Chef Thomas Boyce Out of Bluehour

Epic Fail news

From Portland Monthly, Chef Thomas Boyce "Leaves" Bluehour. Actually, it sounds more like he was shown the door. As of Tuesday, Boyce was out and Dolan Lane, chef at Clarklewis on SE Water Avenue, was in. Bluehour’s Bruce Carey and Joe Rogers own … [Read more...]

Reader Survey 2012: Best Restaurant For a Business Lunch

Little Bird: Eel Pot -au- feu

Where to go to impress a client. These austere days, three martini lunches at places like Morton's and El Gaucho are out. In 2011, the order of votes was Higgins, The Heathman and Little Bird. 568 people voted: Little Bird Bistro - 13% of … [Read more...]

Christmas Eve/Day Events In Portland 2010

Christmas ornament

A few updates 12.22. It never occurred to me that there would be enough events on Christmas Eve for a post, but I've been getting lots of emails from readers, so I decided to write a quick roundup of dinners in the Portland area. Andina … [Read more...]

Pet Peeves in Dining Service and Catching Up on News

Lots of things have been going on that I haven't had time to post about, so I'm just going to bring everyone up to date. The Pix on Hawthorne has closed. After many years on NW Glisan, The Brazen Bean has lost their lease, and will closing … [Read more...]

Tondero Travail, Pinocchio Spin, Balinese Blossoms

Tondero, Latin/Fusion restaurant set to open in the old Harrison Fox Tower building, has been having a few issues. Construction problems - both the space and the new parking garage across the street - have pushed back the opening date several times. … [Read more...]

Drabs – Miscellaneous Portland Restaurant news for 7.30.07

Back in May, we reported that Hayden Enterprises (now West Coast Restaurants), had gotten a $1.75 million cash infusion from Aequitas Capital Management. NW Hayden Enterprises will use the infusion of capital for the opening of new restaurants … [Read more...]