Many of you know that Portland is the beer center of the entire world, a bold statement that strengthens every day. People here love craft beer and are showing tremendous support and enthusiasm for what we wish to accomplish here in the basement of the leftbank.

The brewery is currently under construction and coming together beautifully with an expected completion date in late January, at which point we will begin producing special batches of a barrel-aged sour cherry beer, a barrel-aged old ale and a redwood smoked lager in addition to our four farmhouse inspired year-round offerings.

Upright will have a small tasting room with other local beers on tap until our first batches are ready, so we hope that you’ll stop by once we start brewing to say hi and check out our open fermenters in action.

We offer gluten-free bread as an option on our daily menu for an additional charge of $1 per sandwich.   Our made-from-scratch soups are almost always gluten-free, without the use of flour-based roux.  And we can alter nearly everything we make to meet your gluten-free needs, while keeping it delicious.

Watch for the occasional Thursday night Happy Hour (5-7pm). On these select Thursday’s our chef will suggest wine and beer pairings with your soup. While you’re here take a look around the Leftbank Project – take a self-guided tour by following the points of interest markers around the building.

The Independent Publishing Resource Center threw Text Ball, their annual contribution to Wordstock, at leftbank. On Saturday, November 8th the literati of Portland convened in the old Dude Ranch for cocktails, dressed in their Sunday figure-of-speech-themed best. Attendees not fully prepared with a texty outfit could line up for a temporary text tattoo. Once fully inked everyone was free to bid high and often on the silent and live auction items, all proceeds of which went to benefit the amazing work that IPRC does. If you have never checked out any of their workshops, check out their schedule or perhaps you would like to publish your own zine…

P.S. Check out Wordstock’s blog out if you want to see some serious blogging.

We are doing our part to save the planet as well.    Though they may look and feel like plastic, our “To-Go” containers and flatware are 100% biodegradable and compostable, and are made from recycled paper, sugar cane, hemp, corn, bamboo, or potatoes.

We source our ingredients from local farmers, which means that the menu is always fresh and changing.

All of our baked goods are made with sustainably grown Shepherd’s Grain Flours while our produce is locally grown by Millennium Farms and Creative Growers. So grab a sandwich or a panini and have a seat, or maybe pop into the Hive, a 22-desk, co-working space on the same floor.

We are proud to serve coffee and espresso from Stumptown Coffee Roasters.   They are pioneers in a new model of coffee trading, one they call Direct Trade.    Stumptown partners with specific farmers around the world, working to elevate both their quality of life and the integrity of the beans they grow.    It’s a practice that has helped them to cultivate some of the finest cups of coffee the world has known, all roasted locally and replenished daily (that means super fresh!).

We buy all of our seafood in accordance with the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch guidelines for sustainability.

consider this a reminder:   Leftbank is leasing space.   Beautiful, crafty, inspired space.    A lot of folks have been asking for more pictures of the inside… and my exalted comrade Justin Gorman recently obliged.    The following are some recent shots. more