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James Beard Once Declared The Onion Rings At This Vintage Oregon Steakhouse The Best In America

You can spend a lifetime searching for the perfect onion ring, or you can go to RingSide Steakhouse in Portland, Oregon, where James Beard already did the searching for you and left behind a verdict that still holds up today. The man knew what he was talking about, and what...

Portland, OR · 5d
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This Enormous Oregon Salvage Warehouse Is So Cheap, You Can Furnish An Entire Home For Pennies

Somewhere in Portland, Oregon, there’s a warehouse that makes grown adults gasp out loud, and it’s not because anything scary happened. The ReBuilding Center is the kind of place that makes you rethink everything you thought you knew about shopping for your home. You’ve probably walked into a...

Portland, OR · 10d
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This Oregon Farm Lets You Brush and Feed Shaggy Highland Cows

At the end of a private road near Mount Hood, a herd of shaggy cows waits for someone with a brush. These are Highland cows, the ones with long bangs and curved horns that fill so many phone screens. On one Oregon farm, you do more than look at them through a fence.

Brightwood, OR · 3d
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This ’50s-Style Burger Joint In Oregon Serves Up Milkshakes So Good You’ll Never Forget Them

Nobody warns you that a single milkshake can completely rearrange your priorities, but that’s exactly what happens at Cruiser’s Drive-In in Portland, Oregon. One sip of one of their thick, creamy shakes and suddenly everything else on your afternoon agenda feels significantly less important than finishing this glass.

Portland, OR · 5d
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New Owner Plans to Stop Making Oregon’s Full Sail Beer After Hood River Brewpub Closes

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Full Sail Brewing Co., one of Oregon’s pioneering craft breweries, is facing the end of its nearly 40-year beer-making history after Kentucky-based spirits company Sazerac acquired the business. Sazerac plans to use the brewery’s production facilities to expand its manufacturing capacity. A company spokesperson...

Hood River, OR · 3d

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This Old-School Oregon Steakhouse Glows Red And Serves Prime Rib To Live Music

A suit of armor stands guard at the host stand, and the steakhouse behind it looks like a castle. Inside, stone walls glow under red light while a band tunes up near the bar. The prime rib gets carved tableside. The booths are red velvet. The au jus is made...

Portland, OR · 8d

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A century later, the curtain is going up again at Oregon City’s first movie theater

A new theater venue is coming to downtown Oregon City, bringing live performance back to a building that once housed the city’s first movie theater. First City Theater purchased the building at 720 Main St., most recently home to the Pioneer Pub. Husband-and-wife owners Eric and Aden Nepom plan to return the space to its performance roots with improv, scripted theater, musicals, burlesque, classic movies and stand-up comedy.

Oregon City, OR · 8d

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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 · 2d

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This 2.8-Mile Oregon Trail Walks Your Family Through Ruins Of A Forgotten Industrial Past

A huge old water pipeline still snakes along a riverbank in Oregon, and families can walk right beside it. It once carried river water downhill to make electricity. Now it mostly carries curiosity. The hydropower project it served was shut down years ago. Its dam is gone, but pieces of...

Hood River, OR · 2d

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Walking Into This Oregon Italian Market Feels Like A Trip To Rome Without The Plane Ticket

A full Italian deli counter greets you at the door, and it sits inside a strip mall. That alone made me grin. Shelves of olive oils, herbs, pasta salads, gelato, and sweets wait before you even reach a table. Keep going and the place opens into a trattoria with an...

Lake Oswego, OR · 3d

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This Little Oregon Excursion Train Rolls Your Family Through River Canyons Most Drivers Never See

Partway up the line, the train runs into a switchback, so the whole thing has to change direction to keep climbing. That’s not a glitch. It’s one of the coolest parts of the ride. The tracks wind through forest, past a river, and into orchard country. Then the...

Oregon · 2d

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2026’s must-have toys under the tree, according to the experts

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Legos, Pokémon cards and Minecraft — that’s some of the top trending toys the kiddos will be begging to see under the tree during this 2026 holiday season. Taylor Battle, editor at The Toy Insider, joined us on AM Extra to give us the rundown and to show us the products […]

Portland, OR · 1d

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Oregon Has A Restaurant Where French And Norwegian Food Meet On The Same Plate

Butter and lingonberries walk into a dining room, and somehow everyone gets along beautifully. French technique meets Scandinavian simplicity on every plate here, and the result feels both elegant and cozy. Delicate pastries sit beside smoked fish, rich sauces meet bright pickles, and each bite surprises in a good way....

Portland, OR · 2d

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Checkpoint One Has Soft Opened on NE Sandy Blvd in Roseway

A new sports bar called Checkpoint One has soft opened on NE Sandy Blvd in Roseway. They have a dozen screens, a menu of Southern food, and plenty of places to sit and enjoy the game. Here’s what you need to know. Checkpoint One: What’s in a Name?

Portland, OR · 15h

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Fun things to do beginning Monday, Nov. 9!

Fall Jazz Nite at Pacific University is a great way enjoy a mid-November evening. Check it out or one of the many other events we’ve highlighted for this week! ALOHA […]

Hillsboro, OR · 2d

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Every 2026 Portland Eater Award Winner, Mapped

The best restaurants, bakeries, and more of 2026, according to Eater editors. Portland’s resilient, innovative restaurant scene continues to offer surprises, even as pressures mount on businesses from all directions. For 2026, Eater Portland is recognizing five local Eater Award winners that represent some of the brightest moments in dining of the past year. They include bagel shops, delis, French restaurants, neighborhood bars, and a standout Thai restaurant.

Portland, OR · 9h

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10 Oregon Coffee Shops Pouring Fresh Roasts And Serving Pastries In Cozy Spaces

Coffee by a real fireplace, at a table carved from an actual log? Oregon gets it. This coffee lodge roasts its own beans and bakes scones right there, so it’s basically a cabin daydream with refills. One shop took teamwork to a whole new level and knocked down the...

Oregon · 3d

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16 Years in the Making: Wildwood

LAIKA released the most highly anticipated piece of stop-motion animation since “Kubo and the Two Strings” Oct. 23, entitled “Wildwood.” With a runtime of 2 hours and 20 minutes, it’s the longest stop-motion animation film to date. The theatrical experience of watching a stop-motion film is special as it’s not humans on screen, but handcrafted, classic “Claymation” characters.

Portland, OR · 22h

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Portland Ghost Hunters Monique and Joss Rose Share New Tours and Paranormal Documentary

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Are you sad spooky season is over? There’s no need to fear. One of Portland’s iconic ghost-hunting duos is back to catch us up on their latest frightful adventures. Monique and Joss Rose, hosts of The Fright Life Paranormal Podcast, cover some of...

Portland, OR · 21h

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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 · 4h