Win Tickets ($70): Oregon Berries Tasting Menu @ Uptown Billiards Club | Local Berries, Wine Pairings
July 19, 2011 — PDXPIPELINEPipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to Uptown Billiards Club’s 5 Course Oregon Berries Tasting Menu with wine pairing ($70 value), available starting today through August 6. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Monday, July 25.
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From our sponsors at Uptown Billiards:
Oregon Berries Tasting Menu
Available Tuesday, July 19 – Saturday, August 6
$25 per person | $35 with wine pairing
Tuesdays-Saturdays starting at 6 p.m.
Uptown Billiards Club
120 NW 23rd Avenue
Website: www.uptownbilliards.com
To coincide with the Oregon Berry Festival, Uptown Billiards Club is proud to announce our ‘Oregon Berries’ 5 course tasting menu. This 5 course tasting menu will be made available July 19th through August 6th, at the Uptown Billiards Club, located at 120 NW 23rd Avenue.
Chef Nate has created each of the 5 courses to highlight a variety of Oregon berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries). You can enjoy this 5 course berry feast for $25, or $35 paired with wine, Tuesdays-Saturdays starting at 6pm. Dinner reservations are highly recommended.
Chef Nathan Bates brings fine local NW cuisine to your table at Uptown Billiards Club. Nathan's career began at the Michelin-rated ¬ËœFifth Floor' in San Francisco, where he helped prepare Julia Child's 90th birthday dinner, made famous in the movie ¬ËœJulie and Julia'.
July 19, 2011 at 18:44
berries. berries. and more berries! the more the merrier, the more the berrier!
July 19, 2011 at 18:51
I’m attending the festival!
July 19, 2011 at 18:51
Menu sounds delicious and perfect time for some berries! Would love to go.
July 19, 2011 at 18:52
Berries are the best!
July 19, 2011 at 18:53
Am a huge berry lover!!! Please pick me to indulge in this fabulous, yummazing event!! :)
July 19, 2011 at 18:55
If there are fancy cheffy Cap’n Crunchberries, I’d be stoked.
July 19, 2011 at 18:59
wow! menu looks great, i’d love to win and i would even upgrade to do the wine pairing. berries and Summer are perfect.
July 19, 2011 at 19:08
I have been living and serving for AmeriCorps in rural OR for two years. On August 1st I will unfortunately be saying goodbye to OR and my best friend. I also want to go out with a bang but can’t afford it. This would be perfect!
July 19, 2011 at 19:16
Because what could be better than berries and wine??? Vino-Berry-licious!
July 19, 2011 at 19:22
I would eat berries with every course if I could. So… this sounds perfect.
July 19, 2011 at 19:30
this would give me a very berry summer! pick me please!
July 19, 2011 at 19:34
I love berries and wine!
July 19, 2011 at 20:03
What a great giveaway for summer! I would love to go and get my berry fix!
July 19, 2011 at 20:05
5 courses with a variety of Oregon berries!!
July 19, 2011 at 20:09
This is exactly the type of thing I would do if I had unlimited cash. I love berries, I pick them every summer and freeze them so I can use them year round in baking. Also, I love wine, and would love to see how it complements our Oregon berries for use in my future berry recipes.
July 19, 2011 at 20:13
Omg! There are such things as berry tastings?!!?? Berries is my #1 favorite! If I have to choose one thing to eat forever… It would be berries!!! Mmm… Mm.. Mm…
July 19, 2011 at 21:18
New to Portland and looking for good ways to experience the food bounty!
July 19, 2011 at 22:04
This sounds absolutely amazing. I can just imagine the foodgasms. Please give me tickets!
July 19, 2011 at 23:20
This was one of our favorite places to go when it was still a hidden gem.
July 19, 2011 at 23:50
AMAZING! Sounds sooooo good.
July 20, 2011 at 00:23
I would love to experience this! I am so ready for berry season.
July 20, 2011 at 08:26
My heart skips a beat for Oregon’s nature made candy. Nothing is better in the summer than juicy, sweet berries and light fragrant wines. I love Oregon and everything this beautiful state gives us. Who could want more? It’s paradise.
July 20, 2011 at 08:53
This event sounds totally awsome and like a great thing for my man and I do to together :) Please help make it happen!
July 20, 2011 at 09:50
I am a huge berry fan. I’ve never had berries with wine, which sounds quite interesting. I would love to learn more about it plus I have been looking for different activities for my boyfriend and I to do now that we have moved to the area. This would be fantastic!
July 20, 2011 at 09:53
Billy Hagen Band is playing at Morgys pub on July 29th at 7:00 PM. Drink don’t drive. we are on the maxline @ Hawthorne farms in Hillsboro, 5245 NE Elam Young Parkway, Hillsboro, or
July 20, 2011 at 09:59
You may find this hard to believe but I love berries more than chocolate…almost. But definitely more than most any other thing…really. I would love it if you let me take my husband out for a berrytastic evening.
July 20, 2011 at 10:10
I like berries, ecotrust is a nice spot too.
July 20, 2011 at 13:39
I love Oregon berries! In face, I have been picking blueberries from the same Corvallis farm for the past 22 summers (every summer of my life so far!) I would love to try some Portland berries and see how they compare :)
p.s. I also love wine!
July 20, 2011 at 16:22
’cause I love berries?
July 20, 2011 at 17:55
berries = superfood and supe tummy licious!!! nom nom nom
July 20, 2011 at 19:28
This sounds like a great restaurant and a great 5-course special. I would love to win the tickets and treat my mom to this decadent sounding meal.
July 20, 2011 at 23:10
My wife and I just moved here from Texas, where berries are nowhere to be found. We can’t wait to try out what we’ve been missing!
July 21, 2011 at 07:58
I live for berries! My favorite food in the world. I would love to attend…thanks!
July 21, 2011 at 11:02
Me! I love berries! Pick me!
July 21, 2011 at 11:03
I practically invented berries.
July 21, 2011 at 11:14
Coming from Chicago, the land of corn and soybeans, I am in LOVE with all of the tasty, fresh berries now available to me in my new place of residence!
I would loooovvvee to go to this berry tasting! I am allergic to beer and so miss out on all of the beer tastings in this town, but the idea of a berry tasting with wine sounds like heaven to me! Please pick me! :)
July 21, 2011 at 11:23
pick me please!
July 21, 2011 at 11:24
The mom = super asian. She would love this!
July 21, 2011 at 11:47
Prettty prettttyy pretttyyy please!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely LOVE berries of all kinds and would be ecstatic if I won =)
July 21, 2011 at 12:02
I love berries!!!! All berries!!!! Oregon has the best ones too!
July 21, 2011 at 12:08
Well, I like berries. Also, PDX Pipeline rocks! I’m new here, and I’d really love to have the chance to do something ridiculously “Portland”!
July 21, 2011 at 12:09
I love berries, and i love food, im basically a fat kid trapped in a 140lb body. Please let me gorge on the lusciousness of taste that is pnw berries
July 21, 2011 at 12:14
I’ve never met a berry I didn’t like! This sounds fun!
July 21, 2011 at 12:36
love this place and berries.
July 21, 2011 at 13:45
There’s nothing better than Oregon berries and wine! Please select me!
July 21, 2011 at 14:52
A perfect combination and I would love to go
July 21, 2011 at 15:45
I love berries and I love wine. Put them together…ohhh sooo fine!
July 21, 2011 at 16:27
Why wouldn’t I want to have tickets?! Wine and Berries?!
July 21, 2011 at 17:42
I didn’t even know berries had their own tastings. The Pacific Northwest seems a perfect setting for this. Me so hungry.
July 21, 2011 at 19:39
Yes please–I love berries!!!
July 22, 2011 at 06:27
A Berry Tasting I’ll go
If you just say so
I may even drink a lil wine
And have a grand time!
July 22, 2011 at 08:46
This is my favorite perk of the Northwest: berries!!! And they are the BEST berries every!
July 22, 2011 at 09:54
Berries are one of my favorite things about Oregon. How can showcasing them in a wine paired meal be a bad thing? I think attending this dinner would inspire me to make more than just my awesome 3 berry pies.
July 22, 2011 at 09:55
Wine AND berries! MMMM! Perfect combo;) Pick me!
July 22, 2011 at 09:57
This sounds Berry Delicious! Berry Me Please——
July 22, 2011 at 09:59
I love berries and I’m excited to see new ways to cook with them! I’m hoping the meal will give me some ideas to make my average dinners amazing.
July 22, 2011 at 10:00
Berries and wine would make this unemployed gal very content after a long week of searching! :)
July 22, 2011 at 10:01
I would love love love to go to this! Perfect event for a gorgeous weekend!
July 22, 2011 at 10:02
This sounds nutritious and delicious!
July 22, 2011 at 10:02
Mmm. . . berries, local chefs, great community, delicious food. . . win, win, win, win! It would give me so much joy and glee.
July 22, 2011 at 10:10
I just got some berries from my sister-in-law’s farm and I would love to compare…Really I just want to eat more berries and enjoy delicious wine. I love wine!!!
July 22, 2011 at 10:12
Berry’s are a great afternoon snack, and a five course berry themed dinner sounds great!
July 22, 2011 at 10:15
My Sauvie Island berry stash is all gone. This would be perfect
July 22, 2011 at 10:16
August
By Mary Oliver
When the blackberries hang
swollen in the woods, in the brambles
nobody owns, I spend
all day among the high
branches, reaching
my ripped arms, thinking
of nothing, cramming
the black honey of summer
into my mouth; all day my body
accepts what it is. In the dark
creeks that run by there is
this thick paw of my life darting among
the black bells, the leaves; there is
this happy tongue.
July 22, 2011 at 10:20
just got back into town and have been anticipating the berries! bring ‘em on.
July 22, 2011 at 10:23
Lamb Sliders & Truffle Fries w/ raspberry ketchup? Yes Please!
July 22, 2011 at 10:25
I LOVE berries!!!
July 22, 2011 at 10:25
berries berries all the time
July 22, 2011 at 10:27
Sounds like a great time!
July 22, 2011 at 10:29
with a newborn my husband and i are in desperate need of a date night…this would be perfect!
July 22, 2011 at 10:40
I’ve done pairings, but not with berries. Pick me to experience it!
July 22, 2011 at 10:48
yes please! i can never get enough northwest berries… and when they are part of a delicious tasting menu with wine… i cannot imagine anything better!
July 22, 2011 at 10:55
I was born and raised in Oregon and continually look forward to the different berry seasons here. As I’ve grown up, so have my tastes and as a lover of food and berries I would really love to see what innovative and traditional dishes local chefs would make with the berries I’ve grown up with.
July 22, 2011 at 11:11
This sounds delicious and awesome!
July 22, 2011 at 11:29
I spent every summer from age 6 to 17 picking berries for school money. I would love to experience berries in a place that has air conditioning and toilets that flush.
July 22, 2011 at 11:38
I have a cousin named Barry. He’s a jerk. So I’m due for a Berry I can truly love and appreciate. Thanks.
July 22, 2011 at 11:43
Not only berries, but Salmon, Scallops, Quail and Lamb Sliders. OH YEAH BABY. Stuff I adore and stuff I’ve never tried, such as Quail & eating at Uptown Billiards. Who knew? Not me! Educate my palate with this berry wonderful food & drink scholarship, dear folks. I can yelp and review eloquently in fair exchange, as my final exam. I’m licking my unschooled chops in anticipation.
July 22, 2011 at 12:01
NW Berries are best of all in America! Make this special event does make sense.
July 22, 2011 at 12:51
A 5-course merry berry meal would be the perfect send-off for me when I begrudgingly move out of PDX this fall!
July 22, 2011 at 13:02
Do you remember in the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, the character Violet Beauregard? She turned into a giant blueberry. Given the chance, and given my passion for berries – one day they might just find me, as they found Violet. Turned into a giant blueberry!
Few people would enjoy this event as much as I would…
Andrea
July 22, 2011 at 13:52
So fun!!!
July 22, 2011 at 14:13
berries, billiards and bates! sounds like a winner!
July 22, 2011 at 14:15
Berries are good.
July 22, 2011 at 14:19
Would love to go because I love berries!
July 22, 2011 at 14:35
I just bought Strawberries, Raspberries, and some Bluebarries at the farmers market. Love my fresh oregon berries. Going to Uptown Billards would be the perfect start to our 3rd anniversary. Hope to see you there.
Rich & Sue
July 22, 2011 at 14:35
Love berries and Uptown Billiards!
July 22, 2011 at 14:36
Mmmmmmm…….berries.
Here’s are a few berry haikus
Berries are yummy,
I’d sure love to win tickets,
crossing my fingers
Rasp and straw, black and
blue, I love all the berries,
I want to eat them
July 22, 2011 at 15:03
I love berries… I mean I LOVE berries. I focused my entire wedding around raspberries (not easy in Delaware in March). My daughter devours a pint while walking through the farmer’s market and I’ve even incorporated strawberries into my dog’s treats. PLEASE pick me!
July 22, 2011 at 15:43
This looks like an event that would be worth paying the babysitter for – and going for free means we could actually afford to pay her!
July 22, 2011 at 15:43
Sounds great–would love to take the wife on an overdue fancy date!
July 22, 2011 at 16:37
This sounds AMAZING! If you ‘are what you eat’ I should probably be a blueberry or a strawberry by now. The whole idea of this meal makes my mouth water… I’d love to sample it in honor of the berry festival.
July 22, 2011 at 19:53
yummm
July 22, 2011 at 20:18
What a wonderful way to complement both berries and wine… would love to sample this :-)
July 22, 2011 at 20:29
This is my favorite time of year!!! Love those Willamette Valley berries :)
July 22, 2011 at 23:04
Please pick me! We just moved across the country and would like to attend, but there’s no more money in our berry fund!
July 23, 2011 at 00:09
Oh my gosh, this sounds like a yummy event. And what I wouldn’t give for a delicious “date” with my amazing husband – it’s been months! Please help – we need a tasty vacation away from the kiddos!! : ) Thank you! (in advance??)
July 23, 2011 at 06:21
Berries make me giggle.
July 23, 2011 at 15:15
berries and wine make me purple
July 23, 2011 at 21:51
I love Oregon berries. I’ve never been to this festival but would love to come check it out.
July 24, 2011 at 08:10
Pick me!
July 24, 2011 at 16:12
beRRIES ARE THE BEST! wOULD LOVE TO WIN TICKETS! oops caps
Maryalicia
July 24, 2011 at 16:20
wow this is amazing! I would love to try this and celebrate my birthday by saying this is berrylicious! ha
July 24, 2011 at 16:31
I want to eat berries!
July 24, 2011 at 21:03
me want berries!
July 25, 2011 at 10:32
I’m almost 9 months pregnant and we have been taking every opportunity to go out before our first baby comes!! I have been CRAVING berries this whole pregnancy and my husband could use a glass (or three) of wine!! Pick us!!
July 25, 2011 at 10:55
Like the idea of a entire meal with berries for each dish. Would be excited to see what it’s like!
July 26, 2011 at 15:01
Yummy yummy berries in my belly!!!…and wine to go with?!?! Who could ask for more?!?!
July 28, 2011 at 20:35
this sounds like an amazing summertime dining experience! love berries, love wine which equals perfection.
July 28, 2011 at 23:49
My doctor said I am super duper low on my antioxidants so…….. I need mass amounts of berries and wines. You will prolong my life and help me have some fun at the same time. Thanks. My family and especially my little doggy Lola says, “Thank You!” for giving me a longer lease on life!
August 1, 2011 at 03:21
I’m an urban farmer and cook, and with a cook’s wages these sort of events are difficult. But I’ll bring the knowledge I learn to my restaurant and to furthering Portland’s wonderful food culture.