Best restaurant in Portland for a first date For me, after the obligatory coffee meetup, the first real date gives me enough information to decide whether we should go out again. I want to know 1) do they like dogs, 2) have a sense of humor and 3) how adventurous their palate is. These things are – Read more…
Portland Food and Restaurant News and Discussion
This is an archive of Portland metro area restaurant and food news, political debate, diatribes, discussion threads etc. If we aren't quite sure where a story belongs, you'll find it here.
Notable Closures: Chesa and Pono Farm
Chesa will close July 1st, Pono Farm Soul Kitchen July 8th Surprising Portland restaurant closures to cover. Jose Chesa’s Spanish restaurant Chesa will close July 1st. After critic raves over his Spanish and Catalan restaurant Ataula in NW Portland, Jose expanded to Chesa at 2218 NE Broadway. From our best of Portland list, Michael Zusman said, – Read more…
Bunk Sandwiches, Pizza Jerk and Mi Mero Mole Coming to Happy Valley
Coming in 2018: Happy Valley Public House From the press release – This 22,000 square foot building will boast local, family-friendly favorites BUNK Sandwiches, Pizza Jerk, and Mi Mero Mole; a coffee shop serving locally roasted beans and pastries from Lauretta Jean’s; and The Whiskey Kitchen, a whiskey bar and restaurant. Also included will be – Read more…
Jossy Farms Peaches Coming to an End
For more than ten years, I have taken a road trip out to Jossy Farms in West Hillsboro every summer to pick what I considered the best peaches in the area. It was one of those things my friends and I look forward to every year, and led to a long afternoon of blanching, peeling – Read more…
Taylor Railworks to Close
Restaurant will remain open for the time being. Taylor Railworks is planning on selling. According to a press release, the restaurant will remain open while it searches for a buyer. With nearly 50 years worth of professional experience working in restaurants between us, Erik and I realized that we’re ready to see a little more – Read more…
Reader Survey 2017: Best Desserts in Portland
Where to go for the best desserts in Portland We haven’t asked this question since 2013 because it never seemed to vary from year to year. One would think your opinions would have changed over the past three years, but this is not the case. The top three in our survey results this year parrot – Read more…
Amazon to Purchase Whole Foods Markets
Amazon.com has announced their intent to purchase Whole Foods Markets in a $13.7 Billion Dollar Deal Amazon is valuing Whole Foods stock at $42 a share in an all-cash transaction, well over yesterday’s closing price of $33. “Millions of people love Whole Foods Market because they offer the best natural and organic foods, and they – Read more…
Can Font Portland Opens This Weekend in Portland’s Pearl District
Acclaimed Spanish Chef Josep Vidal Brings Catalonian Cuisine to the United States From the press release. A menu doesn’t seem to be available yet. PORTLAND, Ore. (June 2, 2017) — The Portland extension of Catalonian restaurant Can Font opens this week, June 3, in the Pearl District’s Cosmopolitan Building. “Three years ago I was visiting – Read more…