Matt Wong I’D ALREADY downed a cup of gelato and two sizable tacos when I found myself near Hat Yai on NE Killingsworth for the first time. I figured since I was in the neighborhood, and there was no line, I’d grab a couple of orders to go, try a bit of each and save […]
Andrea Damewood
Andrea Damewood is a food writer and restaurant critic. Her interests include noodle soups, fried chicken, and sparkles.
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Good Luck Not Eating Everything in Sight at the Addictive Hat Yai
Thai. Fried Chicken. Thai Fried Chicken! (And Curries! And Roti! And Spice!)
Thai. Fried chicken. Thai fried chicken! (And curries! And roti! And spice!)
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Drink This! Townshend’s Pacific Northwest Fernet
Portland Has a Fernet of Its Very Own
Portland has a fernet of its very own.
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Portland’s Most Delicious Mashups
Our Favorite Local Collaborations of Booze, Candy, Spices, and More!
Our favorite local mashups of booze, candy, spices, and more!
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Why Is It So Damn Tough to Open a New Restaurant in Portland?
Rent, Labor Shortages, High Costs Are Keeping Newcomers in the Weeds
Rent, labor shortages, high costs are keeping newcomers in the weeds.
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Tackling the Trickiest Recipe in the Ox Cookbook
It Costs a Lot to Cook This Cheap
Tongue, offal, and time: It costs a lot to cook this cheap.
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The Best Dishes at Pine Street Market for 10 Bucks or Less!
JASON DESOMER Pine Street Market is crowded AF. If you’re not careful, you can spend $21 on lunch. Lots of the stalls need to get their menus and execution in order. It’s confusing—like the fact that showing up at 10 am on a Sunday means your only option for breakfast is a milkshake. And some […]
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The Eight Best Items at Pine Street Market
(And They’re All 10 Bucks or Less!)
And they’re all 10 bucks or less!
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The Waiting Room: Fried Chicken, Oysters, and Bubbly
Aaron Lee I RECENTLY SAW this Portland post in my feed: “Is there anyone who isn’t doing fried chicken?” It’s true, there seems to be a glut of deep-fried poultry winging its way through new restaurant openings as of late. The Waiting Room, located in a historic house with a fantastic patio just off NW […]
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Tacos ‘n’ Tequila
Behold the Tacos! Behold the Tequila!
Behold the tacos! Behold the tequila!
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The Waiting Room: Fried Chicken, Oysters, and Bubbly
Stick to the Basics and You’ll Be Happy
Stick to the basics at this restaurant and you’ll be happy.
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Looking for Portland’s Best Brunch? It’s at Expatriate.
Expatriate’s waffle with fried chicken NATALIE BEHRING PART OF THE JOY/pain/burden/responsibility of being a food critic is fielding the unending questions from friends/family/acquaintances/Twitter about where the best fried chicken/burger/pho/brunch is in Portland. Usually, my answer requires more information, such as price range/desired atmosphere/preferred part of town. But right now, my unqualified answer to the best […]