Even though the Mercury is chock-full of big brains and hungry stomachs, we were just plain too hungover this week to do this food issue ourselves. So instead, we asked none other than… yes, you guessed it, the experts. Literally swarming around Portland, these experts come in all shapes and sizes, education levels, and economic […]
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Don’t Fear the Germans
Berlin Inn Serves More than Grease and Gravy
The Berlin Inn 3131 SE 12th Ave (at Powell Blvd.) 236-6761 Most sane Americans have gotten over WWII-era paranoia. My Uncle Myron, however, won’t go near a German restaurant; I think he’s convinced that a submarine will appear in the parking lot and launch a torpedo at his Oldsmobile. But most Amer-icans’ prejudice against German […]
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La Parilla: My New Favorite
Loved by Mexican Snobs Everywhere
La Parilla 5832 NE Glisan 236-5575 I was recently at the Goodfoot with a friend of mine, when this random stoner /surfer dude attempted to impress us with his Mexican food knowledge. He combatively boasted that San Diego was a much better place for Mexican food and that he knew a lot more about it […]
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Self-Hell
Analysis for People on the Go
Am I Having a Bad Day? Ever have a day when you wish you hadn’t been born? Of course you have! Everyone has dark days, even celebrities! Even George Hamilton has woken up wishing someone would just cleave him in two with a long sword. Yet despite their ubiquity, many people are loathe to admit […]
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Gold Garden is Fantastic
Only, It’s on 82nd Ave
Gold Garden Seafood Restaurant 3016 SE 82nd Avenue 777-3399 Gold Garden, on 82nd Avenue, shares a parking lot with an unsightly motel. The neighboring bar, the Gold Coin Lounge, is home to grumbling old alcoholics, and the dining area overlooks Budget Used Car Lots. How typically 82nd Avenue, then, that some of the best Chinese […]
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Say Hello to PDX-Mex
Think it Sounds Weird? It is.
El Zaguan 1338 NW Hoyt 222-0742 Portland’s Mexican food scene runs the gamut, from seedy little taquerias to the precious and pricey Café Azul. But recently, several upstarts have come along to challenge the yucky chains and the crunchy/healthy places for the mid-priced market. Taqueria Nueve, on NE 28th, has succeeded at raising the bar […]
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Welcome to the A-List
Scarlet Begonias Makes it With the Details
Scarlet Begonias 2108 NW Glisan St. 274-7926 Fine dining often comes down to the details. Sure, there are countless dining facilities capable of producing delicious, well-prepared food. But who can wrap it all up in a pretty package and present it to you as if a precious gift to a foreign dignitary? Who can make […]
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Self-Hell
Do I Have Work-Related Stress?
You can’t sleep. You’re angry. You yell at puppies and small children. It was not that long ago you used to spend all day mellow and stoned on the porch of that old punk rock house you shared with 15 of your college buddies. Now you are cantankerous and fuming. What happened? Where did you […]
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So Fresh, So Clean
Don’t Believe Me? Ask my Maintenance Guy
Flying Pie Pizzeria 7804 SE Stark 254-2016 I used to live in this crappy apartment complex in Northwest, and the live-in maintenance guy would have to come over all the time because the faucet was leaking or mold was growing on the wall, or the sliding door wouldn’t latch–but anyway, we became friends. And while […]
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Eat It
Some Restaurants That Serve Nutritious and Tasty Food
Tacos Solamenta 21st and Hoyt Tacos Solamente–the new, cute taco cart on NW 21st across from Cinema 21–is a perfect hangover companion, because the tacos are simple; tangy salsa verde (plus a bevy of marinade additions like orange juice, bay leaves, and garlic) marinated meat on a doubled-up corn tortilla. You have a choice of […]
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Hungry for a Huge Raw Clam?
Look No Further than Bush Garden
Bush Garden 900 SW Morrison Street 226-7181 Before eating at Bush Garden, I made sure that the restaurant had no affiliation with President Bush or the Bush family. Heck, these days I can’t even look a Busch beer in the eye without developing a case of the hebegebees. Not that I would drink that swill […]
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Last Supper
Soup and Soap
4236 N Mississippi 281-3926 Portland has a lot of weird fusion businesses that make no sense to me, but are nonetheless charming in that campy, Portland-business way. Dog washing and espresso, billiards and hairdressing, and the most ludicrous and hysterical–tanning and pond supplies. But then, of course, there are the completely sensible fusion businesses, such […]