J & M Cafe 527 SE Ash, 230-0463 The J & M Café, if you haven’t been there, is one of those places you very occasionally drive past, and say “Hey, what’s that place? I need to go there.” It’s almost never open, so even if you’re hungry, this sentiment often goes unfulfilled, and you […]
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Dahlia Café
Dahlia Café 3000 NE Killingsworth, 287-4398 There are two things NE Portland could definitely use more of, and they aren’t quickie marts or gutter punks. We need bars and restaurants. Yay for the owners of the Dahlia Café, who have smartly capitalized on the obvious. The Dahlia Café is bright and friendly, without an ounce […]
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Tien Hong
Tien Hong 6749 NE Sandy Blvd, 281-1247 Tien Hong is sort of like smack. Once you put the first slithery, salt-and-pepper squid in your mouth, you’ll be hooked. In fact, my friends and I don’t even refer to Tien by its name, but merely as “salt-and-pepper squid.” This appetizer is made up of big pieces […]
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East Bank Saloon
East Bank Saloon 727 SE Grand, 231-1659 I used to work in a restaurant in Iowa called the Wig ‘n Pen. It was a wannabe English Pizza Pub, which makes absolutely no sense, and I don’t really know why I’m telling you about it, other than it reminds me of the East Bank Saloon. The […]
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BINKS
Binks 2715 NE Alberta 493-4430 It has a goofy name, the people outside look like yuppies, and the decorating is wooden, colorful, and expensive. It’s new-age Alberta, and when you first see it, you just might fear it–especially with the Last Thursday yuppies crawling through, the new swanky co-op down the street, and the constant […]
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TOSIS
TOSIS 6120 NE Sandy Blvd., 284-4942 Tosis is a big triangular diner on Sandy, where mostly old people go. The service is super-fast, you can smoke there, and if you’re a video poker junkie, you can even drink a Budweiser and play a hand (yeah right, junkie) in the back room. But Tosis would never […]
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POOR RICHARD’S
POOR RICHARD’S 3907 NE Broadway, 288-5285 You know how you find that reliable place for each genre: La Bonita for Mexican, Hoda’s for Greek, Tien Hong for Thai and ah… now you’ve got Poor Richard’s for steaks. I found this restaurant in the phone book under “Steaks,” when I was half-broke and too lazy to […]
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Grolla
Grolla 2930 NE Killingsworth 493-9521 Sometimes after I get home from a restaurant, I remember clearly why I used to sit alone on the floor in my apartment eating Tostitos and cold baked beans for dinner. The outside restaurant world is so often such a loud, glaring, horrible “Red Robin” sort of place, with annoying […]
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The Pink Feather
The Pink Feather 14154 SE Division, 761-2030 When you’re sitting around with $6.79 to your name, and you’re so sick of watching your roommate play Crazy Taxi you could puke, escape to The Pink Feather. Like an oasis in the bleak, stripmall desert between Portland and Gresham, it’s the sort of divey restaurant I crave. […]