Portland Food and Restaurant News and Discussion

Over the past month, a few of us have been up at Vij's, the Indian restaurant in Vancouver BC. There were rumors about Vikram Vij scouting out locations in Seattle, so Tami Parr asked him about it. "Vij said that he felt that the market was ready and he found some great locations, but he didn't feel he could find the Indian people to do the cooking - he said they all are too … [Read more...] about Vij’s to head south? Rare in BC, Rachael Ray hits Portland

From a Salon.com article, (you can read it here) Anthony Bourdain talking about Whole Foods. Interesting interview. I love Whole Foods talking about lobster and clam cruelty, when people are being fucked to death, kidnapped, starved, bombed. [The grocery chain recently stopped selling some live shellfish on the grounds that the practice is inhumane.] There is so much cruelty … [Read more...] about Anthony Bourdain On Whole Foods – And News

Whole Foods Market Pressures Sonoma Foie Gras to Discontinue Foie Gras An article in the New York Times discusses the pressure Whole Foods Market is putting on Sonoma Foie Gras through it's processor. Now Sonoma Foie Gras is fighting back with a lawsuit.From the Times article: "In the lawsuit, Sonoma Foie Gras is charging Whole Foods with "intentional interference with … [Read more...] about “Organizing for an Indelicate Fight”

Lot's of queries are coming in about Colleen's Bistro. For those who missed the story while FD was gone, Colleen left the bistro. The owners have changed the name to Le Pigeon, and hired a new chef - Gabriel Rucker, most recently from Gotham Bldg. Tavern - to replace her.----------------------------------------------Pascal Sauton, the feisty proprietor of Carafe Bistro, … [Read more...] about Le Pigeon to Open, Pascal Sauton Takes on Animal Rights