Portland Food and Restaurant News and Discussion

Restaurant entrepreneur Andy Ricker of Pok Pok fame recently spoke on a Culintro panel titled "Expansion: Building a Restaurant Empire". You wake up in the morning wondering if today is the day you get your ass handed to you,” Ricker noted wryly. “The job is basically problem solving. It’s being able to grasp a whole lot of things happening at once.” That global vision is what … [Read more...] about Andy Ricker – How to Build a Restaurant Empire

The Westminster City Council has served notice to London restaurants that offered rare or medium-rare burgers that the practice is unacceptable. The notice was given to the restaurant Davey's after an inspection showed that they would cook their burgers to the customer's preference. From the London Evening Standard, A number of celebrity chefs are affected by the move, … [Read more...] about Westminster City Council Bans Rare, Medium-Rare Hamburgers

Yelp reviews get a huge amount of mostly deserved criticism when people who don't have a clue about a cuisine leave idiotic posts, or even deride restaurants for not being open late enough, not having off-street parking, or, in one review, having an illegally parked car towed out of their lot. One has to wonder how much these reviews affect the bottom line of a business. … [Read more...] about The Problem With Yelp

Restaurateur and Food Channel host of Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, has taken to television to defend himself and his restaurant from a slew of bad reviews. In an appearance on The Today Show, the interviewer asked about negative reviews from other members of the press, and his Yelp average of 2.5 stars. Guy Fieri (who's real name is Ferry), said "I'm doing the type of food … [Read more...] about Guy Fieri Defends Restaurant after a Plethora of Bad Reviews