The 2012 results will be posted shortly! Here are the results of the reader survey of the best restaurants in Portland. The total number of votes was a bit daunting, but I narrowed them down to a group which stood far above the rest. Within each … [Read more...]

This pretty much fell along the lines of whatever restaurants in town have a group table, and are reasonably priced. Not sure why I even asked this question, though number 2 was a surprise. Out of 556 votes: Toro Bravo – 120 NE Russell St., … [Read more...]

Only a few questions results left -next week I will finish with Best Restaurants. For those of you who will ask, yes, all of these opened in 2010. Fin would have placed second, but it isn't open anymore, so those votes were eliminated. However, they … [Read more...]

My vote would be lunch in a sunny park in Portland, but I suppose any of these restaurants could provide that, and give you a decent place to eat on a rainy day. One of the choices absolutely buttered everyone else in the survey results. Out of … [Read more...]

As we wind down to the readers choice for Top Restaurants, we have three more survey results to post. The first few choices didn't surprise me, but third choice made no sense to me, especially when compared to the others. I don't have anything … [Read more...]

This vote restored some of my faith in readers picking some of the more interesting places in town rather than the most popular. I'm rather surprised by the outcome. Although we got a good number of votes, there was a huge spread in the number of … [Read more...]

From the comments I've gotten, many of you feel that Portland has a long way to go as far as seafood is concerned. Many added notes lamenting the loss of Fin. I agree. For a city so close to rivers, lakes and the ocean, the state of our seafood is … [Read more...]