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The Portland Mercury

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Portland’s Best Cozy Bars for the Winter

While Portland summers are idyllic and sunny, and our autumns are heralded by explosions of crimson and gold across the city, our winters can get downright grim. We don’t often freeze solid like a Midwestern city, but when the sun sets in the early afternoon and the days are filled with gloomy clouds and a constant icy drip, winters can be punishing. But that’s why we have bars, especially those warm, welcoming spots with firepits and hot toddies and hearty meals to drive out the chill and the brutal malaise. Some places offer year-round comfort, while others bring festive joy with holiday pop-ups and themes. Here are some picks for our favorite cozy, wintry bars.

Portland, OR · 2d

hoodline.com

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Pho Pot Still Shut Less Than Three Months After Sewage Flood, Eyes Black Friday Reopening

Less than three months after sewage backed up through the drains at Ballad Towne Square and flooded Pho Pot's kitchen, the Forest Grove restaurant is still closed, still gutted, and still scrambling to pay for a rebuild that owner Michelle Tran says could run close to $100,000 just for a new walk-in cooler and freezer. Tran is now hoping to reopen the Vietnamese restaurant on Black Friday, Nov. 27, at its longtime spot at 2834 Pacific Ave.

Forest Grove, OR · 3d

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This Portland Brunch Spot Hides A Plant-Based Menu Even Meat Lovers Come Back For

Some breakfast places in Portland have a line out the door before the doors even open. One of them sits on a busy southeast street, and people keep coming back for a reason that surprises a lot of first-timers. The menu is packed with vegan and vegetarian choices, yet the...

Portland, OR · 3d

Lake Oswego Review

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Lake Oswego violinist wins state strings competition

Lake Oswego High School freshman Emmaline Bunch won the Oregon State Junior Strings Competition and will now compete in the Music Teachers National Association Northwest Division Junior Strings Competition. According […]

Lake Oswego, OR · 2d

Doggo Digest

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8 American Cities That Make Dog Lovers Feel Welcome

Stick with us to the end: one simple park behavior tells you whether a city's culture truly welcomes your four-legged family member. The post 8 American Cities That Make Dog Lovers Feel Welcome appeared first on Doggodigest .

Portland, OR · 3d

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This Oregon Fabric Store Lets Budget Sewists Fill a Whole Cart Without the Guilt

Some shoppers walk in needing one zipper and walk out with three projects’ worth of fabric tucked under each arm. That happens a lot at one big fabric shop in Beaverton, Oregon. Since the big chain closures left many sewists without a go-to spot, a familiar local store has become even more important to people who still make, mend, and quilt at home.

Beaverton, OR · 8d

youroregonnews.com

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Irrigon boy overcomes health challenges to be 1 of 6 Nike shoe designers

IRRIGON — Everyone loves getting a new pair of shoes, but not everyone can say they are wearing a pair they designed themselves. But that is the case for 12-year-old Royce Short of Irrigon, who is one of six patients of Portland’s Oregon Health Sciences University’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital to design a pair of Nike shoes as part of Doernbecher Freestyle 22.

Irrigon, OR · 4d

Eater

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Introducing Portland’s 2026 Eater Award Winners

The past 12 months have been a trying time for the restaurant and bar community, and it’s followed a string of challenging years that have started to feel less like an unusually bad environment for the hospitality industry and more like a norm. We won’t pretend that scrappiness can overcome every challenge, but Portland’s restaurant scene is innovative and resilient, and the 2026 Eater Award winners, presented by Capital One, reflect that ethos.

Portland, OR · 4d

KOIN 6 News

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Hallmark Christmas movie will feature recipe from Oregon brand

Bob’s Red’s Mill has announced that its Orange Brown Butter Madeleines will be “one of the pivotal recipes” in the holiday romance.

Portland, OR · 4d

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Two Seattle screenings of Portland-filmed feature ‘A Simple Machine’ already sold out

Filmed in Portland, A Simple Machine is a feature film about a young man struggling under debt who “makes a series of radically frugal lifestyle choices without telling his girlfriend that he’s going to fix up an old bike and go off the grid,” according to the film’s synopsis. The trailer looks great, with a grainy black-and-white style and intriguing dialog. “This is not just a ‘bike film,’” the promotional team said in an email to Seattle Bike Blog about the upcoming screening. “It’s a film where the bike is the philosophy.”

Seattle, WA · 4d

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Gingerbread Masterpiece 2026: 55 Years at the Benson Hotel in Portland

Each year we love to tell you about the incredible gingerbread house built at the Benson Hotel for the holidays. Gingerbread Masterpiece 2026 will be the 55th version of this incredible work of art. And while it’s not made to actually eat, you can view it at any time the hotel is open, starting on Tuesday, December 1, which is the date of its unveiling.

Portland, OR · 3d

KOIN 6 News

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Southeast Portland eatery in former Pok Pok space named among best new restaurants

Similar to its predecessor, OK Chicken & Khao Soi also serves Thai cuisine — with a focus on the northern region.

Portland, OR · 4d

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Louie on Lombard: Opening in the Old Garrison Bar Space

A new neighborhood cocktail bar called Louie is going to open in the St. Johns neighborhood. It will take over the space that used to be home to The Garrison, a popular bar that closed earlier this year. The location is in the heart of the North Lombard business strip, residing among a number of other bars and restaurants.

Portland, OR · 2d

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Discover boot season at Shoe Mill

FOX 12’s Stephanie Kralevich visits Shoe Mill at Bridgeport Village to check out new boots for the season!

Tualatin, OR · 2d

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Locals Say This Secret Oregon Diner Serves One Of The Top Breakfasts Around

You’ve probably driven past this unassuming corner spot without a second glance. But the locals know. They line up on weekends, often waiting 30 to 45 minutes just to get a table. And they’ll tell you it’s absolutely worth it. The cafe is the definition of old-school...

Portland, OR · 5d

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This Oregon Craft Thrift Store Is Where Your Unfinished Projects Are Born, And It’s Cheap

One shopper went hunting for a single purple pipe cleaner. Another needed exactly one googly eye for a toy that lost its partner. That’s the magic of this Oregon craft thrift store. It sells donated art supplies, from color-sorted yarn to bags of undeveloped film and boxes of doll parts.

Portland, OR · 6d

Axios

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Why crows are destroying your lawn

When you're a crow, you go where the grubs are. Unfortunately for Portland lawn tenders, the grubs are under your grass. The big picture: Lawns across the city are being turned into pockmarked mud pits as the yearly return of the crow has the hungry corvids digging up yards in search of food.

Portland, OR · 4d

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A New Vision for Native American Art at Portland Art Museum

At PAM, galleries showing Indigenous works have been reinstalled and reimagined. Tucked in the Portland Art Museum’s refreshed second-floor galleries hangs a vibrant, kaleidoscopic artwork of geometric patterns overlaid with the words “Past + Future = Present.” Created by Choctaw and Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson for the US Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, the piece is part of Shifting the Narrative: 21st Century Acquisitions, an exhibition that kicked off last fall when the museum unveiled its transformed space. Displayed alongside flat bags from the Columbia River Plateau region, Choctaw basketry, Northwest Coast transformation masks, and works from contemporary artists Lillian Pitt, Julie Buffalohead, Sara Siestreem, and Will Wilson, Gibson’s words also point to a curatorial shift.

Portland, OR · 4d

KOIN 6 News

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Kohr Explores: Portland meets Paris at L’Echelle’s new brunch experience

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A local bistro is now bridging the distance between Southeast Portland and Paris with a new three-course brunch. L’Echelle just launched the ticketed weekend culinary experience in the restaurant’s event space, the L’Echelle Community Hall. Kohr Explores takes us into the kitchen to show us how chefs are adding a taste […]

Portland, OR · 4d