PORTLAND, Ore. (Feb. 3, 2012) – Kenny & Zuke’s Sandwichworks Sunday Family Fun Nights offer families an ideal escape from winter rain showers! This February and March family films will play on the 50” HD TV  for free every Sunday beginning at 5 p.m., with the exception of Feb. 5 when they will air the NFL Super Bowl. Kids and adults alike will enjoy freshly popped popcorn with real butter, a sandwich and brew or delicious burger sliders with a soda all at Happy Hour prices. Warm house made soft pretzels, chili-cheeseburger sliders, chili dogs and a long list of sodas and microbrews are also available. Additionally, SandwichWorks features locally made Cool Moon Ice Cream with 12 rotating seasonal and classic flavors, along with homemade chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches, hand-packed pints to go and root beer floats. Kenny & Zuke’s Sandwichworks is located at 2376 NW Thurman St. For more information, please call SandwichWorks at 503-954-1737.

NFL SUPER BOWL

Sunday, February 5

SUNDAY NIGHT FAMILY FILM SERIES

February/March 2012 Family Films (All films air on Sunday beginning at 5 p.m.)

• February 12 – Up!
• February 19 – Monster vs. Aliens
• February 26 – Happy Feet
• March 4 – The Land Before Time
• March 11 – Valiant
• March 18 – An American Tail
• March 25 – Annie

Fino Olives, $6

our house mix of olives with house bread

Caldo Vongole Tuffo, $8.5

Hot apple-wood smoked bacon, clam and green onion dip with grilled bread

Insalata di Arancia Sanguigna, $9

Blood oranges with almonds, fennel, grilled ricotta salata and pomegranate vinaigrette

Insalata di Mela, $8

Sliced applies with winter greens, gorgonzola, pecans and honey vinaigrette

Entrees:

Cassoulet Anitra, $16

Confit duck leg with a great northern bean ragu

Salsiccia di Pollo e Pappardelle, $14

Fresh pasta ribbons with house made chicken sausage in a mushroom-marsala sauce

Barbabietola Risotto, $13

Roasted local beets with fresh goat cheese and candied walnuts

SugoAlaPenne, $15

Cascade Natural beef braised in red wine, tomatoes and “espresso” with penne pasta

Cocktails:

Hot ButteredRye, $8

Ryewhiskey, Fino’s hot buttered “Rye” and Ear Grey Tea topped with whipped cream, cinnamon and nutmeg

Bloog Orange Jalapeno Rita, $8

House infused jalapeno tequila, triple sec and blood orange sour mix

Meyer Lemon Sour, $8

Buffalo Trace bourbon and Meyer Lemon sour

Pizza Fino

8225 N. Denver Ave.

Portland, OR 97217

502-286-2100

Pizzafino.com / @PizzaFinoPDX / facebook.com/pizzafinopdx

PORTLAND, Ore. (Feb. 2, 2012) – Salt & Straw will be featured on the Cooking Channel’s Unique Sweets show this Sunday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. PST. The show features a behind the scenes look at Salt & Straw and how they make their ice cream, including the process behind their Bone Marrow Smoked Cherry ice cream, Almond Brittle Pie Sundae and Sticky Rice Sundae. To celebrate head ice cream maker, Tyler Malek, is hosting a meet and greet with customers and demonstrating how to make the Bone Marrow Smoked Cherry ice cream on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 1p.m. On Sunday, Feb. 5 when guests buy a scoop of any flavor, they get a free scoop of Bone Marrow Smoked Cherry ice cream to share with a friend. For more information visit Salt & Straw Ice Cream on Facebook.

About Salt & Straw Ice Cream
Salt & Straw Ice Cream is a farm-to-cone ice cream company that offers unique and gourmet flavors. Their ice cream is handmade in small batches using only all natural dairy from Lochmead Dairy in Eugene – where all of the happy, grass fed cows were born right on the farm to ensure the freshest cream possible. They use the best local, organic and sustainable ingredients from Oregon farmers and artisans, such as Rogue Creamery, Stumptown Coffee Roasters and Olympic Provisions charcuterie, as well as imported flavors from small hand-picked farms from around the world. Their mercantile style scoop shop opened on Aug. 12, 2011 at 2035 NE Alberta St. and uses 100 percent renewable energy. The shop serves up scoops of ice cream on site in compostable cups, hand rolled ice cream cones, to-go pints, unique sundaes, inventive milkshakes and floats along with goods from local artisans, all served with impeccable service. Seasonal gift packs are available for online purchase and can be shipped anywhere in the United States. Salt & Straw’s ice cream cart is available for catering parties and events. Find more information at www.saltandstraw.com, Facebook at Salt and Straw Ice Cream or Twitter @SaltandStraw.

Contestants will be CRACKING for the Grand Prize of pride, respect, recognition, bragging rights, a trophy and a “dinner for 4” gift card to RingSide Fish House.

Celebrity Crackers:

•     Andy Carson (KPTV – Fox 12)

A contestant from inaugural 2006 contest

•   Rob Smith (Portland Business Journal)

4 Time contestant & 2008 Champion

•     Nick Allard (KGW Newschannel
•        Dave Anderson (KATU & KEX)
•       Byron Beck (KXL & ByronBeck.com)
•       Adam Bjaranson (Blazers Broadcasting)

This event offers great visuals of media personalities tackling Oregon’s “official” state crustacean.

The contest is held at 3:00 PM at the Oregon Convention Center on the Festival Main Stage in Exhibit Halls A-A1-B.

TEA SHOP | INGREDIENTS | EXPERIENCE

Here’s to a Steaming Hot Valentine’s Day…

INGREDIENTS:  Ceylon and Indian black teas, pink rose petals, chamomile petals and natural citrus flavors.

Complicated and delicious, just like love.

This is a limited edition item. Place your order on line to ensure availabilty.

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Brew Smith, Success in a cup of tea.   Author Bruce Schoenfeld, gets Steve talking about being a serial entrepreneur, what motivates him and why Smith Teamaker is changing the way people think about tea.   Read the story here

Sweetheart of a Deal Just for our devoted Teamail subscribers, we have a Sweetheart of a Deal just for you! From now through Februrary 16th, choose any two flavors from our Smith Variety Pack and we will include them with your order a gratis (just let us know which ones you would like in the gift option comment box at checkout). Can’t decide? need all twelve? use the code SWEETDEAL at checkout and we’ll give you 20% off on the exclusive Smith Variety String Tie Carton. Live local? Order on line and pick up in the shop at your convenience! SHOP NOW

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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (Feb. 2, 2012) – GameTime, a family entertainment center, will celebrate its grand opening Monday Feb. 13^th through Sunday, Feb. 19^th. As part of the grand opening celebration they are giving back to their community through a week long fundraiser and specials. GameTime will donate 10 percent of a guest’s receipt to the local school foundation of their choice, either the Lake Oswego School District Foundation, West Linn – Wilsonville Education Foundation or the The Foundation for Tigard Tualatin Schools in support of their continued efforts to build school programs. They are also rewarding customers with a $5Teen Meal Special- one hour of free arcade time, two pizza slices, a trip through the yogurt sundae bar and a soft drink as well as a $5 Kids Special- one hour of free arcade time, one item off the kids menu, a trip through the yogurt sundae bar and a drink.

“Our hope for GameTime is that it becomes a gathering spot for the community and a destination for families looking for a fun time,” says owner Dave Nicoli. “We also look forward to working with our community and becoming a partner with local school districts, which is why we are donating 10 percent of each receipt to either the Lake Oswego School District Foundation, West Linn – Wilsonville Education Foundation or The Foundation for Tigard Tualatin Schools during our grand opening week.”

GameTime will open at 17880 SW McEwan Road in the old Players space with new management and extensive remodeling. The full service restaurant has a new full length lunch and dinner menu developed by local chef Marcel Lahsense. Each menu item is made with fresh, quality ingredients such as Piedmont’s natural, hormone free beef, Carlton ham and Oregon cheddar. Diners can choose from an array of starters and snacks, burgers, salads, sandwiches, pizzas and entrée items like fish, chicken or steak options. After their meals a frozen yogurt sundae bar chock full of toppings will tempt guests to build the sundae of their dreams. Kids meals are also available for $5 and features items such as cheese quesadillas, mac n cheese, cheese or pepperoni pizza, cheeseburger and chicken tenders served with a choice of apple juice, milk or soda, a side of celery and carrot sticks with ranch dressing and a trip through the yogurt sundae bar.

The full bar and game center has something for the young and young at heart with bowling alleys, shuffleboard, arcade games, 32 large screen HD televisions and 10 HD projection screens perfect for watching sporting events. The space is also ideal for kid’s birthday parties and corporate events, parties and team building activities. Different customizable packages and multiple private event rooms are available to choose from.

About GameTime

GameTime features a full service restaurant, bowling lanes and arcade games. Culinary Director Marcel Lahsene developed a full length lunch and dinner menu featuring an extensive selection of items ranging from healthy salads to classic burgers and pizzas to fish, chicken and steak entrees. A kids menu for children under 12 features made to order items with fresh, quality ingredients and sides. The venue also has a frozen yogurt sundae bar, a full bar, 32 large screen HD TV’s, 10 mega projections screens an upstairs private event space, multiple meeting rooms and party rooms. Customers can join GameTime’s membership rewards program to earn points good towards free games and will be eligible for a variety of specials throughout the year. Birthday party packages and corporate meeting or party packages are also available. Find more information at www.game-time.com, on Facebook at GameTime or by calling 503-726-4322.

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