Updated 7/23/19 - The Country Cat is now closed.It's been just over a year since Country Cat opened, and I thought it was time to go back and take a second look.Ever since it opened, Country Cat has been a subject of heated debate. Should the fried chicken be boneless? Should it be drizzled with maple syrup? If you look at the comments below from my original look, … [Read more...] about Review: Country Cat
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: 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: Little Red Bike Café
NOTE: Little Red Bike Cafe closed on June 19th, 2010. Rip.I want to tell everyone that Little Red Bike Café is lousy. I want to say the sticky buns taste like cardboard, the sandwiches are no better than your average deli, and the coffee is thin and watery. I want to do this because they are crowded enough as it is, and if more people come, I'll have a harder time … [Read more...] about Review: Little Red Bike Café
Review: Detour Cafe
1/16 - now closedI was sitting with a couple of long-time Portlanders at the Detour Cafe, reminiscing about the old Quality Pie Company and what the city used to be like: more working-class, more small-towny, perhaps more old-fashioned. Tom, for example, said it was tough to find a good bacon-and-egg sandwich anymore. It's like we were missing something that used to … [Read more...] about Review: Detour Cafe
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