PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. CAN WE SAVE THE LLOYD CENTER? By Marty Patail 6/6/2021 at 12:30am Published in the Summer 2021 issue of Portland Monthly. I t was raining on August 1, 1960, the day Lloyd Center officially opened to the public. But there was no dampening the gathered crowd’s electric mood. The next day, the Oregonian would wax religious, calling the drizzle a “fine sacramental-like mist WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir THE RISE AND FALL OF KAH-NEE-TA By Juhea Kim 10/10/2020 at 5:00am Published in the October 2020 issue of Portland Monthly. L ong an iconic destination beloved by generations of Oregonians, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa—where families from around the state came to swim, golf, and ride horses—is now on the list of the state’s ghost towns and desolate places. SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top VETERAN SAN FRANCISCO CHEF READIES TO OPEN BRASA HAYA IN Excited? If all goes well, Brasa Haya—their new live-fire-sparked Spanish restaurant—will open on June 9. The address is 412 NE Beech St, just off MLK. By luck and happenstance, the couple recently purchased a piece of Portland history to house their restaurant: a 1906 foursquare home transformed a decade ago with Portland's brand of speakeasy cool into the Beech Street Parlor, known AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. CAN WE SAVE THE LLOYD CENTER? By Marty Patail 6/6/2021 at 12:30am Published in the Summer 2021 issue of Portland Monthly. I t was raining on August 1, 1960, the day Lloyd Center officially opened to the public. But there was no dampening the gathered crowd’s electric mood. The next day, the Oregonian would wax religious, calling the drizzle a “fine sacramental-like mist WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir THE RISE AND FALL OF KAH-NEE-TA By Juhea Kim 10/10/2020 at 5:00am Published in the October 2020 issue of Portland Monthly. L ong an iconic destination beloved by generations of Oregonians, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa—where families from around the state came to swim, golf, and ride horses—is now on the list of the state’s ghost towns and desolate places. SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top VETERAN SAN FRANCISCO CHEF READIES TO OPEN BRASA HAYA IN Excited? If all goes well, Brasa Haya—their new live-fire-sparked Spanish restaurant—will open on June 9. The address is 412 NE Beech St, just off MLK. By luck and happenstance, the couple recently purchased a piece of Portland history to house their restaurant: a 1906 foursquare home transformed a decade ago with Portland's brand of speakeasy cool into the Beech Street Parlor, known AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company THIS QUIRKY HOME RENOVATION HAS ITS OWN DJ STATION 16 hours ago · Yes, Mike and Robin are serious about music. The piano is now, without a doubt, the oldest-looking thing in their 1899 North Portland bungalow, where they’ve lived for nearly 20 years.Their home is an amalgam of tinted plexiglass, shiny black tile, some metallic paint, and a healthy dose of glam-rock-to-pop design features that conjure up some of the coolest boutique hotels on the

planet.

'TOP CHEF' EPISODES 8-10: ANOTHER MEGA-RECAP Welcome back to our next installment of Portland Monthly’s Top Chef recaps. Once again, we’ve fallen a bit behind—but if you, too, are playing catchup on old episodes, you’ve come to the right place. Episode 8 kicks off with a bang, skipping the usual quickfire challenge in favor of a single MEET CANARD'S DAIRY QUEEN-INSPIRED PINE NUT BUSTER PARFAIT Forget peanuts, the crown jewel on a Dairy Queen Peanut Buster Parfait, iconically striped in vanilla soft serve and hot fudge. Forget even hazelnuts, the default “Northwest move.” For its recent reopening menu post pandemic shutdown, Canard–Portland Monthly's Restaurant of the Year 2018 TOP CHEF RECAP, SEASON 18, EPISODE 11: HOME STRETCH 1 day ago · Top Chef 'Top Chef' Season 18, Episode 11 Recap: Home Stretch Thursday’s installment brought us a Gabe Rucker cameo, a trip past the urban growth PEEK INTO PORTLAND'S MOST COLORFUL HOME, AT LEAST ON THE Here, it’s all in the details. The plush velvet of the custom sofa in the living room lounge. T he hand-painted Japanese wallpaper in the mint-toned office. The Pop Art vibe behind the guest bath room door, with its Tom Dixon tile, gold sink, and chunky wall faucet.The soothing moss tones of a sculptural built-in headboard in the primary

bedroom.

10 BEST TAKEOUT SPOTS IN PORTLAND It hoses its muse at McDonald’s. Other days, watch for ba noi, a tribute to Le’s grandma’s steak and fries. Now, in a new home at Metalwood Salvage, sitting among industrial art creations, Matta is helping pioneer a future-world, pandemic-born pod. Wine and beer also available. 4311 NE Prescott St SUMMER CAMPS IN OREGON WILL BE (MOSTLY) OPEN THIS YEAR Summer camp, a treasured rite of passage for some families, will look different this year in Oregon, yet again. And yet, camp operators say that’s progress from the lost summer of 2020 when many camps suspended or canceled programming during the first uncertain months of

the pandemic.

PORTLAND SOCIAL JUSTICE APPAREL BRAND MIMI'S FRESH TEES 1 day ago · Want to get your feelings about systemic injustices off of your chest? Kamelah Adams of Mimi's Fresh Tees encourages you to wear them on your chest. And now, her apparel business—an online-only store since it was created in 2018—is opening its own brick and mortar store and community gathering place in Old Town, celebrating its grand opening this weekend. AN INTERVIEW WITH UDO KIER BY HIS PORTLAND ‘SWAN SONG’ CO 1 day ago · On Wednesday, June 16 at 11 a.m., Todd Stephens’s Swan Song will have its Oregon premiere at Pride Pics, the new LGBTQ film festival from PrideNW and the directors of QDoc. The movie stars indie legend Udo Kier as retired hairdresser Pat Pitsenbarger, who breaks free from his drab Sandusky nursing home and takes a long walk to give a deceased former client her final cut-and-color. 15 GIFTS FOR DAD—WITH A TOUCH OF PORTLAND Dads are notoriously hard to shop for. Ask them what they want and you might get the Humble Shrug. You tell them, "Dad, I'm serious." And they might say, "Hi, Serious. Nice to meet you." After that you just roll your eyes right out of your head, walk away, and forget about Father's Day until it's PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. CAN WE SAVE THE LLOYD CENTER? By Marty Patail 6/6/2021 at 12:30am Published in the Summer 2021 issue of Portland Monthly. I t was raining on August 1, 1960, the day Lloyd Center officially opened to the public. But there was no dampening the gathered crowd’s electric mood. The next day, the Oregonian would wax religious, calling the drizzle a “fine sacramental-like mist WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir THE RISE AND FALL OF KAH-NEE-TA By Juhea Kim 10/10/2020 at 5:00am Published in the October 2020 issue of Portland Monthly. L ong an iconic destination beloved by generations of Oregonians, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa—where families from around the state came to swim, golf, and ride horses—is now on the list of the state’s ghost towns and desolate places. SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top VETERAN SAN FRANCISCO CHEF READIES TO OPEN BRASA HAYA IN Excited? If all goes well, Brasa Haya—their new live-fire-sparked Spanish restaurant—will open on June 9. The address is 412 NE Beech St, just off MLK. By luck and happenstance, the couple recently purchased a piece of Portland history to house their restaurant: a 1906 foursquare home transformed a decade ago with Portland's brand of speakeasy cool into the Beech Street Parlor, known AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. CAN WE SAVE THE LLOYD CENTER? By Marty Patail 6/6/2021 at 12:30am Published in the Summer 2021 issue of Portland Monthly. I t was raining on August 1, 1960, the day Lloyd Center officially opened to the public. But there was no dampening the gathered crowd’s electric mood. The next day, the Oregonian would wax religious, calling the drizzle a “fine sacramental-like mist WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir THE RISE AND FALL OF KAH-NEE-TA By Juhea Kim 10/10/2020 at 5:00am Published in the October 2020 issue of Portland Monthly. L ong an iconic destination beloved by generations of Oregonians, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa—where families from around the state came to swim, golf, and ride horses—is now on the list of the state’s ghost towns and desolate places. SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top VETERAN SAN FRANCISCO CHEF READIES TO OPEN BRASA HAYA IN Excited? If all goes well, Brasa Haya—their new live-fire-sparked Spanish restaurant—will open on June 9. The address is 412 NE Beech St, just off MLK. By luck and happenstance, the couple recently purchased a piece of Portland history to house their restaurant: a 1906 foursquare home transformed a decade ago with Portland's brand of speakeasy cool into the Beech Street Parlor, known AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company THIS QUIRKY HOME RENOVATION HAS ITS OWN DJ STATION 13 hours ago · Yes, Mike and Robin are serious about music. The piano is now, without a doubt, the oldest-looking thing in their 1899 North Portland bungalow, where they’ve lived for nearly 20 years.Their home is an amalgam of tinted plexiglass, shiny black tile, some metallic paint, and a healthy dose of glam-rock-to-pop design features that conjure up some of the coolest boutique hotels on the

planet.

'TOP CHEF' EPISODES 8-10: ANOTHER MEGA-RECAP Welcome back to our next installment of Portland Monthly’s Top Chef recaps. Once again, we’ve fallen a bit behind—but if you, too, are playing catchup on old episodes, you’ve come to the right place. Episode 8 kicks off with a bang, skipping the usual quickfire challenge in favor of a single MEET CANARD'S DAIRY QUEEN-INSPIRED PINE NUT BUSTER PARFAIT 1 day ago · Forget peanuts, the crown jewel on a Dairy Queen Peanut Buster Parfait, iconically striped in vanilla soft serve and hot fudge. Forget even hazelnuts, the default “Northwest move.” For its recent reopening menu post pandemic shutdown, Canard–Portland Monthly's Restaurant of the Year 2018 TOP CHEF RECAP, SEASON 18, EPISODE 11: HOME STRETCH 1 day ago · Top Chef 'Top Chef' Season 18, Episode 11 Recap: Home Stretch Thursday’s installment brought us a Gabe Rucker cameo, a trip past the urban growth PEEK INTO PORTLAND'S MOST COLORFUL HOME, AT LEAST ON THE Here, it’s all in the details. The plush velvet of the custom sofa in the living room lounge. T he hand-painted Japanese wallpaper in the mint-toned office. The Pop Art vibe behind the guest bath room door, with its Tom Dixon tile, gold sink, and chunky wall faucet.The soothing moss tones of a sculptural built-in headboard in the primary

bedroom.

10 BEST TAKEOUT SPOTS IN PORTLAND It hoses its muse at McDonald’s. Other days, watch for ba noi, a tribute to Le’s grandma’s steak and fries. Now, in a new home at Metalwood Salvage, sitting among industrial art creations, Matta is helping pioneer a future-world, pandemic-born pod. Wine and beer also available. 4311 NE Prescott St SUMMER CAMPS IN OREGON WILL BE (MOSTLY) OPEN THIS YEAR Summer camp, a treasured rite of passage for some families, will look different this year in Oregon, yet again. And yet, camp operators say that’s progress from the lost summer of 2020 when many camps suspended or canceled programming during the first uncertain months of

the pandemic.

PORTLAND SOCIAL JUSTICE APPAREL BRAND MIMI'S FRESH TEES 23 hours ago · Want to get your feelings about systemic injustices off of your chest? Kamelah Adams of Mimi's Fresh Tees encourages you to wear them on your chest. And now, her apparel business—an online-only store since it was created in 2018—is opening its own brick and mortar store and community gathering place in Old Town, celebrating its grand opening this weekend. AN INTERVIEW WITH UDO KIER BY HIS PORTLAND ‘SWAN SONG’ CO 1 day ago · On Wednesday, June 16 at 11 a.m., Todd Stephens’s Swan Song will have its Oregon premiere at Pride Pics, the new LGBTQ film festival from PrideNW and the directors of QDoc. The movie stars indie legend Udo Kier as retired hairdresser Pat Pitsenbarger, who breaks free from his drab Sandusky nursing home and takes a long walk to give a deceased former client her final cut-and-color. 15 GIFTS FOR DAD—WITH A TOUCH OF PORTLAND Dads are notoriously hard to shop for. Ask them what they want and you might get the Humble Shrug. You tell them, "Dad, I'm serious." And they might say, "Hi, Serious. Nice to meet you." After that you just roll your eyes right out of your head, walk away, and forget about Father's Day until it's PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. CAN WE SAVE THE LLOYD CENTER? By Marty Patail 6/6/2021 at 12:30am Published in the Summer 2021 issue of Portland Monthly. I t was raining on August 1, 1960, the day Lloyd Center officially opened to the public. But there was no dampening the gathered crowd’s electric mood. The next day, the Oregonian would wax religious, calling the drizzle a “fine sacramental-like mist WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir THE RISE AND FALL OF KAH-NEE-TA By Juhea Kim 10/10/2020 at 5:00am Published in the October 2020 issue of Portland Monthly. L ong an iconic destination beloved by generations of Oregonians, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa—where families from around the state came to swim, golf, and ride horses—is now on the list of the state’s ghost towns and desolate places. SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top VETERAN SAN FRANCISCO CHEF READIES TO OPEN BRASA HAYA IN Excited? If all goes well, Brasa Haya—their new live-fire-sparked Spanish restaurant—will open on June 9. The address is 412 NE Beech St, just off MLK. By luck and happenstance, the couple recently purchased a piece of Portland history to house their restaurant: a 1906 foursquare home transformed a decade ago with Portland's brand of speakeasy cool into the Beech Street Parlor, known AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. CAN WE SAVE THE LLOYD CENTER? By Marty Patail 6/6/2021 at 12:30am Published in the Summer 2021 issue of Portland Monthly. I t was raining on August 1, 1960, the day Lloyd Center officially opened to the public. But there was no dampening the gathered crowd’s electric mood. The next day, the Oregonian would wax religious, calling the drizzle a “fine sacramental-like mist WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir THE RISE AND FALL OF KAH-NEE-TA By Juhea Kim 10/10/2020 at 5:00am Published in the October 2020 issue of Portland Monthly. L ong an iconic destination beloved by generations of Oregonians, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa—where families from around the state came to swim, golf, and ride horses—is now on the list of the state’s ghost towns and desolate places. SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top VETERAN SAN FRANCISCO CHEF READIES TO OPEN BRASA HAYA IN Excited? If all goes well, Brasa Haya—their new live-fire-sparked Spanish restaurant—will open on June 9. The address is 412 NE Beech St, just off MLK. By luck and happenstance, the couple recently purchased a piece of Portland history to house their restaurant: a 1906 foursquare home transformed a decade ago with Portland's brand of speakeasy cool into the Beech Street Parlor, known AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company THIS QUIRKY HOME RENOVATION HAS ITS OWN DJ STATION 12 hours ago · Yes, Mike and Robin are serious about music. The piano is now, without a doubt, the oldest-looking thing in their 1899 North Portland bungalow, where they’ve lived for nearly 20 years.Their home is an amalgam of tinted plexiglass, shiny black tile, some metallic paint, and a healthy dose of glam-rock-to-pop design features that conjure up some of the coolest boutique hotels on the

planet.

'TOP CHEF' EPISODES 8-10: ANOTHER MEGA-RECAP Welcome back to our next installment of Portland Monthly’s Top Chef recaps. Once again, we’ve fallen a bit behind—but if you, too, are playing catchup on old episodes, you’ve come to the right place. Episode 8 kicks off with a bang, skipping the usual quickfire challenge in favor of a single MEET CANARD'S DAIRY QUEEN-INSPIRED PINE NUT BUSTER PARFAIT 1 day ago · Forget peanuts, the crown jewel on a Dairy Queen Peanut Buster Parfait, iconically striped in vanilla soft serve and hot fudge. Forget even hazelnuts, the default “Northwest move.” For its recent reopening menu post pandemic shutdown, Canard–Portland Monthly's Restaurant of the Year 2018 TOP CHEF RECAP, SEASON 18, EPISODE 11: HOME STRETCH 1 day ago · Top Chef 'Top Chef' Season 18, Episode 11 Recap: Home Stretch Thursday’s installment brought us a Gabe Rucker cameo, a trip past the urban growth PEEK INTO PORTLAND'S MOST COLORFUL HOME, AT LEAST ON THE Here, it’s all in the details. The plush velvet of the custom sofa in the living room lounge. T he hand-painted Japanese wallpaper in the mint-toned office. The Pop Art vibe behind the guest bath room door, with its Tom Dixon tile, gold sink, and chunky wall faucet.The soothing moss tones of a sculptural built-in headboard in the primary

bedroom.

10 BEST TAKEOUT SPOTS IN PORTLAND It hoses its muse at McDonald’s. Other days, watch for ba noi, a tribute to Le’s grandma’s steak and fries. Now, in a new home at Metalwood Salvage, sitting among industrial art creations, Matta is helping pioneer a future-world, pandemic-born pod. Wine and beer also available. 4311 NE Prescott St SUMMER CAMPS IN OREGON WILL BE (MOSTLY) OPEN THIS YEAR Summer camp, a treasured rite of passage for some families, will look different this year in Oregon, yet again. And yet, camp operators say that’s progress from the lost summer of 2020 when many camps suspended or canceled programming during the first uncertain months of

the pandemic.

PORTLAND SOCIAL JUSTICE APPAREL BRAND MIMI'S FRESH TEES 22 hours ago · Want to get your feelings about systemic injustices off of your chest? Kamelah Adams of Mimi's Fresh Tees encourages you to wear them on your chest. And now, her apparel business—an online-only store since it was created in 2018—is opening its own brick and mortar store and community gathering place in Old Town, celebrating its grand opening this weekend. AN INTERVIEW WITH UDO KIER BY HIS PORTLAND ‘SWAN SONG’ CO 23 hours ago · On Wednesday, June 16 at 11 a.m., Todd Stephens’s Swan Song will have its Oregon premiere at Pride Pics, the new LGBTQ film festival from PrideNW and the directors of QDoc. The movie stars indie legend Udo Kier as retired hairdresser Pat Pitsenbarger, who breaks free from his drab Sandusky nursing home and takes a long walk to give a deceased former client her final cut-and-color. 15 GIFTS FOR DAD—WITH A TOUCH OF PORTLAND Dads are notoriously hard to shop for. Ask them what they want and you might get the Humble Shrug. You tell them, "Dad, I'm serious." And they might say, "Hi, Serious. Nice to meet you." After that you just roll your eyes right out of your head, walk away, and forget about Father's Day until it's PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

SUMMER CAMPS IN OREGON WILL BE (MOSTLY) OPEN THIS YEAR Summer camp, a treasured rite of passage for some families, will look different this year in Oregon, yet again. And yet, camp operators say that’s progress from the lost summer of 2020 when many camps suspended or canceled programming during the first uncertain months of

the pandemic.

TOP MEDICAL PROVIDERS 2020 The 685 names in this year’s listings represent the top 5 to 10 percent of vote-getters across 75 medical specialties, from dermatologists to bariatric surgeons to experts in transgender care. You’re unlikely to pick your own trauma surgeon or pathologist, of course, but we included extra slots in some categories where people

are most

VETERAN SAN FRANCISCO CHEF READIES TO OPEN BRASA HAYA IN Excited? If all goes well, Brasa Haya—their new live-fire-sparked Spanish restaurant—will open on June 9. The address is 412 NE Beech St, just off MLK. By luck and happenstance, the couple recently purchased a piece of Portland history to house their restaurant: a 1906 foursquare home transformed a decade ago with Portland's brand of speakeasy cool into the Beech Street Parlor, known 3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

SUMMER CAMPS IN OREGON WILL BE (MOSTLY) OPEN THIS YEAR Summer camp, a treasured rite of passage for some families, will look different this year in Oregon, yet again. And yet, camp operators say that’s progress from the lost summer of 2020 when many camps suspended or canceled programming during the first uncertain months of

the pandemic.

TOP MEDICAL PROVIDERS 2020 The 685 names in this year’s listings represent the top 5 to 10 percent of vote-getters across 75 medical specialties, from dermatologists to bariatric surgeons to experts in transgender care. You’re unlikely to pick your own trauma surgeon or pathologist, of course, but we included extra slots in some categories where people

are most

VETERAN SAN FRANCISCO CHEF READIES TO OPEN BRASA HAYA IN Excited? If all goes well, Brasa Haya—their new live-fire-sparked Spanish restaurant—will open on June 9. The address is 412 NE Beech St, just off MLK. By luck and happenstance, the couple recently purchased a piece of Portland history to house their restaurant: a 1906 foursquare home transformed a decade ago with Portland's brand of speakeasy cool into the Beech Street Parlor, known 3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company THIS QUIRKY HOME RENOVATION HAS ITS OWN DJ STATION 51 minutes ago · Yes, Mike and Robin are serious about music. The piano is now, without a doubt, the oldest-looking thing in their 1899 North Portland bungalow, where they’ve lived for nearly 20 years.Their home is an amalgam of tinted plexiglass, shiny black tile, some metallic paint, and a healthy dose of glam-rock-to-pop design features that conjure up some of the coolest boutique hotels on the

planet.

LISTEN AGAIN: WHAT ALBERT CAMUS'S 'THE PLAGUE' CAN TEACH 1 day ago · In Oregon’s ongoing fight against the coronavirus, we’re looking pretty good. To date, more than 60 percent of eligible adult Oregonians have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Once the state reaches 70 percent, Gov. Kate Brown says much of the state’s economy can reopen IS THIS THE PORTLAND COMMUTER RIVER FERRY THE PROPHECY 1 day ago · It was in the gym hot tub that James Paulson first started thinking about a Portland river ferry, he told a crowd gathered in Cathedral Park Tuesday for the launch of Phase 2 of the Frog Ferry project. But this time will be different, Frog Ferry’s boosters say. Bladholm, a former Cycle Oregon

TOP DENTISTS 2021

Top Dentists 2021. Portland Monthly publishes an annual list of top dental care providers in the area. We do not conduct a survey of our own for that; rather, we receive a list from USA Top Dentists, which conducts its own surveys for metro areas across the country. Our list of Top Dentists is chosen by a survey of their peers. TOP CHEF RECAP, SEASON 18, EPISODE 11: HOME STRETCH 14 hours ago · Top Chef 'Top Chef' Season 18, Episode 11 Recap: Home Stretch Thursday’s installment brought us a Gabe Rucker cameo, a trip past the urban growth 'TOP CHEF' EPISODES 8-10: ANOTHER MEGA-RECAP Welcome back to our next installment of Portland Monthly’s Top Chef recaps. Once again, we’ve fallen a bit behind—but if you, too, are playing catchup on old episodes, you’ve come to the right place. Episode 8 kicks off with a bang, skipping the usual quickfire challenge in favor of a single GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir AN INTERVIEW WITH UDO KIER BY HIS PORTLAND ‘SWAN SONG’ CO 11 hours ago · On Wednesday, June 16 at 11 a.m., Todd Stephens’s Swan Song will have its Oregon premiere at Pride Pics, the new LGBTQ film festival from PrideNW and the directors of QDoc. The movie stars indie legend Udo Kier as retired hairdresser Pat Pitsenbarger, who breaks free from his drab Sandusky nursing home and takes a long walk to give a deceased former client her final cut-and-color. PORTLAND SOCIAL JUSTICE APPAREL BRAND MIMI'S FRESH TEES 10 hours ago · Want to get your feelings about systemic injustices off of your chest? Kamelah Adams of Mimi's Fresh Tees encourages you to wear them on your chest. And now, her apparel business—an online-only store since it was created in 2018—is opening its own brick and mortar store and community gathering place in Old Town, celebrating its grand opening this weekend. ENTRE COMPAS WANTS TO BE PORTLAND'S FIRST MEXICAN AMERICAN 1 day ago · G rowing up, Nick Herrera would always hear his dad say to his friends, “Hey, compa, want a beer?” So while Herrera, 44, isn’t quite fluent in Spanish, he’s very familiar with “compa,” an informal word for friend or buddy. That term became part of the name of the taproom he and Angel Medina, the mind behind the Pearl District’s República and Reforma Roasters, plan to open

in

PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

A COVID-19 OUTBREAK AMONG 17 PEOPLE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION At the tail end of the pandemic, and with around 80 percent of its employees vaccinated against COVID-19, Oregon’s flagship teaching hospital would seem like an unlikely place for a workplace-based coronavirus cluster.. And yet, there it was, buried in this week’s outbreak report from the Oregon Health Authority: 17 people listed as having tested positive for the virus. WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican THE RISE AND FALL OF KAH-NEE-TA By Juhea Kim 10/10/2020 at 5:00am Published in the October 2020 issue of Portland Monthly. L ong an iconic destination beloved by generations of Oregonians, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa—where families from around the state came to swim, golf, and ride horses—is now on the list of the state’s ghost towns and desolate places. ARE THERE CICADAS, MURDER HORNETS, TICKS, AND SCORPIONS IN Periodical Cicadas. The every-17-years horror film known as Brood X (that’s a roman numeral 10, by the way, not some name for a lab experiment gone wrong) is playing out now in the eastern part of the United States, from Illinois down to Georgia and up to New York. In Oregon, we don’t have overwhelming numbers of these two-inch-long, red-eyed, black-bodied bugs emerging from the SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE Portland Monthly chronicles, challenges, and celebrates one of America’s most innovative cities, inspiring readers to explore and shape the vibrant metropolis we call home. A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

A COVID-19 OUTBREAK AMONG 17 PEOPLE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION At the tail end of the pandemic, and with around 80 percent of its employees vaccinated against COVID-19, Oregon’s flagship teaching hospital would seem like an unlikely place for a workplace-based coronavirus cluster.. And yet, there it was, buried in this week’s outbreak report from the Oregon Health Authority: 17 people listed as having tested positive for the virus. WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican THE RISE AND FALL OF KAH-NEE-TA By Juhea Kim 10/10/2020 at 5:00am Published in the October 2020 issue of Portland Monthly. L ong an iconic destination beloved by generations of Oregonians, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa—where families from around the state came to swim, golf, and ride horses—is now on the list of the state’s ghost towns and desolate places. ARE THERE CICADAS, MURDER HORNETS, TICKS, AND SCORPIONS IN Periodical Cicadas. The every-17-years horror film known as Brood X (that’s a roman numeral 10, by the way, not some name for a lab experiment gone wrong) is playing out now in the eastern part of the United States, from Illinois down to Georgia and up to New York. In Oregon, we don’t have overwhelming numbers of these two-inch-long, red-eyed, black-bodied bugs emerging from the SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir AKADI AUTHENTIC WEST AFRICAN SAUCES Akadi sauces can be used as marinades, salad dressings, condiments, dips etc. It can be used in cooking stir frys, bbq’s, fried rice, stews, soups and many more meals. Pair it up with fried plantains, roasted baked African yams, grilled beef strips or whole fried fish, this sauce can be used with anything and everything and as our

customers

3 PORTLAND SWIMMING POOLS TO DROOL OVER The Fabulous ’70s. When Dirk Fournier and his partner, Efrain Lopez, found a house in Northeast’s Alameda neighborhood in 2006, a major selling point was the eight-foot-deep pool. Built in the 1970s (Fournier thinks), it was showing its age—but it had potential. Fournier, who owns a Northwest personal and business insurance company MEET CANARD'S DAIRY QUEEN-INSPIRED PINE NUT BUSTER PARFAIT 9 hours ago · Forget peanuts, the crown jewel on a Dairy Queen Peanut Buster Parfait, iconically striped in vanilla soft serve and hot fudge. Forget even hazelnuts, the default “Northwest move.” For its recent reopening menu post pandemic shutdown, Canard–Portland Monthly's Restaurant of the Year 2018 ERICA’S SOUL FOOD MAKES THE BEST WINGS IN PORTLAND 11 hours ago · Prepare yourselves for a controversial statement: the best chicken wings in Portland right now are at Erica’s Soul Food, a bright yellow cart next to a minimart on SE 82nd Avenue near Stark. “This style of wings came about from people in Atlanta being a little extra,” laughs the cart’s founder and chef, Erica

Montgomery.

'TOP CHEF' EPISODES 8-10: ANOTHER MEGA-RECAP Welcome back to our next installment of Portland Monthly’s Top Chef recaps. Once again, we’ve fallen a bit behind—but if you, too, are playing catchup on old episodes, you’ve come to the right place. Episode 8 kicks off with a bang, skipping the usual quickfire challenge in favor of a single HOW WILL PORTLAND'S FASHION SCENE REBOUND POST-COVID Elizabeth Mollo, fashion show producer | Mollo is the executive producer of the long-running Fade to Light fashion show, as well as a producer of the Unmentionable lingerie fashion show and the Biggest Clothing Swap in the Northwest. “ 1. The single most important thing: start crushing it with vaccinations. The faster we’re vaccinated, the faster our economy can begin recovering on its own. PEEK INTO PORTLAND'S MOST COLORFUL HOME, AT LEAST ON THE Here, it’s all in the details. The plush velvet of the custom sofa in the living room lounge. T he hand-painted Japanese wallpaper in the mint-toned office. The Pop Art vibe behind the guest bath room door, with its Tom Dixon tile, gold sink, and chunky wall faucet.The soothing moss tones of a sculptural built-in headboard in the primary

bedroom.

GET YOUR GIRLS TRIP ON: ALASKA AIRLINES ANNOUNCES NEW 11 hours ago · Alaska Airlines plans to begin direct service in December to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and Tampa International Airport in December, offering two shortcuts to sunnier climes during Portland’s bleak winter. It may not be quite the bucket-list destination New Orleans is, but CAN WE SAVE THE LLOYD CENTER? By Marty Patail 6/6/2021 at 12:30am Published in the Summer 2021 issue of Portland Monthly. I t was raining on August 1, 1960, the day Lloyd Center officially opened to the public. But there was no dampening the gathered crowd’s electric mood. The next day, the Oregonian would wax religious, calling the drizzle a “fine sacramental-like mist 15 GIFTS FOR DAD—WITH A TOUCH OF PORTLAND 23 hours ago · Dads are notoriously hard to shop for. Ask them what they want and you might get the Humble Shrug. You tell them, "Dad, I'm serious." And they might say, "Hi, Serious. Nice to meet you." After that you just roll your eyes right out of your head, walk away, and forget about Father's Day until it's MEXICAN BEER IN OREGON? XICHA DID IT FIRST 1 day ago · T he warmth of an Oregon summer’s day is second only to the warm and familial welcome you’ll receive at Xicha Brewing in Salem. Opened in 2017 and pronounced “chee-chah”—the name refers to a pre-Hispanic fermented corn beverage—it’s the Pacific Northwest’s only Latinx owned-and-operated brewery. It’s also a restaurant serving dishes that not only honor the Mexican American THIS NEW-TO-PORTLAND FOOD APP AIMS TO HELP SOLVE CLIMATE Getting a box of eight doughnuts for $3.99 in Portland, Oregon, might sound too good to be true. But Too Good to Go, newly launched in Portland, can make it happen. Too Good to Go is a food-based service app that connects customers to local restaurants and grocery stores that want to pass on their end-of-day surplus — produce, prepared meals, bagels, or a “ S urprise B ag ” of doughnuts PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE 921 SW Washington Street, Suite 750 Portland, OR 97205 Phone: 503-222-5144 • Fax: 503-227-8777 SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top

TOP DENTISTS 2021

Top Dentists 2021. Portland Monthly publishes an annual list of top dental care providers in the area. We do not conduct a survey of our own for that; rather, we receive a list from USA Top Dentists, which conducts its own surveys for metro areas across the country. Our list of Top Dentists is chosen by a survey of their peers. A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

via car.

GREGORY GOURDET'S NEW COOKBOOK BLENDS HIS LOVE OF GLOBAL Combine vinegar, garlic, and chile in a small saucepan, bring all to a boil over high heat, then lower heat to gently simmer for 1 minute, just to cook off the garlic’s raw flavor. Pour hot mixture over beets, stir, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir GOT SHUT OUT FROM SUMMER SWIM LESSONS IN PORTLAND? ALL IS Sign-ups for summer swim lessons at Portland’s public pools—both a treasured rite of passage and a life-saving skill—opened online at 12:30 p.m. this past Monday. If you logged on by 12:32 p.m., you were too late. After summer 2020, when public pools around the city were shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19, pent-up demand was even TOP MEDICAL PROVIDERS 2020 The 685 names in this year’s listings represent the top 5 to 10 percent of vote-getters across 75 medical specialties, from dermatologists to bariatric surgeons to experts in transgender care. You’re unlikely to pick your own trauma surgeon or pathologist, of course, but we included extra slots in some categories where people

are most

WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican 8 CLASSIC NORTHWEST BACKPACKING TRIPS Seek solace and beauty in one of the least crowded wilderness areas in the Beaver State. This mountainous, canyon-rich treasure was named after the pink Kalmiopsis leachiana flower, a pre-ice age relic of the heather family, discovered in 1930 by botanist Lilla Leach. The land was scorched brilliantly by the 2002 Biscuit Fire—so the steep, narrow, rocky trails have been newly restored. THESE HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE TIRED OF WAITING FOR ADULTS TO These High Schoolers Are Tired of Waiting for Adults to Curb Climate Change. The world has Greta Thunberg. Portland has Charlie Abrams and Jeremy Clark. I t’s hard to consider the climate crisis with anything but pull-the-covers-up-and-go-back-to-bed horror. But environmental activists—and Cleveland High School sophomores—Charlie Abrams PORTLAND MONTHLYEAT & DRINKSTYLE & SHOPPINGARTS & CULTURENEWS & CITY LIFETRAVEL & OUTDOORSHOME & REAL ESTATE 921 SW Washington Street, Suite 750 Portland, OR 97205 Phone: 503-222-5144 • Fax: 503-227-8777 SARA HAUMAN DISHES ON HER TIME AT 'TOP CHEF' PORTLAND Chef Sara Hauman spent much of Top Chef season 18, filmed in Portland, wowing the judges while seemingly second-guessing herself at every turn.After an impressive performance throughout the season that culminated in a lackluster halibut dish in a “Restaurant Wars” challenge, Sara packed her knives in Episode 8—though she could make a dramatic return later this season via Top

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Top Dentists 2021. Portland Monthly publishes an annual list of top dental care providers in the area. We do not conduct a survey of our own for that; rather, we receive a list from USA Top Dentists, which conducts its own surveys for metro areas across the country. Our list of Top Dentists is chosen by a survey of their peers. A NEW PORTLAND RIDE SHARE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, FEMMES AND By Julia Silverman 5/8/2021 at 12:30am. Trenelle Doyle’s new ride-share start-up, Go Girl Ride, is set to launch in Portland on Juneteenth. Image: Courtesy Trenelle Doyle. Trenelle Doyle has always been a fan of the open road. She got used to being in the car as a kid, with a family that moved around a lot, criss-crossing the country

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WHERE TO FIND POST-VACCINE FREEBIES AND DISCOUNTS IN By Julia Silverman 4/29/2021 at 12:30am. Doughnuts, yes, but also discounts on weed and free Jell-O shots for the vaccinated among us in Portland. Image: EWY Media/Shutterstock. In West Virginia, to lure the young, restless, and COVID vaccine-resistant (or even just those who haven’t gotten around to making their appointment), the Republican 8 CLASSIC NORTHWEST BACKPACKING TRIPS Seek solace and beauty in one of the least crowded wilderness areas in the Beaver State. This mountainous, canyon-rich treasure was named after the pink Kalmiopsis leachiana flower, a pre-ice age relic of the heather family, discovered in 1930 by botanist Lilla Leach. The land was scorched brilliantly by the 2002 Biscuit Fire—so the steep, narrow, rocky trails have been newly restored. THESE HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE TIRED OF WAITING FOR ADULTS TO These High Schoolers Are Tired of Waiting for Adults to Curb Climate Change. The world has Greta Thunberg. Portland has Charlie Abrams and Jeremy Clark. I t’s hard to consider the climate crisis with anything but pull-the-covers-up-and-go-back-to-bed horror. But environmental activists—and Cleveland High School sophomores—Charlie Abrams AFTER SEVERAL DELAYS, PANIC’S PLAYDATE FINALLY GETS AN 9 hours ago · Back in 2019, Portland based-software developer and video game publisher Panic announced Playdate: a bright yellow handheld console with a D-pad, buttons, and a hand crank. Panic originally planned to release Playdate in 2020, but the COVID pandemic and a subsequent shutdown at their Malaysian factory pushed the console to a 2021 release date. 'TOP CHEF' EPISODES 8-10: ANOTHER MEGA-RECAP 7 hours ago · Welcome back to our next installment of Portland Monthly’s Top Chef recaps. Once again, we’ve fallen a bit behind—but if you, too, are playing catchup on old episodes, you’ve come to the right place. Episode 8 kicks off with a bang, skipping the usual quickfire challenge in favor of a single HOW WILL PORTLAND'S FASHION SCENE REBOUND POST-COVID 23 hours ago · Elizabeth Mollo, fashion show producer | Mollo is the executive producer of the long-running Fade to Light fashion show, as well as a producer of the Unmentionable lingerie fashion show and the Biggest Clothing Swap in the Northwest. “ 1. The single most important thing: start crushing it with vaccinations. The faster we’re vaccinated, the faster our economy can begin recovering on its

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PEEK INTO PORTLAND'S MOST COLORFUL HOME, AT LEAST ON THE 1 day ago · Here, it’s all in the details. The plush velvet of the custom sofa in the living room lounge. T he hand-painted Japanese wallpaper in the mint-toned office. The Pop Art vibe behind the guest bath room door, with its Tom Dixon tile, gold sink, and chunky wall faucet.The soothing moss tones of a sculptural built-in headboard in the primary bedroom. MEXICAN BEER IN OREGON? XICHA DID IT FIRST 15 minutes ago · T he warmth of an Oregon summer’s day is second only to the warm and familial welcome you’ll receive at Xicha Brewing in Salem. Opened in 2017 and pronounced “chee-chah”—the name refers to a pre-Hispanic fermented corn beverage—it’s the Pacific Northwest’s only Latinx owned-and-operated brewery. It’s also a restaurant serving dishes that not only honor the Mexican

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