I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this category because I already have - If you are interested in more details on Ringside, El Gaucho, Ruth’s Chris and Morton’s, you’ll find my steakhouse showdown review here, along with a few more stories about my life in Texas. However, there are restaurants on this list I … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2017: Best Steakhouse in Portland
El Gaucho Restaurant
Hall Street Grill Closing for Renovation, Thanksgiving Events, and Etiquette Classes
A quick note today from Hall Street Grill in Beaverton. The restaurant will be closed for renovation from October 25th - November 1st, reopening November 2nd. Thanksgiving event listings are pouring in, and I'm starting to put together the list. Have you added your restaurant yet? Speaking of listings, the new … [Read more...] about Hall Street Grill Closing for Renovation, Thanksgiving Events, and Etiquette Classes
Reader Survey 2015: Best Steakhouse in Portland
The Best Steakhouse in Portland 2015 has had the same restaurants in the top two every year since 2011. With the changes both are making, I wouldn't be surprised to see the trend to continue. When restaurants remove prices from their websites, it pisses me off. Three of the winning restaurants do not post prices on … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2015: Best Steakhouse in Portland
Reader Survey 2015: Most Romantic Restaurant in Portland
I didn't expect many votes for The Most Romantic Restaurant in Portland, but 715 of you indulged me by answering the final survey questions. Let's face it, we all like a little romance now and then. For fun I looked all the way back through our lists to 2006. Interestingly, eight of the past winners have now gone … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2015: Most Romantic Restaurant in Portland
Reader Survey 2013: The Best Steak in Portland
This has always been a predictable category in the past. Laurelhurst would place first with a long list of the same restaurants in slightly different order every year. Not so this time. Yes, the winner is the same, but the rest of the list is shaken up a bit by the absence of more than four restaurants with enough … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2013: The Best Steak in Portland
Reader Survey 2012: Best Restaurant for a Steak
Not many surprises in the Best Steak group this year. The percentage points by which the top two won are double the 2011 score. Even El Gaucho which is quite expensive is up by 4%. OX, the new restaurant on NE MLK has taken a huge share for only being in business a few months. Sometimes that can happen because a place … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2012: Best Restaurant for a Steak
Survey 2011: Best Steak
The reader survey results for "Best Steak in Portland" doesn't have any big surprises except for Ringside's second place performance. It shows what giving more attention and a new face to a restaurant can do: Out of 818 votes cast: 1. Laurelhurst Market -21% of the vote. 3155 East Burnside St.,Portland, OR 97232 … [Read more...] about Survey 2011: Best Steak
El Gaucho Steakhouse Comment Sparks Conversation
On the El Gaucho review I was sooooo excited to spend my B-Day At El Gaucho!! I called ahead to let them know it was my B-Day because usually fine dining establishments usually do something about that. My husband and I were there on July 31st and had reso’s for 7:00 and I made sure we were on time. Having worked … [Read more...] about El Gaucho Steakhouse Comment Sparks Conversation