Aaron Lee Saying that Bullard is the best hotel restaurant in Portland could be seen as damning it with faint praise—but it’s not meant to be. It’s to say that we’ve come a long way from the days of bland plates meant to mollify the palates of traveling businessmen. Bullard, the long-awaited first restaurant from […]
Andrea Damewood
Andrea Damewood is a food writer and restaurant critic. Her interests include noodle soups, fried chicken, and sparkles.
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Bullard: Fine Hotel Dining for the Barbecue Lover
Saying that Bullard is the best hotel restaurant in Portland could be seen as damning it with faint praise—but it’s not meant to be. It’s to say that we’ve come a long way from the days of bland plates meant to mollify the palates of travelling businessmen. Bullard, the long-awaited first restaurant from Chef Doug […]
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Seven Days, 14 Incredible Asian Soups
From Pho and Ramen to Wonton and Turmeric-laden Noodles, Here’s Your Definitive List for a Week of Soup Sustenance
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La Neta’s Interpretation of High-End Mexican Is Still A Little Garbled
Ask yourself: Are you the kind of person who is okay paying $9 for chips and salsa? Does that answer change if the chips are freshly made, and the tamarind salsa is a sweet and spicy mashup so unique and delectable, it should be bottled and sold in stores? Are you okay with dining in […]
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Review: The Delicious Mysteries of Normandie
Aaron Lee Sometimes what makes a restaurant work is a mystery. On its face, Normandie isn’t all that different from the restaurant that was there before, Rue. Both draw French inspiration but are far from orthodox. Both also do much with seafood and seasonal vegetables—and yet Rue folded after about 18 months, having never found […]
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What to Expect (and Order) at Dumpling Palace Din Tai Fung
Andrea Damewood Get ready to DTF anytime. Monday marks the one-month anniversary of Taiwanese dumpling sensation Din Tai Fung’s (which I will never not call DTF) opening at Washington Square Mall. For the first month, Oregon’s first outpost was reservations only, but starting Monday, the Tigard location will be like all the other US locations: […]
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2018’s Best Bites from Portland’s Best New Restaurants
Food critics are a lot like record collectors: obsessive, picky and absolutely convinced our taste is better than yours (it is). So in honor of the best record-adjacent movie of all time, I’m going to pull a High Fidelity and turn this last column of 2018 into a top five list of the foods I […]
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Little Conejo: A Mexican Treasure in Vancouver
Meg Nanna I’ve always had a soft spot for downtown Vancouver. Seriously, if you haven’t been up there, it’s great. There’s a big farmers market on Saturdays, Esther Short Park is a treasure, and they just put serious money into making its waterfront on the Columbia 10 times cooler than ours. The only downside? Until […]
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Little Conejo: A Mexican Treasure in Vancouver
I’ve always had a soft spot for downtown Vancouver. Seriously, if you haven’t been up there, it’s great. There’s a big farmers market on Saturdays, Esther Short Park is a treasure, and they just put serious money into making its waterfront on the Columbia 10 times cooler than ours. The only downside? Until recently, the […]
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Where to Find Portland’s Best Holiday Feasts
Move over, Friendsgiving, you’re played out. I’m much more about living the friends feast life, in which you assemble a crew and hit up a local restaurant for some special event dining. (You can do this with your family too, if you’re into that sort of thing.) I’m talking about those lavish spreads that would […]
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Local Wine Clubs Give You Variety Without Squeezing You Dry
There comes a point when you’re faced with grabbing the same $7 bottle of wine—you know, that one with the naked lady petting her cat at Trader Joe’s?—and wondering if there’s more out there. Exploring new styles, varietals, and regions of wine is daunting, but we’ve found five local monthly clubs that curate a world […]
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This Thursday, Drink Wine to Support Women and Charities, While Screwing Over Trump
This is a big week for wine. Every year on the third Thursday of November (this Thursday, Nov 15! Tomorrow!), wineries across the world release the wonder that is Beaujolais Nouveau, a barely fermented wine made from Gamay grapes harvested this fall. The resulting wine is light, fruity and super fun to taste. And on […]