PDX Food Dude

From the fine folks that have brought Portland a ton of good restaurants comes Pollo Bravo. "We are proud to announce the opening of our third restaurant in the last month: Pollo Bravo on Alder.Our second location opens on May 13th across the street from Tasty n Alder. This location offers an intimate tapas, vermouth, and wine bar. Stop by this weekend for rotisserie … [Read more...] about Pollo Bravo on Alder Opens

Oregon is shut out of the 2016 James Beard Awards Is the bloom off the rose? Perhaps Portland is experiencing some backlash after years of good press. Here are the final results out of the 20 original 2016 James Beard Awards nominations that we started with:Justin Woodward of Castagna restaurant, and Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton of OX restaurant, were … [Read more...] about Oregon Loses 2016 James Beard Awards

Chris Angelus of Portland Food Adventures has been pulling in more big name guests for his Right at the Fork podcast. Micah Camden of Little Big Burger fame and Blue Star Donuts, was pretty interesting, living up to all the rumors I've heard about him over the years.While I wanted to hear Micah talk about the $14 million dollar lawsuit from former employees of Little Big … [Read more...] about Micah Camden Opens Up

Andy Ricker is closing Sen Yai, the noodle house at 3384 SE Division St. According to Portland Monthly, Ricker says that Sen Yai has never made money, and thought it would only get worse because of Portland's high rents, increasing minimum wage, new sick leave laws and "stereotypical ideas about 'ethnic food' as 'cheap food". Nate Tilden of Clyde Common, Bar Casa … [Read more...] about Andy Ricker’s Sen Yai Closing to Make Way for Tacos

You read that right. Beast Restaurant is hosting an all dessert dinner for $150 per person. For that price you get the "Spring Fling", with six desserts by Beast's pastry chef Lauren Breneman, and Kir Jensen, formerly of the Sugar Cube, and now Milk Glass Market.It should be noted that for the price, this panoply includes wine. It also should be noted that the first course … [Read more...] about Beast Hosting $150 Dessert Dinner