seaside is for Surprise overnight getaways EXECUTION: SEASIDE CAROUSEL BOY FILE NAME: seaside_OBJ_4.625x4.875_carousel_boy.indd PUB: Oregon Business Journal FINAL SIZE: 4.625" wide x 4.875" tall seasideOR.com @visitseasideOR and time to get the beer to market, but the beer maintains its integrity and flavor. Roaming Nobles has many fans in the Portland restaurant industry. Foremost among them is chef Gabriel Rucker, who has been sober for 12 years. (The beer is available at both Le Pigeon and Canard.) Rucker, who is on a tasting panel for Roaming Nobles, says that its pils is “the perfect beer for me.” “Their beers are all very refreshing. They are all, to me, great summer outside beers,” he says. Perhaps more importantly, Roaming Nobles’ beers go well with food. “If I have a can of Roaming Nobles on the table, it’s going to be delicious with anything that comes out of the kitchen,” he says. You can also find the beer at Belmont Station, New Seasons and John’s Marketplace. At press time, Hoban said she was hoping to entertain a strategic partner or investor in the brand to help it grow. “People are thirsty for something that treats them like sophisticated consumers,” Dionne of Dappled Tonic says. In one way or another, that’s what these three women have been able to do— offer sophisticated NA beverages right at a time when the number of Americans who are sober-curious has ricocheted to new heights. Hoban recalls that just two years ago, most Portland breweries and restaurants would carry just one NA option. “But now we’ve gone from the kids’ menu to the blackboard!’” Hoban says. 19
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