Pacific's Spirited Pie Month; Flight Pops Up at Ración:
NW/ALPHABET DISTRICT— The NW 23rd Avenue location of Sarah Curtis-Fawley's Pacific Pie Co. will toast all things boozy during April's newly christened "Spirited Pie Month." Each Friday for the next week, the pie shop will host a free tasting by a different local distillery (from Bull Run to House Spirits to Clear Creek), paired with a rotating boozy pie special. (Flavors include a "Drunken...
Events On-Tap at Cocotte, Hale Pele, Rum Club, MORE:
CONCORDIA— Chef Kat LeSueur joins forces with Carlton, Oregon's Andrew Rich Wines for a six-course pairing dinner at Cocotte on Wednesday, April 9. LeSueur will serve up courses like a foie gras chawanmushi (with caramelized foie), a smoked rabbit saddle with roasted black plum and cauliflower puree, and a mushroom risotto with black truffle. Reservations are $75, including all wine pairings,...
Anthony Cafiero on Cryovacs and the First Year at Ración:
When Ración chef Anthony Cafiero entered Reed College as a fine arts major, he never thought he'd ultimately be exchanging his metal and woodworking tools for a Cryovac, plancha, and tweezers. But one year after opening his sleek modernist tapas restaurant in the westernmost section of the Pinot Brasserie/Corazón ruins, Cafiero's slowly but surely making strides in his quest to enamor...
Events at Ración, Genoa, Imperial Bottle Shop, MORE:
WEST END— Chef Anthony Cafiero celebrates the one-year anniversary of his modernist restaurant Ración this weekend, with a pair of anniversary dinners. The Friday-evening event is sold out, but tickets are still available to Saturday, March 8's seven-course dinner, featuring favorites from the past year's worth of menus. Expect courses like halibut cheeks with green apple and sour cream ice...