Higgins Restaurant Review:
In the rapidly changing restaurant world, chef/owner Greg Higgins stands strong as a steady and committed talent. When he set up shop in downtown Portland back in the early nineties, "local and seasonal" was a revolutionary concept, not today's buzzwords. His warm and classy establishment hasn't lost its edge over the years. The menu still showcases the freshest seasonal and regional...
18 of Portland's Iconic Meat Dishes, Mapped:
If restaurants have the ability to achieve something like cult status, it's often as a result of one iconic dish that's influenced the local culinary scene; the dish that ravenous diners return to time after time. When it comes to meat, Portland's most beloved icons run the gamut from decades-old classics to newfound favorites: house-aged steaks at the 70-year-old RingSide Steakhouse and...
Win Tix to Taste of the Nation; Higgins's Beard Dinners:
EATER CONTESTS— The 2014 edition of well-intentioned gorgefest Taste of the Nation will take over the Crystal Ballroom on Tuesday, April 29, with more than 20 restaurants and 25+ wineries, breweries, and distillers joining forces to serve a feast benefiting anti-hunger organization Share Our Strength. Tickets are now available online, but Eater has a pair of general admission passes to giveaway...
Beer Pairing at Higgins; Events at Smallwares, MORE:
DOWNTOWN— Chef Greg Higgins celebrates seasonally appropriate beers with three nights of mid-winter's brewer's dinners from January 28 to 30. The five-course menu, available in the Higgins dining room all three evenings, features five different local beers: a pork charcuterie plate is paired with Hair of the Dog's "Doggie Claws," while an applewood-smoked ham arrives to the table with a winter...