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Bombay Palace 7901 NE Glisan, 257-3509 Bombay Palace looks like the prototypical, downscale Indian restaurant; cheap red and gold décor, year-round Christmas lights, and Bollywood films playing on the big screen television in the corner. Considering this appearance, I had high hopes… hopes that were dashed as soon as I took a forkful of rice […]

Stephanos 1835 SW Washington, 243-2181 When they renovated PGE Park to build a minor-league baseball team, I knew it would be a colossal failure. When they built the streetcar, I knew it would try to kill people–I could tell by the look in its eyes. Having proven my instincts to be irrefutably valid, my impression […]

Mama’s Corner Cafe 519 SE Morrison, 233-3869 There aren’t enough good diners in Portland. Breakfast/lunch places that serve vegan tofu scrambles and French omelets with white cheddar are good, but sometimes one just wants to be in a place where the coffee is watery and there are pictures of Jesus on the wall. Luckily, now […]

Find your Celebrity Best Friend! We all wish that we had a celebrity best friend. But do you want to waste your time writing letters to someone who wouldn’t fit your lifestyle? It’s important to seek a celebrity best friend who will stick with you through thick and thin. Want to know who’s right for […]

Madame Butterfly 425 SW Stark, 525-0033 Ever do that thing where you leave on a weekend night and forget to eat dinner? This inevitably leads to finding yourself in some bar a few hours later, drunk, and passing out from hunger. In this circumstance, you usually resign to eating an entire bowl of bar-provided popcorn. […]

Saigon Kitchen 835 NE Broadway, 281-3669 3829 SE Division, 236-2312 Something I generally hold to be true is that it’s virtually impossible to fry cubes of tofu perfectly. Usually, either the cubes are cut too thick, and the pasty-white middle is squishy and mealy from undercooking… or they end up coming out something like potato […]

Am I News Savvy? So, you are enjoying a rather lovely dinner party when your host makes a passing reference to something or someone from the news. You freeze. Do you pretend to know who Osama bin Laden is? Or do you admit that you haven’t read a newspaper since sophomore civics? Perhaps it is […]

Sala 3200 SE Milwaukee Blvd, 235-6665 Recessions obviously suck, but they certainly weed out the crappy restaurants. It seems no one is willing to try a new place or eat mediocre food, when they can only eat out once every six months. So right now, if you see a packed place, you know it’s got […]

Michael’s Italian Beef and Sausage Company 1111 SE Sandy at Burnside, 230-1899 Beef, beef, I love beef! Tender, juicy, drippy, BEEF! Yes, it’s BEEF I love, and I’m not ashamed! I love BEEF stew, BEEF bourgogne, BEEFaroni…anything BEEF! But I especially love a big honkin’ slab of roasted beef, drip, drip, drippin’ in its own […]

Portland Steak & Chophouse 121 SW 3rd St, 223-6200 Cheap and highbrow are two things I’m always looking for in a restaurant. Not because I’m cheap and not because I’m a snob, but because it’s nice every once in a while to get your meal without waiting for someone to call your number. That’s why […]