Bower’s Bakery 3545 SE Hawthorne, 231-0017 Bower’s Bakery & Deli on Hawthone offers, for $4.95, a fresh-sliced dry meat (meaning not slimy) stuffed sandwich dressed with cream cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, horseradish, lettuce, tomato, and sprouts. The bread is baked in-house, and I recommend trying the dense white sunflower bread sprinkled atop with seeds. KS Thai […]
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Self-Hell
Analysis for People on the Go
Should I Seek Medical Attention? You’re sick, and we don’t mean “cool.” Look at you. Hunched over your desk, snot running into your mouth, eyes glazed over. You’re disgusting. Is it a cold? A flu? Walking mononucleosis? Or do you just need a divorce? Only a true medical professional knows for sure. But when are […]
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Leo’s Exposed!!
Downtown Diner Does You Right
Leo’s 837 SW 11th 228-1866 Leo’s Non-Smoking Coffee Shop is the Ultimate Downtown Lunch Secret. Located on 11th and Taylor, in the Medical Dental Building, Leo’s opened in 1929, when its no-tobacco promise was still unheard of–but important for doctors and patients lunching there. Leo’s still attracts its lunch crowd primarily from the building, and […]
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Grolla 2390 NE Killingsworth, 493-9521 Grolla is a wine bar, but do not fear. The décor is ornate yet mellow, classy but unpretentious, with big, heavy wooden tables and chairs with shiny fabric covers on them. Grolla offers a ton of great red and white wines, all of which your server can describe in depth. […]
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The Laurelwood
How the Other Half Lives
Laurelwood Public House 1728 NE 40th 282-0622 Ah, the Laurelwood. That old familiar umbrella holder inside the front door, the chess games for all to use, the kids’ play area, the special foamy bathroom soap, the server’s denim shirts and khakis, the plentiful number of high chairs, and let me not forget, the Tree Hugger […]
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UFO Pizza 6024 NE Glisan, 238-3514 I grew up near Chicago, and was weaned on deep-dish, inch-thick piecrust. But that doesn’t mean I prefer it that way. No, I actually don’t need to eat an entire loaf of bread with my pizza. Instead, I like my crust just hefty enough to carry its load of […]
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Sampling the Pirates’ Booty
Reviewer Gets Nautical on Barbur Boulevard
Crab Bowl 7958 SW Barbur Blvd (503) 245-9954 Forget Martha Stewart and Wallpaper magazine–if it were up to me, I would decorate my whole house with a nautical theme. I want those big wooden steering wheel things, knobby old ropes, rusty anchors, and a big ol’ shrine to The Goonies. Since it’s not up to […]
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Some Restaurants That Serve Nutritious and Tasty Food Salvador Molly’s 1523 SW Sunset Blvd, 293-1790 Salvador Molly’s offers a plentiful selection of Salvadorian fare in a cheerful, if overly decorated space. The Machaca special I had was friggin’ awesome; tasty, salty pork scrambled with a smartly modest amount of egg served with black beans and […]
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Oh, My Aching Skull!
Do-It-Yourself Hangover Cures–from the Experts!
What causes a hangover? Naturally, it’s different for everyone. Certainly, three vodka tonics, a shot of whiskey, two PBRs, and a couple glasses of box wine will do it every time; but on the real, “free radicals” are to blame. Free radicals are unbalanced atoms created when your body processes alcohol. When your system tries […]
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Class Up Your Liquor Cabinet!
A Guide to Oregon’s Hoity-Toity Distillers
Who are we to look down on an afternoon spent sucking down a half-rack of Pabst Blue Ribbon? Nevertheless, there are times when you need to wash up, put on a clean shirt and act all dignified and shit. This means occasionally shelling out for a bottle of the good stuff–like the following Ransom Cellars […]
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Self-Hell
Analysis for People on the Go
Am I a Clone? The French-racecar-driver-worshiping Raëlians have announced that two clones have been born and that dozens more are due in the next few months. This has led to a great deal of international speculation as to the validity of the Raëlians’ claims, as well as the identity and location of the “clones.” Do […]
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A Smoke-Flavored Patty
Murder King Throws Meatless Bone to the Veg
Burger King’s BK Veggie Burger Everywhere The existence of the Burger King Veggie sandwich has posed somewhat of a moral and ethical dilemma for vegetarians and vegans. The sandwich was introduced last spring in the wake of the failed-then-resurrected (in Canada) McDonald’s McVeggie burger and, according to every authority on vegetarianism on earth, it sends […]