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Oregon's Best Wing Spot Built an Empire on a Sauce That Tastes Nothing Like Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, considers itself the sport’s unofficial world capital, which makes it a tough room for an out-of-towner. In 2018, a sauce called Lime Cilantro took first place in the Creative Spicy category at the National Buffalo Wing Festival there, and it came from Portland. Fire on the Mountain Buffalo Wings has been frying, […]
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Rambler Bar Under New Ownership After 11 Years
Is the new owner of The Rambler, the neighborhood bar and restaurant on 4205 N Mississippi Ave, which changed hands in October after more than a decade under its founder. The bar is staying open with the same neighborhood-bar concept. The Rambler opened in 2015 and was run by longtime...
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OK Omens relaunching wine club after closure of lauded Portland bistro
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Following the shutdown of a Portland wine bistro, sommeliers are ensuring supporters can get their fix some other way. OK Omens is launching a new iteration of its wine club, less than a week after the restaurant permanently closed. Wine Director Brent Braun told KOIN 6 he noticed demand was increasing for the club after the restaurant’s founder, Monique Siu, announced it would shutter due to her retirement.
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This Historic Oregon Oyster Bar Still Shucks Them Fresh Beneath Walls Covered In Old Photos
A seafood counter that started slinging oysters back in 1907 is still shucking them today. Above the tables, family photos, old news clippings, and a whole collection of plates cover the walls. The smoked salmon chowder alone has fans who call it the best in town. Then there’s the smoked...
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This Oregon Brunch Cafe Has a Whole Menu Just for Your Dog, Pup Pancakes Included
You know that feeling when a small, plain-looking spot catches your eye and your stomach starts making decisions for you? That is how a lot of Oregon brunch stories begin, with a wagging tail leading the way. Behind this modest front sits a menu with a section written just for...
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This Tiny Restaurant In Oregon Serves Up Some Of The Most Delicious Food You’ll Ever Taste
There are restaurants you plan for, restaurants you stumble into, and then there’s Sugarpine Drive-In in Troutdale, Oregon, which tends to fall into the second category and immediately make you wish you’d planned for it all along. It’s a small white building at the edge of a forested...
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This Oregon Roadside Tavern Has Been Flipping Burgers So Big You’ll Need Both Hands For Years
The ceiling is covered in baseball caps. The burger below it is so wide that one family’s son had to cut it into quarters just to manage it. That’s the kind of place we’re talking about. It’s a country tavern with a bar side, a restaurant side, and a jumbo burger that has become a road-trip legend in Oregon.
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This Historic Oregon Restaurant Has Been Serving Seafood For Generations
The back bar at this seafood house was reportedly shipped around Cape Horn in 1880. Yes, around the tip of South America, long before anyone in Oregon had a freight truck. I can’t imagine how much patience that trip required. Some of the chandeliers hanging over the dining rooms...
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“Taste Black Portland” Launches
Portland is one of America’s great food cities. But there’s another side of its food story waiting to be explored. Step inside the kitchens, farms, and late-night spots of Black Portland with filmmaker Jared Leaf. Meet the chefs, farmers, and entrepreneurs creating incredible food, building businesses, and bringing people together.
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Grand Fir Brewing Plots Damascus Outpost With 30 Taps And East Texas Smoker
Grand Fir Brewing is preparing to open a second location this fall, a sprawling riverside taproom and beer garden set along Highway 224 near the edge of Happy Valley and Damascus. The new spot, called The Outpost, will sit at 15252 SE Highway 224, where Highway 224 meets Highway 212 in rural Clackamas County, and it marks a major leap for the Portland brewery founded by Whitney Burnside and chef Doug Adams.
Statesman Journal
Oregon barbecue team takes on world's best in cooking contest
A Salem barbecue pitmaster went head-to-head against some of the best chefs from around the globe at an international competition in Indianapolis in mid-October. Orlando Cepeda and his teammates competed in the World Food Championships, an event that started in 2012 and features contestants from around the world in cookouts that range 10 categories. Winners take home a $100,000 prize and the title of World Food Champion. Cepeda's team didn't make it to the second round , but he said he was proud to represent Oregon in the competition. He also plans to compete again next year. Cepeda said his team was one of the first to represent Oregon in the live fire category. He has lived in Oregon for 20 years, 13 of them in Salem. Cepeda said barbecue runs in his family, as his father taught him to barbecue, and he's continued the tradition of teaching his kids and his grandchildren the craft. He hopes to teach others how to barbecue through live-fire classes in the future. Cepeda previously worked various jobs throughout his career, including in the cable industry. However, barbecue has always been his true calling. He's had various health issues, and cooking has given him
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Carver Cafe, the Oregon 'Twilight' filming spot, listed for $895K
Although it still attracts lines of eager "twihard" customers that wrap around the Carver Cafe , the beloved "Twilight" filming location in Oregon is listed for sale. The Carver Cafe, which appears in the first movie in the well-known paranormal romance saga " Twilight ," has seen a steady stream of customers since the movie came out in 2008. Owner Kris Stafford recalled herself, a former co-owner and about 50 customers buying out part of a theater to watch the movie opening night. Since its big-screen debut, the cafe has leaned into Twilight fandom. A photo from the film is posted on the wall and the cafe has books filled with nearly 20 years of notes and doodles from Twilight fans who have paid a visit. Stafford said she's had patrons of all different backgrounds and ages visit from around the globe. Fans come to take photos, recreate scenes from the movie and enjoy the food at the cafe. Some even bring cardboard cutouts of the characters. "I've had a lot of fun with them. I mean, they're great people," Stafford said. "I would have never guessed it (the fandom) would have been where it is." The 20,000-square-foot property and
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Everyone Feels Right At Home At This Comforting Little Cafe Tucked Away In Oregon
There are places you visit, and then there are places that visit you back, and Little Lois Cafe in Salem, Oregon is firmly in the second category. The moment you spot that cheerful red signage and the words “Homemade Goodness” glowing above the entrance, something in your chest just settles.
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From the kitchen to the podium
The room filled with the quiet buzz of students moving from place to place as they worked on their desserts. Some groups smoothed frosting, others took their cakes out of the oven. Everyone was busy preparing their desserts for the inevitable deadline at 3:30 when school ended, each group hoping to create something that would stand out.
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This Oregon Restaurant Makes Peruvian Food The Reason To Skip Your Usual Dinner Spot
A Peruvian family’s restaurant dream started decades ago in a small town in the Sacred Valley. It now lives inside a renovated house in north Portland, and I can’t imagine a better plot twist for dinner. The chef once cooked at one of Oregon’s best-known Peruvian kitchens. Now...