It’s Oregon Craft Beer Month and Red Star Tavern & Roast House is teaming with Eugene’s Ninkasi Brewing Company for a 5-course beer pairing dinner this Wednesday night. Check out more about this dinner in the July 10th A&E.
Hotel Monaco Portland was included in the article “Fun Pet Events Around The Country” on MSNBC.com. Hotel Monaco Portland is a pet friendly hotel that holds “Mutt Mixers” every other month. If you have a dog check out the next one on August 6th!
Pazzo Ristorante was featured in the June 25th Downtown Monthly “Fresh Sheet.”
Last Friday the LAD team packed up our bags and headed to NE Portland to 
embark on an adventurous (and surprising!) Foodie Friday. The day began at 10:00 a.m. when we arrived at Pedal Bike Tours to meet with founder and our personal tour guide, Mr. Todd Roll. We were fitted with our bikes and helmets and headed out to get a taste of both Pedal’s “Coffee Crawl” and “Emerging Hoods” tours.
Our first stop, Blue Gardenia Baking and Coffee Roasterie on North Mississippi. Blue Gardenia roasts their coffee in-house and boy are their baked goods amazing! We each got an espresso and shared a few savory items – I would highly recommend the Jalapeno Cheddar Biscuit.
After Blue Gardenia, we hopped on our bikes and took off through the streets of North Portland, ridding by Sidebar, the new tasting room at the New Old Lompoc on N. Williams, and through the streets of the NE Irvington neighborhood. Our destination, Tabla Mediterranean Bistro is on NE 28th.
We arrived at Tabla and we’re greeted by Chef Anthony Cafiero. He would be our pasta making teacher and host for the next few hours. 
But before we got started, Anthony freshly squeezed oranges and handed out mimosas, a perfect way to begin.
Anthony gave us each a cutting board, a bowl of flour and carton of eggs and demonstrated the steps it takes to make Tabla’s delicious pasta. We cracked the eggs, scooped the flour, made volcanoes, stirred the gooey mix and kneaded the dough. Anthony showed us how to roll the noodles, cut them into pasta lengths and lay them out to dry. We followed suit, some of us learning the tough lesson that you must over flour when rolling the noodles. Mine stuck together…
After the noodles were dried and cut into pieces, Anthony used our creations to make four amazing pasta dishes. He made a simple truffle butter and parmigiano pasta; fresh English pea, lemon, and fresh ricotta pasta; mushroom, pine nuts and tarragon pasta; and a spicy pork, tomato, chili, basil, and grana padano pasta.
After we enjoyed our lunch we stumbled outside to find we were in the middle of a typical Oregon downpour. It was sunny that morning and we were on bikes! After a quick stop at Alma Chocolates we caught a break in the weather and took off on our return trip to Pedal. We encountered some rain on the ride back, but overall the day had 
been a great experience as we toured the Eastside and learned how to make pasta from a very talented chef.
Portland’s Ten 01 and Red Star Tavern & Roast House were both included in Food & Wine’s Cocktails ‘09 book.
Hotel Vintage Plaza and Hotel Monaco Portland were both included in an article on Reuters that featured Travelocity’s 15 green hotel picks that offer low rates during this summer travel season.
105.1 The Buzz Host Sheryl Stewart posted information on “Portland’s Next Top Dog Model” contest on her blog on June 2nd. Sheryl is one of the judges for this year’s contest that takes place at the Hotel Monaco Portland on Wednesday, June 15th at 6:00 p.m.
Come to the Hotel Monaco and cheer for your favorite contestant and enjoy hors d’oeuvres from Red Star Tavern & Roast House! A $10 donation is suggested at the door to benefit the Oregon Humane Society.
Check out Sheryl’s blog post here to learn more about the contest!
KGW’s PDXposed visited the 2009 Portland Indie Wine Festival’s Grand Tasting on May 2nd and aired the segment on May 23rd. Check out Host Jon Olson’s interview with PIWF Founder Lisa Donoughe, and if you didn’t make it to the festival this year check out the new venue!
Click here to view the segment!
The June issue of Real Simple featured an article by Hannah Wallace entitled “How to Barter Anything“. Check out the deal LAD Principal Lisa Donoughe and Lincoln Restaurant Chef Jenn Louis cooked up.
Check out this fantastic article by Kerry Newberry in the May issue of the Oregon Wine Press titled “What Is Indie, Anyway” featuring the Portland Indie Wine Festival. This same issue also featured an article on the relaunch and redesign of Hotel Vintage Plaza – Portland’s wine themed hotel.
