Going through my random pictures from November, I found these two I thought I’d share.
This one is a spicy and fruity martini made at Mint/820 Lounge on Russell Ave, one block from my house.
The owner, Lucy Brennan, is probably the most famous mixologist in Portland. She’s written at least one book, and is known all over town, primarily for her avocado daiquiri, which I still have never tried. She’s also known for being a sugar nazi–the bartenders have to rim all the martini glasses *just so* and line them up evenly along the bar. If they fail to do it correctly, she makes them do it again.
Regardless, it’s a fun place, and there are delicious yummy sweet potatoe fries on happy hour.
This one is my breakfast at Gravy a month or so ago–wasn’t too hungry, so ordered a side of hashbrowns and a (housemade) soy sausage.
Oh my gosh. HUGE. I know, right? I don’t know if you can quite tell how big these hashbrowns are. They’re the size of my head. The soy sausage patty was delicious. The hashbrowns were delicious too, but way too much for me. When I came here, I asked for a vegan bloody mary, and they couldn’t help out. I did have a mimosa though!
A Bloody Mary is not vegan (or even vegetarian) because worchester sauce is a common ingredient, in mixes and when made fresh. I always think that in Portland, bloody mary’s would be made fresh and I could have one, anchovy-free. It rarely happens though.
Anyhoo, I had a delicious lunch today at work, and I’ll post a picture of that soon.
Like a fool, I expected this post to about something gravy-y with mint. That would be good.
That’d be gross. Mint gravy? Ewww. Sounds like something to interview a tree about…
What do you think of the Bloody Mary at the Bye & Bye? It's actually the only one I've ever had – which I'm working on!