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 have never reviewed including your number one pick.In the … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2017: Best Steakhouse in Portland
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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 the web - Tasty n Alder, Morton's and Ruth's Chris. They … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2015: Best Steakhouse 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 votes to make it to the list. I wonder if part of that is due to … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2013: The Best Steak in Portland
Reader Survey 2013: Best Happy Hour
It's Friday - what better day to release our 2013 Reader Survey for Best Happy Hour?Who doesn't like a good happy hour? We are lucky in Portland, with a huge selection to pick from.In Previous Years:2012, Tasty N Sons won, with Clyde Common and Bluehour coming in second. 2011: Tanuki Izakaya in first, Clyde Common and Spints Alehouse in second and third.In … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2013: Best Happy Hour
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 is new and trendy, but I've heard lots of good … [Read more...] about Reader Survey 2012: Best Restaurant for a Steak