I asked, “What is the best restaurant for lunch in Portland”, deliberately excluding food carts – nothing against them, this just isn’t a food cart site. 70 different restaurants received votes. Two ties made up the bottom group, so I extended the list a few extra places.… Read the rest
Meat Cheese Bread Restaurant
News: Old Salt, Ned Ludd, Salt and Straw and more
Old Salt Marketplace chef Timothy Wastell has been replaced by sous chef Ben Schade. According to co-owner Ben Meyer, the restaurant will “move away from Tim’s Italian influence. Plans are to focus more on American food.… Read the rest
Dining On a Budget in Portland – Downtown/Convention Center
This guide was originally written for the 2009 United States Barista Championship, but it got so much favorable press, I decided to adapt it to anyone dining on a budget. This is a quick guide to places that are very reasonably priced, and close to the Convention Center/Downtown core.… Read the rest
Review: Meat Cheese Bread
2008 was the year Portland sandwich shops blossomed. We went from a town with hardly any decent options to an embarrassment of riches. From what I hear, more are on the way. The secret ingredient that is setting these shops apart is the staff; they actually have a chef, and workers who are passionate about making the best damn sandwich they can. This leads to innovations that rise beyond the
Portland Openings and Chef Shuffles: New Restaurants and More
Los Baez, the "Mexican" restaurant on Burnside has closed. For a huge space like that, they needed huge crowds. Unfortunately, the food was so bad, people didn't tend to go twice. The rumor mill is full of rumblings about a giant Wongs King Seafood coming to downtown's China Town area as part of the Uwajimaya plan. I liked WKS when they opened out in SE, but think they have been coasting ever so slowly downhill ever since. Still, it is leagues above any restaurant I have been to in that part of downtown. New Seasons is planing to build a new store on Fremont and Williams. Still nothing near the downtown core, damn it! A commenter in our forums says that Five Guys Burger and Fries is coming to the Cedar Hills area. I've never been, but a buzz sure is building about it. Now if we could just get an In-n' Out