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Portland

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Black Coffee Roasting Company Beans Arrive at Murray's

    Certified organic, with the roasting date inked in by hand. Now that's artisanal! If you're a coffee fanatic, it calls for a little celebration every time a new coffee roaster hits town. In the last couple of years, we've seen the arrival of Stumptown (Portland), Intelligentsia (Chicago), and Blue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Live: The Shins Grow Teeth At Terminal 5

    The Shins w/St. Lucia Terminal 5 Sunday, April 29 Better than: A Shins concert five years ago. Halfway through the Shins' show at Terminal 5 on Sunday, the Portland indie rockers found their groove. Maybe it was the generous clang of cowbell or the strobe lights that ushered in new song "No Way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    The USA Champion Barista on Her Signature Beverage

    The past weekend at the United States Barista Championship in Portland, Katie Carguilo of Counter Culture Coffee defeated 54 other contestants to become the first New Yorker ever to win the competition. This summer, she'll travel to Vienna to represent the United States in the World Barista Champion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Food Awards: Food & Wine's Best New Chefs, Food Magazine Covers Contest

    Awards season is in full swing in the food world. Food & Wine just named its best new chefs, the American Society of Magazine Editors nominations are in, and the James Beard Awards will be announced in early May. Find out what has gone down so far, and how you can participate in the fun.

  • Voice Choices

    March 21, 2012

    SUGAR & SPICE

    Go camping with Cheryl Strayed

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Jonathan Toubin Speaks: "I Didn't Know What Happened. I Didn't Even Know What Year It Was."

    ​New York nightlife impresario Jonathan Toubin spoke with Rolling Stone over the weekend, the horrifying accident in Portland where he was hit by a taxi while sleeping in his hotel room. In the chat, he talks about waking up in the hospital and being unaware of what year it was, his recovery p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    And The New Miss'd America Is...

    Sabel Scities, the Portland-born dazzler who regularly plays at Stonewall and other NYC clubs! Miss'd America is the annual Atlantic City beauty pageant that has become way more enjoyable than tired, old Miss America. (The latter has gals dressed weirdly like hos as they perform classical music an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Live: Fred Armisen And Carrie Brownstein Turn The Music Hall Of Williamsburg Into Brooklandia

    Portlandia: The Tour Music Hall of Williamsburg Friday, January 20 Better than: Watching television (but who has one anyway?). In the middle of a nearly two-hour set of live sketches, improv riffing, and unseen clips, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, the stars of IFC's Portlandia, strapped on g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Pazz & Jop 2011: Laina Dawes On Tombs And Other Metal Bands That Shake You To The Core

    To supplement this year's Pazz & Jop launch, Sound of the City asked a few critics to expand on the reasonings behind their voting. Up next is Toronto writer Laina Dawes, whose ballot is a study in the year's best extreme metal offerings. I first got turned on to Tombs, whose Path Of Totality ended ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Pok Pok Wing; North End Grill Open

    Here are the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Portland sensation Pok Pok Wing has opened at 137 Rivington Street. [Eater NY] North End Grill has opened for lunch at 104 North End Avenue, in Battery Park City. [Eat ... More >>

  • News

    December 28, 2011

    Occupy the Pulpit

    Religious involvement in OWS heads upstream

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Chain And The Gang, Eleanor Friedberger To Play Jonathan Toubin Benefit Next Month

    ​A benefit for the storied New York DJ Jonathan Toubin, who's still recuperating from the freak accident in which he was hit by a taxi while asleep in a Portland hotel room earlier this month, will take place on January 12 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Among those on the quite-stuffed bill: C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Ryan Skeen 'In' at Pera Soho; Sam Talbot 'Out' at Imperial No. 9

    ​​Ryan Skeen, formerly of Fish Tag (who's also formerly of Allen & Delancey, Irving Mill, and 5 & Diamond), will head the soon-to-open Pera Soho. [Grub Street]Sam Talbot has given notice at Imperial No. Nine, over long-standing disputes about the restaurant's direction.[Eater]Portla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    The Best Looking New Restaurant In Town

    ​Smack in the middle of Times Square is a wonder of lamps, projections, shrines, crystal hangings, and more white than at Justin Bieber's last dental visit. It's Qi, an ornate looking Thai restaurant at 675-Eighth Avenue (between 42 and 43 Streets), and the food is really good too! The other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Lauren Shockey Likes It Hot at Zabb Elee; Sifton Takes Masa Down a Peg

    This week in the Voice, Lauren Shockey orders her food "Thai hot" at the East Village offshoot of Queens restaurant Zabb Elee and is delighted to find a menu that "traverses a maze of sour, tangy, and piquant flavors, each brighter than the next." Sam Sifton shocks the New York restaurant scene by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Jason Hall 'In' at The Lion; Patricia Yee 'Out' at Aureole

    ​Jason Hall, previously of Gotham Bar & Grill, Anthos, and Mia Dona, has been running the kitchen at The Lion under John DeLucie. [Eater] Colin Alevras, formerly of The Tasting Room, DBGB, and Momofuku, has joined the staff at Andrew Carmellini's forthcoming The Dutch. [Eater] Aureole's exec ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 30, 2011

    Morning Teleportation

    ​Jason Hall, previously of Gotham Bar & Grill, Anthos, and Mia Dona, has been running the kitchen at The Lion under John DeLucie. [Eater] Colin Alevras, formerly of The Tasting Room, DBGB, and Momofuku, has joined the staff at Andrew Carmellini's forthcoming The Dutch. [Eater] Aureole's exec ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 16, 2011

    Publicist

    ​Jason Hall, previously of Gotham Bar & Grill, Anthos, and Mia Dona, has been running the kitchen at The Lion under John DeLucie. [Eater] Colin Alevras, formerly of The Tasting Room, DBGB, and Momofuku, has joined the staff at Andrew Carmellini's forthcoming The Dutch. [Eater] Aureole's exec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Hard-Nosed Chefs Say The Customer Can Be Wrong; David Chang Heads to Canada

    ​The customer is not always right at restaurants like Zucco: Le French Diner, Spotted Pig, and Momofuku, where the house insists its food is served a certain way, no substitutions or alterations allowed. [NY Times] A new bill in California would ban the sale and possession of shark fins, incl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Flushing Mall to Close; A Mean Picture of Elaine's

    ​A decision to transform Flushing Mall into an interim parking lot means the food court downstairs, which sells everything from Taiwanese shaved ice to Chinese hand-pulled noodles, will be demolished. [Wall Street Journal] Dairy goats are illegal in New York, but in cities like San Francisco ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 12, 2011

    MADE IN PORTLANDIA

    Three nights with the Decemberists

  • Voice Choices

    January 5, 2011

    'Girls & Boys Presents Glass Candy+Chromatics'

    Three nights with the Decemberists

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    New Head Chef at Fives Leaves; Former JoJo Meat Cook Cries Sexual Harassment

    ​Riingo, the Japanese fusion restaurant once run by Marcus Samuelsson, no longer serves Asian food since Samuelsson left last year. Executive chef Jimmy Lappalainen has completed reworked the menu. [Crain's] Colby Spikes, formerly the sous chef, is the new head chef at Five Leaves near McCarr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    A Broken Foot, a Cancelled Tour: Even Ruth Reichl Has Her Bad Days

    The life of Ruth Reichl, as filtered through Twitter, may seem to be a non-stop parade of cozy days by the fire, jasmine-scented breezes, and cold sweet butter and apricot jam. But even Reichl has her bad days.

  • Voice Choices

    March 9, 2010

    SAIL AWAY

    Yacht docks at the Bowery Ballroom

  • Voice Choices

    February 9, 2010

    Laura Veirs & the Hall of Flames

    Yacht docks at the Bowery Ballroom

  • Voice Choices

    November 3, 2009

    Thao & the Get Down Stay Down+Portland Cello Project

    Yacht docks at the Bowery Ballroom

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    There Is A Karp Documentary

    What's the hold up on the long-rumored documentary about one of the more underrated and unapologetically gully bands of the 1990s? Documentary filmmaker Bill Badgley needs money. He's been holding benefits all month on the "Portland-to-Seattle corridor," according to the Seattle Weekly. The above ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Open: Say Hola to Cantina Latina, Los Feliz

    The long-awaited Stumptown has finally opened in the Ace Hotel. It's the only New York outpost of the Portland coffee chain, although you can get Stumptown coffee at a number of restaurants and cafes, including Cafe Pedlar (both in Brooklyn and now in the LES). [Eater] Cantina Latina is opening in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    David Chang and Mario Batali: So Important, So Overrated

    Grub Street surveyed members of the gastronobility to assess the "state of our food union," questioning the likes of Anthony Bourdain, Alan Richman, Gael Greene, and LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold. Unsurprisingly, New York figured largely into their appraisal: David Chang and Mario Batali were named two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    'Taxidermia': A Film About Gluttony From Hungary

    Gyorgy Palfi's Taxidermia was released in his native Hungary in 2006, and has only now made its way to the US. It premiered in Portland last year, and will be screened in Los Angeles and New York August 14. The fantastical storyline surrounds three generations of men, each with insatiable appetite ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 27, 2009

    SOLID CHROME

    Silly, structured dance from a curious mind

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Clip Job: Obituary for a Hipster

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesFebruary 28, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 19Obituary for a HipsterBy Don CarpenterSAN FRANCISCO -- A quote from "The White Negro": "the unstated essence of Hip, its psychopathic brilliance, quivers with the knowledge that new kinds of victories increase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    Under the Toque: Terrance Brennan's Trigo Takeover

    Terrance Brennan of Picholine and Artisanal plans to take over a struggling Trigo and turn it into Bar Artisanal. Expect bistro fare and a retail component selling olive oil, cheese and charcuterie. [NY Times] Paul Liebrandt is the only New York chef on Food & Wine's list of 2009 Best New Chefs. O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Slowest Nudes Day Ever

    This Twitter thing is fun. You know what Twitter people are doing today? Making up funny titles with the word "penis" in them. "Lord of The Penis: The Fellowship of the Cock Ring." "How Stella Got Her Penis Back." "Penis: Bigger, Longer, Uncut." "The Race to Black Penis!" Etc. No pictures, though. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses #38: New Bloods' Kill Rock Stars Record

    This Twitter thing is fun. You know what Twitter people are doing today? Making up funny titles with the word "penis" in them. "Lord of The Penis: The Fellowship of the Cock Ring." "How Stella Got Her Penis Back." "Penis: Bigger, Longer, Uncut." "The Race to Black Penis!" Etc. No pictures, though. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    New Fort Greene Gourmet/Organic Market is Open

    This Twitter thing is fun. You know what Twitter people are doing today? Making up funny titles with the word "penis" in them. "Lord of The Penis: The Fellowship of the Cock Ring." "How Stella Got Her Penis Back." "Penis: Bigger, Longer, Uncut." "The Race to Black Penis!" Etc. No pictures, though. ... More >>

  • Film

    September 18, 2007

    Love, Actually, Isn't Like This

    Feast of Love knows nothing of what it blabs on and on about

  • Film

    May 22, 2007

    In the Beginning

    As Gus Van Sant's latest makes waves at Cannes, IFC brings back his debut Mala Noche

  • Film

    June 20, 2006

    Desperate Youth

    From TV on the Radio to music on film, BAM spotlights black punk culture

  • Art

    May 23, 2006

    Absalom, O Absalom

    'Not for inciting hatred, but for learning lessons from history'

  • News

    February 14, 2006

    Critical Impasse

    With arrests growing and two cops hurt, Critical Mass gets messy

  • People

    July 19, 2005

    Stand Up Comics

    Talking with Joe Sacco, the innovator of contemporary comics journalism

  • NYC Life

    May 31, 2005

    Hang Out

    Cake Shop's very evil geniuses want you to stay the night

  • NYC Life

    December 30, 2003

    Basketball Courts

    Hoop Dreams

  • News

    October 30, 2001

    Terrors of a Subway Rider

    Notes From the Underground

  • News

    June 13, 2000

    Sports

    Notes From the Underground

  • Dance

    August 10, 1999

    Lite Show

    Notes From the Underground

  • News

    January 5, 1999

    Tits Revisited

    Notes From the Underground

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