In the not-too-distant past, Portland was famous for incredible food deals at bars, restaurants, and food carts. Today, various consequences of the pandemic have made it much harder to stretch a ...

D.C.’s is an expensive city to live in, and expense account-driven restaurants and tasting menu-only establishments that dot the local landscape certainly don’t help. Fortunately, D.C. is also home to ...

The food world has been inundated with rising food costs, and that’s spiked prices for many restaurants. Unfortunately, customers’ paychecks haven’t kept pace with the cost of inflation, and ...

The University District is frequently (and wrongly) written off as a place only college kids would want to eat; the story usually goes that it’s rife with sketchy lunch counters, nondescript ...

The use of medical marijuana has been steadily increasing. Because of this, healthcare providers have been trying to gain a better understanding of its effects on health. This has led to some ...

If you’ve ever shaved with a dull razor or struggled to tidy up your beard with a weak trimmer, you know how important it is to use the right grooming tool. That’s why we set out to find the ...

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A good hedge trimmer can be a blessing, saving you time and preventing aching arms. Buy a bad one, though, and you'll be left with backbreaking work and poorly trimmed, uneven hedges. We test each ...

Check out our piece on the best women's razors to see our other picks. Best trimmer: Philips Beauty BikiniGenie Cordless Trimmer This small device from Philips made a big impact on me. The ...

Perhaps the biggest counterargument against this belief, though, is that Metal Gear Solid 3 has been a known quantity for over 20 years. As such, releasing Funko Pops based on a game this old ...

Courtney E. Smith Courtney E. Smith is an editor for Eater's Texas region. She lives in Dallas, where she's written about James Beard-recognized and Michelin-recognized restaurants and she loves ...

Beaverton, once home to only chains and the occasional noteworthy mom-and-pop, is now a neighborhood on the rise: Established Portland names continue to set up new Beaverton branches, while other well ...