Portland Oregon Food and Drink
Throwing Ourselves On The Grenade of Bad Food to Save You
(minor updates 3/2013) With the myriad of restaurants opening in Portland every year, it is easy to forget some of the older ones, which often are better than the latest gastronomic trend-setters. In my opinion, Andina is one of these, a … [Read more...]
Note: This review is quite old, and, from my recent experience, is no longer valid. I no longer recommend it. It's an incredibly fertile time for the Portland restaurant scene; there has been an absolute flurry of openings in the last year or so. … [Read more...]
As I was doing research for this review in my father's old bar notebook, I came across a list of ingredients labeled "always have on hand". What especially interested me were incidentals like falernum, cassis, five types of bitters, orange flower … [Read more...]
It's not like me to be so Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to the new stuff in town. For example, I got to Clyde Common for the first time just last week (and really liked it, by the way. And the fact that we scored an extra dessert due to a … [Read more...]
Updated 8/08 You know when you are near Madena because the air becomes redolent with spices. Unfortunately, the promise in the air doesn't always reflect in the food that comes to your table. Portland has several good Lebanese restaurants, but … [Read more...]
- refreshed 2/12 The first time I walked into Vault Martini I was stunned. Just a few short months before I had been in the Vespa dealership in the same space revisiting a trip to Italy. At that time the building was a dark, dank, greasy, concrete … [Read more...]
