The Little Red Bike Café [4823 N. Lombard St.] has been a charming culinary force in North Portland since its opening just over two years ago. Since making their first breakfast sandwiches for a soon to be adoring public, owners Ali and Evan have been maintaining a blog on which they mark the progress of […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
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Shark Fin Trouble
There are times when the ethics of eating engage in uncomfortable frottage with my restaurant reviews. While these regrettable instance are few and far between, I occasionally find myself between what a restaurant wants to serve and what my readers want to protest. I consider it my job to eat food and foist my opinion […]
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Free Coffee. You’ll need it.
Man, what a bitch of a weather system rolling through, eh? Must be Fall in Portland. Am I right? But you know what they say about Portland weather… “You don’t like the weather in Portland? Then go back to wherever the hell it is you came from!” If you’re sticking around, Black Cat Cafe [1203 […]
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Food Stuffs
Distillers Fest Starts Tomorrow Tomorrow marks the opening of this year’s Great American Distillers Festival, drawing distillers from around the country to converge at the Bossanova Ballroom [722 E Burnside]. Expect two days of spirit tasting, cocktail contests, and seminars. A day’s admission costs $10 and includes 3 tasting tickets. A two-day pass is also […]
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The Culinary Pumpkin
I’ve never used a real pumpkin as an actual cooking ingredient. Usually when there’s a pumpkin in my house I’m cutting the top off that mother-effer, carving a whimsical face in the shell, and then putting a candle inside to turn it into a lantern of sorts, called a jack-o-lantern. They’re said to ward off […]
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Dive In
The Seafood Dream of Ocean City
Take a headlong leap into traditional Cantonese fare (with some
definite class) at Ocean City Seafood Restaurant.
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Bears? Ha! The Turtles Are Out to Kill You!
They are the world’s most fearsome fighting team! Turtles: slow, armored, old, and deadly. Sure, you might find it “cute” the way they bumble along, scritch-scritch-scritching across lake-bound logs with their tiny little claws. You might coo at them as they blink at you slowly from the terrarium with heavy-lidded eyes. You might giggle as […]
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Use Your Noodle
Andy Raskin Makes Some Suggestions
Author and Japanophile Andy Raskin offers some tips for the
Japanese-food neophyte.
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Roll In
Mika Could Become Your Sushi Standby
Mika isn’t the best around, but it’s a great value for sushi, with some
downright delicious options.
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Food News
Bon Anniversaire…
Two of the most fun-loving places in North Portland are having
anniversaries this month, and you’re invited to celebrate.
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So, About That Soda Tax (Again)
From a Series of Anti-Soda Posters in NYC “This study that we did with UCLA showed that regardless of income or ethnicity, adults who drink one or more soda a day are 27 percent more likely to be overweight or obese,” That’s Dr. Harold Goldstein, from California’s Center for Public Health Advocacy, speaking with NPR’s […]
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Livestock
Live Butchery and Literary Performance on the Same Plate
A unique event shines a light on the reality of butchery and the
emotions that surround the life and death of our food.