Portland Food and Restaurant News and Discussion

Remember, you read it here days ago!From Oregon Live: A couple of months shy of its first anniversary, Balvo will serve bowls of rigatoni with red sauce for the last time Saturday, Oct. 14. The restaurant is scheduled to reopen for dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 18, with a new, still-undetermined name, more formal decor and Chris Israel at the helm as executive chef. Balvo is … [Read more...] about It’s Official – Balvo to Close

Thanks to "Sam" for the following story from the Seattle PI. STRANGELY, A STRIKING new addition to Seattle's restaurant scene is going to be a non-restaurant.Vagabond, a regular communal dinner venue "opening" Oct. 23, is a joint venture between Gabriel Claycamp of the Culinary Communion cooking classes and Michael Hebberoy, formerly a partner in a shining-star restaurant … [Read more...] about Michael Hebberoy to Start “One Pot” in Seattle

From the NY Times today: The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously yesterday to move forward with plans to prohibit the city’s 20,000 restaurants from serving food that contains more than a minute amount of artificial trans fatsIf approved, the proposal voted on yesterday by the Board of Health would make New York the first large city in the country to strictly … [Read more...] about New York City Plans Sharp Limits on Restaurants’ Use of Trans Fats

Okay, this one is pretty far-fetched, but still... I'd hate to have sat on it and found out it is true.Balvo will be closing23 Hoyt will re-open in it's placeChris Israel will again be at the helm.Wild rumor. Take it with a grain of fleur de sel. Somewhere someone is probably laughing that something they made up over too many martinis actually made it to the … [Read more...] about 23Hoyt to Replace Balvo, Vendetta Fisticufs