Note: Toro Bravo closed in 2020.To understand Spanish food, it helps to have a little understanding of the culture behind it Spain tugs at something deep in my soul. Maybe it is because taste, music, and memory are so closely intertwined, but every time I hear flamenco, I flash back to a time 25 years ago.I was living in Healdsburg in the Sonoma Valley, where I … [Read more...] about Review: Toro Bravo Restaurant
Portland Metro Restaurants That are Now Closed
It's always sad to see a restaurant close. As places we have reviewed go out of business, they end up in this category
Review: Beast Restaurant
Note: Beast closed in 2020, but may come back at some point. I'm leaving the review up for reference. Last update: 11/17 Just about everyone who reads local magazines has seen this photo of Naomi Pomeroy of Beast. One of the creators of Gotham Tavern, Ripe Family Supper, and clarklewis, she is the stuff of local legend. In 2009 Naomi opened Beast, modeled somewhat on her … [Read more...] about Review: Beast Restaurant
Review: Ten 01
Note: This restaurant closed on January 3, 2011. This review was written in 2009.Fugue - Music: a composition based on multiple themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.For those who have been reading my reviews … [Read more...] about Review: Ten 01
Review: A Private Letter to Two Tarts Bakery
Note: 2/16 - Two tarts has closed.You two little tarts!I don't want to love you, you wicked temptress! You are my Delilah, weakening me with your gooey chocolate chip cookies sprinkled with sea salt; cookies that called me back to the register even after I'd sat down. My femme fatale, how well your alluring treats weaken my resolve, they make love to my cappuccino - … [Read more...] about Review: A Private Letter to Two Tarts Bakery
Review: Lovely Hula Hands
SADLY, THIS RESTAURANT CLOSED IN EARLY 2010For the past six months, my friend Nancy has been trying to get me to go to Lovely Hula Hands. To be honest, I wasn't particularly interested. I'd given it a try the first week after they moved north from their old location on Mississippi, and wasn't terribly impressed. Additionally, many of the items on the menu didn't … [Read more...] about Review: Lovely Hula Hands