Porttia Portis

Ramen Hacks.

32 Ways To Spice Up Your Boring Ramen Meals. It's cheap. It's best when used for surviving freshman year of college and in those days just after bare...

Going The Distance.

Scenes From Last Night's Run The Jewels Show at Trees. The fact that hip-hop's consumption base is constantly changing does not mean that the craft i...

Unfiltered.

Five Area Coffee Shops Are Now Teaching North Texans How To Brew Shop-Quality Coffee At Home. Welcome to Unfiltered, our weekly feature that explores the Dalla...

Slum Lord.

Scenes From Saturday Night's Yelawolf Show At Trees. If you ever wanted a look into the changing demographics of hip-hop consumption and its shift toward ...

Unfiltered.

Buttering Up With The Trendy Bulletproof Coffee Option At Green Grocer. Welcome to Unfiltered, our weekly feature that explores the Dallas coffee scene -- and ...

Reality Check.

For a First-Timer at The State Fair of Texas, Reality Doesn't Always Live Up To Expectation. When it comes to celebrations of statehood, the State Fair of...

Cookout.

Scenes From Saturday's Smoked Dallas Festival. When we first heard about Smoked Dallas, the barbecue-meets-music festival with an all-star lineup of pitma...

Heaven Sent?

7-Eleven's Hopping On The Health-Food Bandwagon. But Dallas Will Have To Wait For It. Who says that the gas station food experience has to be all processe...

Unfiltered.

In The Face Of Underwhelming Restaurant Coffee Programs, Company Cafe Strives To Be Something Better Welcome to Unfiltered, our weekly feature that explores th...

Happy Thoughts.

Why Are The City's Finest Chefs Throwing A Peter Pan-Themed Dinner Together? For Fun, Is All. Usually, when you get a group of the area's best chefs ...

Porttia Portis

Contributor

Porttia Portis is a self-professed coffee geek via the Midwest. When she's not out over-caffeinating herself and exploring the Dallas food scene, she's avid hip-hop fan (once dubbed by Pete Freedman as "old school") and a pretty decent barista.