UPDATE: 39 PDX Restaurants Open on New Year's Eve:
Is New Year's Eve the second-worst night to dine out of the year? Maybe, but only if you hate overflowing Champagne and restaurants full of people overdoing it (booze, oysters, red meat, pick your poison), both of which we happen to find particularly festive. With that in mind, here's a monumental list of 39 Restaurants Where You Can Party on New Year's Eve.
UPDATE: 28 Portland Restaurants Open on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas:
For some, dining out on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day is a hallowed family tradition; for others, it's a desperate attempt to get some personal time before family invades. Either way, Eater's gathered this list of the Portland Restaurants Open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day — most will be offering their regular a la carte menus, others will have something special up their sleeves.
Jenn Louis Eliminated from Top Chef Masters:
On last night's episode of Bravo's Top Chef Masters, Lincoln/Sunshine Tavern chef Jenn Louis was asked to pack her knives and go, in the season's second elimination round. The evening's Night Market-themed elimination challenge tasked chefs with "putting an Asian spin" on a classic American dish, and Louis was sent home for having "dense and chewy" bread on her meatball banh mi with chili mayo...
Lincoln's Jenn Louis Competing on 'Top Chef Masters':
Portland cheftestapant alert! Today, Bravo revealed the contestants for the upcoming fifth season of Top Chef Masters, and a familiar face makes the cut: Lincoln and Sunshine Tavern chef/owner Jenn Louis will take on the likes of Richard Sandoval, Bryan Voltaggio, and David Burke, among others. (Check out her official Bravo profile here.)
Unlike the regular seasons of Top Chef, the "Masters"...