Your Brain

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Lifesavas

Spirit in Stone

What's the Frequency, Arnold?

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Slap Shots

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Night Crawler

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