After training at the Culinary Institute of America, and spending four years at Chez Panisse, Troy MacLarty landed in Portland, as chef of Family Supper, a job he left in late 2005. After stints at Simpatica and Saucebox, in November 2006, he took over as chef at Lovely Hula Hands, when it debuted at its new North Mississippi location. As cooks prepped dinner in the … [Read more...] about Interview: Troy MacClarty
Interview: Troy MacClarty
“Lucier Restaurant”? Rise & Fall of Ripe and Gotham Tavern
More Gotham Tavern and Ripe News If you are interested in the saga of Naomi Pomeroy and Michael Hebb of Gotham Tavern and Ripe Restaurant Fame, the long awaited story in Portland Monthly on the Rise & Fall of Ripe, has finally hit the stands. Frequent contributor to PFD, Nancy Rommelmann wrote a lengthy piece, giving space to just about everyone involved with the story. … [Read more...] about “Lucier Restaurant”? Rise & Fall of Ripe and Gotham Tavern
A Few Thoughts on Restaurant Service
My mother-in-law was a smart, elegant, gracious woman who was the most skillful hostess I've ever known. Over dinner at my in-laws' home one time, we got to talking about etiquette, and she blew me away by defining truly good manners as the ability to make everyone around you feel perfectly at ease. This came as a revelation to me, since at that somewhat insecure time in my … [Read more...] about A Few Thoughts on Restaurant Service
Review: Oaks Bottom Public House
First Impression, by Well SeasonedEverything seems to be just right in this small, welcoming pub in the heart of Sellwood. The owners (according to info I found on www.altportland.com) are Jim Parker, "former Oregon Brewers Guild director and general indicator of good beer" and Jerry Fechter "of the Lompoc empire." They've taken the space occupied most recently by Jones … [Read more...] about Review: Oaks Bottom Public House
Do restaurants with wood ovens violate smoking bans?
Do restaurants with wood ovens violate smoking bans? Apparently, in Ohio they do. This piece from an alert reader. It's from a Local 12 television station in Ohio. (2010 - link removed - no longer valid) Warning letters are now going out to local restaurants accused of violating Ohio's voter-approved smoking ban. One local restaurateur who got a warning says his … [Read more...] about Do restaurants with wood ovens violate smoking bans?