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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Boise State now being ranked ahead of Oregon in both the AP and coaches polls is not how I saw this playing out. Meanwhile, a nice "also receiving votes" for the Beavers.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Worth noting that @bridgetownbites.bsky.social , a Portland dining publication, has done a better job of summarizing the Clarklewis situation than any mainstream news publication in this city. This is what you can accomplish when you are willing to consider all sources available to you.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The 2027 Portland Dining Guide for Bigots looks like it's going to meet deadline.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And then we get to the protest, the broken window, the "physical safety" of employees. Again, we hear "however unknowingly" about the reservation, but nothing about what transpired from the moment that group entered the facility to the time their bill was paid and they were ushered out the back door

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And if you have someone floating around not only the sidewalk of your bar, but your outdoor dining area in an "American Nationalist" shirt with gothic script and there are protesters outside, the ignorance plea is off the table.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Clarklewis owners repeatedly state that they did not "knowingly" allow white nationalists into their establishment. They lament the lack of prior knowledge and note all of the ways in which the reservation system fails them in this regard. This covers the point until said persons open the door.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oops… www.instagram.com/p/DeII4nrEt1...

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A one-source story (the restaurant manager) that didn’t ask for the pamphlet, did no other research into the Clarklewis event, and let this quote slide…

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Let's rectify that. Love Campana. Used to use it as an excuse to go to OG Breakside, but am now thinking of heading up there as a reason to visit LaVerne's. And yeah, there's an adage about when you let those guys into a bar. I'd rather not be in that bar.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Also, it isn't 2007 anymore: It really isn't hard to find an Italian (or Italian-American) place in Portland better than or equal to one that's a little loose with the guest list.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And the morning after at Clarklewis? No review pile-on, but not great. Sub 4.0 rating, newest review from a month ago, owner all over the responses.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Red pants, no helmets challenge.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Now headlining the City Club's bill at the University Place Hotel: Pale Democracy.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For a Portland railyard and warehouses that were just paved over within the last 25 years or so, The Pearl has a shockingly steep cover charge for political debate. www.portlandmercury.com/news/pearl-d...

Text reads as follows: Classen, the NW Examiner editor, told Green in a September 28 email that the metric the hosts used was based on who had raised the largest amount in donations.

“All four raised more than twice as much as the next highest candidate,” Classen wrote.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

PS Not the writer’s doing. The social team seems less enthusiastic than her piece is.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Five hours before the first concert at the new ballpark in Hillsboro on a 58-degree night and the market for $72 to $102 tickets to see one original member of Chicago hasn't materialized.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Meanwhile, looking at attendance for the W and the overwhelming story (outside of expansion teams) is growth. Those maximum capacity numbers keep getting pointed to as potential, but some of those attendance dips are a warning about fan relations.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Love seeing the @portlandfire.bsky.social not only close out the season with a win, but at No. 4 in attendance as an expansion team. Behind only the Fever, Liberty and Valkyries. The Fire's lowest attendance is higher than the Aces' average, and they have the title and the potential G.O.A.T.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-California Bu-bu-bu-bu-bububu-bay-gull…

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The $6 bacon, egg and cheese is possible in Portland. Breakfast spots sre going to be so mad at Nick’s Coney Island.

A menu for Nick’s Coney Island in Portland, Oregon featuring breakfast sandwiches for $6 and $7.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What was he doing there? What was his group’s intent? How does bear spray “protect” women’s sports fans already watching women’s sports?

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Completely agree that this should result in immediate disqualification. Glad you Xed them out, and why everyone should approach Big Pink's observation deck with caution. Downtown can't be trusted.

A description of twenty-two-dollar jalapeño poppers at a rooftop restaurant in Portland that nobody should go to.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If AQI was a disqualifier, the National League would look wildly different.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Quick fact check here: Can we get confirmation on "Sportland?" Is this what's hot in the streets?

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Have some really bad news for them about their newfound love of hockey.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Then you both might want to give her some more credit for her hoops acumen. After all, there's more than one way not to score when it counts—especially during that season.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is what you like to see in the middle of Moda Center negotiations: @defector.com and @toley.bsky.social providing context for Tom Dundon... in a story about former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott:

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

From about high school age, I've always had questions about how Italian Americans developed their identity in this country and how both their culture and political worldview evolved. For years, much of it was based around the family's personal story in Newark, but I've wanted to learn more.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My friend, nothing says "local" like sipping Crux, Migration, and Breakside on the Budweiser terrace.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Chicken parm’s getting a bit more common in Portland, but one’s marketed directly toward my particular diaspora. Their half is a Portland whole.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

There's one word that seems to matter more than others in the decision to cover an anti-trans company: Exclusive.

A screen shot of a headline from Front Office Sports reading: EXCLUSIVE Sophie Cunningham Controversy Sends XX-XY T-Shirt Sales Surging
The two-year-old company says 85% of recent purchases have come from first-time customers.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

They're a Gold Level member of the Portland Metro Chamber and their publisher sits on its board.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I say, without reservation, that every burger in Oregon other than this one is a molded puck of wasted time. If you eat meat in this state, and burgers in particular, it’s the top of the heap.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Yeah, that "exclusive" is all yours, ace.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

To build on @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social and @blazersedge.bsky.social 's point, CFG Bank Arena completed a $250 million+ renovation in 2023 funded privately by Oak View Group and Kevin Durant's 35 Ventures. By the next year, its $63.3 million in revenue with no anchor tenant exceeded Moda's $58.9M.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

BTW, I didn't have my own pics handy, so here's what I could find.

A photo of the Velo Cult mural, featuring an eight-bit rendition of the Portland skyline, Lil' Mac from Nintendo's Mike Tyson's Punch Out jogging and his trainer Doc following behind on a bicycle. The mural reads: VELO CULT. PRESS A: BIKE SHOP PRESS B: BEER

A photo of the Velo Cult mural in Portland, Oregon featuring Lil' Mac from Nintendo's Mike Tyson's Punch Out running in a jogging suit and his trainer Doc following behind on a bicycle. The mural reads: PRESS A: BIKE SHOP PRESS B: BEER

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A Portland theater that isn't discussed enough. Since the new owners took over in 2021, it's been deep nerd cuts like Rock and Rule, $5 VHS nights, and lineups like this:

An ad for Portland movie theater Cinemagic's Summer Camp series featuring Friday the 13th Part II, Meatballs, Sleepaway Camp, Wet Hot American Summer and Moonrise Kingdom. Ad text reads as follows: Celebrating summer the only way we know how: in a comfortable, air-conditioned room watching movies about other people having fun and/or dying horribly in the great outdoors.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Meanwhile, the Portland metro area proceeds apace without the Odd Moe's menu.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

And that Odd Moe's was a six-minute walk from Society Pie's Tanasbourne location. Few restaurants are a six minute walk from anywhere in Hillsboro, yet this neighborhood had a direct comparison. The choice was made (though good luck crossing Cornell Road on foot).

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The local Defector commentors get it. Seeing the local business interests' reaction to "put a bird on it" Portland—increase travel marketing, approve hotels, don't adjust tax revenue whatsoever—and the creative class here (cash for startups who'll flee the pandemic) predicted this debate.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The "vile underlings" segment of this story—the one aimed at the members of the front office who've seemingly done a 180 from the public-facing personae under the Allen family—presents the discussion in necessarily unsentimental terms. This is where loyalties lie:

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hmm... "You're mill's not developed yet? F you, pay me? The neighbors at your downtown place hate the tear gas? F you, pay me..."

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Well, KGW isn't sugarcoating the Blazers and Moda Center coverage.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The "best" sports radio station in this town is still half as popular as NPR and less popular than classical music and multiple talk radio stations.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Credit for the disclosure on Ashtyn's part. There are partners on the We Are Rip City list who haven't made even that effort: weareripcity.org#who

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I assure you this is not the case.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The local chamber (including the local newspaper of record) has been using the "shittalk the city" strategy to great effect since the pandemic to demonize the urban core, drive down property values, and facilitate bargain real estate investment. And where have we seen Dundon's ownership plan before?

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And as for that "divisive political environment," we're sorry you promised new ownership a monoculture, but nobody Portland's a town that speaks up. Some people within the Blazers organization seem to appreciate that.

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Jason Notte @notteham.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"It makes it harder to sell tickets, secure corporate partnerships and ... recruit players.” Having a whole city call a team full of players who hadn't been convicted of crimes "Jail Blazers" and having the Lake Oz cops raid your hometown hero's house for weed already set that recruiting barrier.

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