“Welcome to Portland, as in Oregon, the land of milk and honey — also coffee, tea, beer, wine, game, berries, crab, salmon, ice cream in flavors lifted from food trucks and olive oil that chefs compare favorably to Italy’s liquid gold.”… Read the rest
Screen Door Restaurant
Screen Door Adding Daily Brunch
Screen Door is one of Portland’s most popular brunch places, always taking the number two spot on our Best of Portland surveys. In a move that is bound to drive up local sales of cholesterol drugs, the restaurant is adding daily brunch – daily as in 7 days a week. … Read the rest
A Plethora of Periodicals Paper Portland’s Proliferating Phood Phenom
I don’t normally cover magazine articles about Portland anymore, but hey, it’s Friday, and we are getting a lot of attention. Here’s a roundup:
Details magazine is not only featuring “The Kid Who Could be Bigger than Bieber”, they also are running an article called “Breakfast in America – The Morning Meal Gets a Makeover”, in which they name Portland Penny Diner number one (in the world?… Read the rest
Amuse Bouche – 12/27/12
Paulée, the restaurant in Dundee which opened to great fanfare last May, has parted ways with Chef Daniel Mondok. According to Eater, Sean Temple, his chef de cuisine, is stepping into his position.… Read the rest
Reader Survey 2012: Best Brunch in Portland
In 2010, I asked “Who has the best breakfast in Portland”. The answers were 1. Screen Door, 2. Simpatica, 3. Mother’s Bistro. I asked again in 2011, and this time the ranking was Tasty n Sons, Screen Door and Simpatica.… Read the rest