When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time. ThisÂ
very potent, Absolut-based slushy has a lot going on: Tropical fruit? Check. Vanilla? Check. Baking spices? Check. Grenadine? You get the idea. Somehow it all comes together, delivering a real bang for your buck (three of these could flatten the middleweights among us) at a very reasonable $8. Non-slushy-related tip: if you start with a Slurricane and want to branch out, weâre all in on Bit Houseâs pandan old-fashioned.
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Eem s Jesus & Tequila
Eem comes through in the boozy slushy category (blushy? is this a thing?) with a double drop of cool and icy thirst quenchers. Most popularâat least judging by how often it seems to sell out and this reviewerâs personal favoriteâis the Jesus & Tequilaâsmoky mezcal softened by lime fro-yo with an extra citrus kick and barely-there bitterness from curaçao. Itâs a meal in itself. Meanwhile, the Mango Blaze is a lighter, z
by Mercury EverOut Staff
To put it mildly, Portland’s restaurant industry has been through the wringer in the past year. We’ve lamented the closures of many beloved eateries, said goodbye to some food titans (for the best, in some cases), and wondered where the hell government assistance was. In March the United States Senate finally passed the American Rescue Plan, which includes $28.6 billion in funding to support independent restaurants and bars.
It might be too soon to say the industry is in recovery mode, but for the most part it appears that we’ve made it past the worst of the pandemic. As restaurants gear up for a busy outdoor dining season, eased restrictions are on the horizon, and more frontline industry workers get vaccinated, things are on the up and up.
Born-and-Raised Portlander Gabriel Pascuzzi Talks âTop Chefâ
The chef-owner of Mama Bird, Stacked Sandwich Shop, and the soon-to-come Feel Good talks about life on reality TV.
By
Katherine Chew Hamilton
5/24/2021 at 5:00pm
Gabriel rises to the challenge in Episode 1.
This season of
Top Chef featured two Portland chefs: Sara Hauman, who s currently the executive chef at Soter Vineyards in Carlton, and Gabriel Pascuzzi, a born-and-raised Portlander who currently owns wood-fired chicken and veggies restaurant Mama Bird and Stacked Sandwich Shop. (We atÂ
PoMo Best Restaurants award in 2017.) His new, long-anticipated grain bowl restaurant, Feel Good, is expected to open this month. Even when heâs not busy slaying quickfire challenges using local mushrooms like he did in Episode 6, heâs always proudly repping Portland. He recently took fellow cheftestant Jamie Tran around town to eat wings at Prey & Tell, go hiking and morel hunting, and check out
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Prey + Tell Is Throwing a Cambodian Chicken House Party on Mississippi Even though they’re great at home, those flats and bats are obviously at their finest freshly delivered to your table and paired with her aromatic ranch or lime Buffalo sauce. Prey + Tell. IMAGE: Aaron Lee. Updated 6:29 AM If you’re looking to ease back into an IRL social life, eating crispy chicken wings and sipping on a mango slushie on the patio at Psychic Bar is about as close as you can get to feeling a party vibe without going to an actual house party.
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