Our pals at Eater PDX have asked a number of food writers in town, myself included, about their favorite restaurants, meals, etc. of the year. I hate being asked to describe anything in one word, but otherwise it’s worth taking a look at if you need help deciding where to splurge on a nice dinner […]
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Foodie Phone Sex
Tryptophan Makes You Real Sleepy. So Do Orgasms. When Patrick Alan Coleman left the Mercury a few months back, frequent readers of Blogtown probably heard the rumors and whisperings of scandal. The odd charges that started appearing on the phone bill; the expensive takeout orders on the Mercury credit card at strange hours of the […]
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Will Patrons Come Home to Roost?
Roost: Understated, Underrated, and Under-Attended
Megan Henzel’s understated Roost serves up big meals to small crowds.
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Snap Judgement: Grain & Gristle
[Welcome to Snap Judgment, a regular Blogtown feature developed by my predecessor, Patrick Alan Coleman. The idea, still, is to drop by places both old and new for a one-dish fly-by, to develop an opinion based on that singular experience. Often, I’ll return a few months down the line for a Last Supper column. Sometimes […]
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Yuletide Dining (And/Or Video Poker)
Silly me. I spent the early morning searching through press releases and restaurant web sites for places that are open on Christmas day. Turns out Portland Monthly‘s Eat Beat has already compiled a list. If mom and dad are coming to town and treating, you might try to get a reservation at the Heathman or […]
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Take Comfort
Kalé Makes Great Japanese Comfort Food. And Nothing Else.
Kalé serves up Japanese comfort food. Take it or leave it. (I suggest “take it.”)
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“This Is About Control, And In The End, Starvation.” -Glenn Beck
You’d think the Obama administration would have learned by now how difficult it is to wage two wars at once. Even with many of his resources tied up in wiping Christmas off the face of the earth, Barack Hussein Arugula Obama is now taking the fight to our nation’s other portly little cookie addicts. Fat […]
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In The Confectionary Where Al Jolson Is Buried
How do you give a vanilla dessert rhythm? Apparently, you just make it brown. It sprouts big, red cartoonish lips and googly eyes, and breaks into routine as a “Hip Hop cupcake.” What the fuck publicists at Duncan Hines were thinking when they built a campaign around blackface, I don’t know, but they’ve since pulled […]
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Stuck in the Middle… East
TarBoush Is Looking for its Niche
TarBoush is looking for its niche in a quadrant with ample Middle Eastern options.
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Conflict Kitchen
Just when you thought theme restaurants couldn’t get more subversive than the Hard Rock Café (mozzarella sticks and Freddy Mercury’s pants? I don’t know guys. . .), Pittsburgh ups the ante. Conflict Kitchen is a rotating-menu takeout joint that serves food from countries that the U.S. is currently at odds with (actual combat, apparently, isn’t […]
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Happy Hour At Wildwood
As of today, longtime holdout Wildwood is joining the happy-hour fray. Monday through Friday from 4:30-6:30 (I love when happy hours run a little bit later), you can enjoy a sampling of one of Portland’s perennial favorites without breaking your bank or counting on your boss to foot the bill (Holla, Win!). On the beverage […]