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Aja Pacific Kitchen 3449 NE 24th St. 287-5400 Portlanders might already know the unfortunate history of the NE 24th and Fremont address. The chef at SE Hawthorne’s superb Compass Cafe valiantly went there to open the Dining Room. It was a classy place that specialized in fish, steaks, and pasta. It seemed like a solid […]

As far as I can tell, the latest trend in dating is blind, with potential partners procured over the internet. Meet online, instant message for a week, grab a drink, then possibly have sex. This is an efficient system, but one rife with failure. Online photos are not often representative of how people actually look, […]

Equipment Needed: 1 5-gallon bucket with lid 1 stirrin’ stick 1 lg. kettle with lid (the one you boil spaghetti noodles in) 1 smallish bowl 1 squatty heavy-duty mug 1 pair oven mitts & tongs Ingredients: 5 lbs sugar 32 oz. ketchup (yep!) 32 oz. orange juice 1 1/2 gallons warm water 1 potato 1 […]

Gotham Bldg. Tavern 2240 N Interstate 493-2646 Much like with people, the things you love about restaurants are often the same things you hate. For example, I love my Dad’s biting sense of humor, but I hate it when he’s cleverly calling me fat. Likewise, I love super couple Michael and Naomi Hebberoy’s latest restaurant, […]

Erin’s Cherry Dump Cake Take a large Pyrex glass casserole dish. Get two large cans of pie cherries and one very small can of chopped pineapples. Drain the pineapples and mix the cherries and pineapples together in the pan. Get one box of yellow cake mix. DO NOT add any of the wet ingredients; just […]

Suzanne’s 3517 NE 46th Ave, 282-4233 Around since the summer of 1996, chances are you haven’t heard of the brunch haven Suzanne’s. But heck, that’s the beauty of Portland–even after living here for years, the place is still fresh with discovery. Owner Suzanne Kline jokes, “No one knows where I am!” For restaurateurs, Beaumont has […]

I liken bar shuffleboard to rollerskating in the sense that A) I’m no good at it, and B) regardless, I still find it profoundly relaxing. The way the metal puck skates along the surface of the wood, the accompanying cold brewski, and the fact that two people can compete without having to grunt, yell, and […]

Cartoonist Mark Martin once said, “If animals don’t want to be eaten, they shouldn’t be so darn delicious.” There’s nothing wrong with going vegan, but sometimes sinking your teeth into a seitan steak or hunkering down to a big bowl of quinoa after a hard day doesn’t cut it. You could perform your own feeble […]