Portland Food and Drink
News and Information For Portland Oregon Area Restaurants and Bars
1/16 – now closed
I was sitting with a couple of long-time Portlanders at the Detour Cafe, reminiscing about the old Quality Pie Company and what the city used to be like: more working-class, more small-towny, perhaps more old-fashioned.… Read the rest
Note: The Pearl District location has closed.
To list the Blossoming Lotus as a breakfast place seems to demean it. Even calling it a place that serves breakfast doesn’t remotely do it justice.… Read the rest
New/Classy/Veggie You can be healthy/progressive and be a “real” restaurant!
The best way to sum up the Bijou Cafe’s standing in Portland’s breakfast scene is this: Out of 36 restaurants listed in Frommer’s Portland guide, only three serve breakfast: the Heathman, Peanut Butter & Ellies (which made it as a kiddie/novelty place), and the Bijou.… Read the rest
Note: Closed 5/2008
Mom & Pop/Kid-Friendly
One of the more entertaining experiences in the Portland breakfast scene is to sit at the counter at Gramma Lucy’s. That’s because Gramma Lucy’s isn’t just a restaurant.… Read the rest
– that, plus the fact that when the weather’s nice there are so many people waiting outside, drinking self-serve coffee, that they put up benches out front and people share newspapers with each other.… Read the rest
