Wow, what a party! My boyfriend Tyler Adams' new North Williams Ave. tattoo shop -- Grizzly Tattoo -- opened with a bang a little over a week ago and a lot of you were there, and then some. Hundreds came out to celebrate and I've included a few peeks into the night below. (I only took a few photos at the very beginning because it quickly got too crowded. I also wrote about the party here.) Awesome!
We reached out to neighborhood businesses for food and drink donations and holy bleep they rose to the occasion. (Tyler tattoos a lot of food and drink folks in town.)
On the food and drink donation front we had Yaquina Bay oysters on the half-shell hand delivered by EaT Oyster Bar owners Ethan and Tobias; chicken liver sherry mousse, poached almonds, pickled cuke and more from Tasty n Sons, a keg of lager from Hopworks BikeBar, pulled pork sliders and traditional sliders from Che Cafe food cart, all sorts of sweets from Pix Patisserie and Jaime Henderson, secret loveliness from The Bye & Bye, mini pies from Loly LeBlanc, delicious mustards from Creaux Creole Mustard and the list goes on. Wow.
I also made a few things myself -- a gallon of pickled asparagus (from our neighbor's friend's farm), a gallon of pickled beets and two tapenades -- one with anchovies and one vegan. Oh, and Faulkner Short's photography will be up in the shop for several weeks so stop by and check it out. There are some really nice photos for sale.
Thank you to everyone who donated! Thank you to everyone who came out for the party! Thank you Portland! Go Grrrrrizzly!
Thank you so much for donating food and drink to Grizzly Tattoo's opening party!
More deliciousness from Grizzly Tattoo's opening party!
A few minutes into the party. Got too crowded to take pics shortly after...
I called dibs on the first tattoo at Grizzly Tattoo so Tyler gave me these feathers. Black and blue. Love it.
Grizzly Tattoo www.grizzlytattoo.com 3949 North Williams Ave. Portland, Oregon 503.265.8146 tyler at grizzly tattoo dot comCheck out Tyler's tattoos