The New York Times blogs our happy hour!
From T Magazine:
Add this to the growing list of reasons to visit (or relocate to) Portland, Ore.: the city’s food-focused happy hour tradition. While other towns — notably Seattle, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Charleston, S.C. — also serve cheap eats in the late afternoon, Portland has been doing it since the last recession. If you ask restaurant owners, they’ll tell you the back story: a state liquor law forbids businesses from promoting discounted alcohol, so it made sense to lure in diners with at-cost food. (Though this law has recently changed, $5 plates are more ubiquitous than ever.) And this being Portland, you’re more likely to find charcuterie plates or pig heart with quince jam on the menu than sliders and fries.
And continues…
Nostrana (9 p.m. to close) The “late-night” happy hour makes an ideal summer’s repast. Splurge on a glass of John Paul Cameron’s rosé (though the $5 house wine is always good), then order the charcuterie plate ($5), a few of Cathy Whim’s famed pizzas (margherita or marinara, a mere $5) and the addictive insalata Nostrana (radicchio with Parmesan, rosemary-sage croutons and a Caesar-style dressing). You will leave happy — guaranteed.
Join us: happy hour from 9 nightly. See the full menu here.
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