Refreshed 4.11 Note that this review is for the to-go shack and not for the Pok Pok dining room reviewed here, or Whiskey Soda Lounge across the street. You'll find the menu and food here is very similar at the new Pok Pok Noi on Prescot at NE 15th.It was a chilly night, and I felt like the fox that had gotten into the chicken coop. Crispy, crackly chicken skin gave gently … [Read more...] about Review: Pok Pok – To Go Food
It’s Official – Balvo to Close
Remember, you read it here days ago!From Oregon Live: A couple of months shy of its first anniversary, Balvo will serve bowls of rigatoni with red sauce for the last time Saturday, Oct. 14. The restaurant is scheduled to reopen for dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 18, with a new, still-undetermined name, more formal decor and Chris Israel at the helm as executive chef. Balvo is … [Read more...] about It’s Official – Balvo to Close
Michael Hebberoy to Start “One Pot” in Seattle
Thanks to "Sam" for the following story from the Seattle PI. STRANGELY, A STRIKING new addition to Seattle's restaurant scene is going to be a non-restaurant.Vagabond, a regular communal dinner venue "opening" Oct. 23, is a joint venture between Gabriel Claycamp of the Culinary Communion cooking classes and Michael Hebberoy, formerly a partner in a shining-star restaurant … [Read more...] about Michael Hebberoy to Start “One Pot” in Seattle
Review: Saucebox
Note: 2014 - if a recent happy hour visit is any indication of what is going on in the restaurant, my rating would drop to 1 star. We tried five dishes and were served what can only be described as some of the worst food I've had in a Portland restaurant. Pad thai with the texture of baby food. Spring rolls that were worse than something you'd find in the freezer case of your … [Read more...] about Review: Saucebox
New York City Plans Sharp Limits on Restaurants’ Use of Trans Fats
From the NY Times today: The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously yesterday to move forward with plans to prohibit the city’s 20,000 restaurants from serving food that contains more than a minute amount of artificial trans fatsIf approved, the proposal voted on yesterday by the Board of Health would make New York the first large city in the country to strictly … [Read more...] about New York City Plans Sharp Limits on Restaurants’ Use of Trans Fats