TBA:12 FOOD
The Woodsman Tavern
TBA Eats
A well-executed meal is a tactile, participatory art performance. This year, PICA has invited a different Portland chef each night to take over our first-ever outdoor kitchen, built on-site for TBA, and cook up food inspired by late summer produce. The dishes they prepare will be snapshots of September, presented through texture, flavor, smell and sight. Come hungry! From noshy snacks to full-blown meals, come eat thoughtful food that could only exist at this peak of local produce, when summer begins to wane. Without a reservation or long wait, experience the imaginative talent in Portland kitchens and chefs’ personal ideas of pleasure and satisfaction.
Old school tavern, big city restaurant, The Woodsman is a neighborhood place where food is so lovingly, impressively prepared that people line up out the door. Chef Jason Barwikowski has cooked at and shaped great restaurants through the city—from Clyde Common to Olympic Provisions—always making food that is somehow exactly what you want in the moment. Case in point: at TBA, Jason and his crew will offer up freshly grilled flatbread with hummus, feta and olives; corn with harissa, pumpkin seeds and manchego cheese; aqua fresco; and, he teases, maybe even pork with watermelon and herbs. Summer!!
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