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I love a SoCal taco truck burrito. While wandering through neighborhoods in San Diego or Oakland you just might happen upon one of these glimmering burrito phantasms. One whose magic lies not only in its ability to house three employees, a full kitchen, a small child, and a working automobile, but also an ability to […]

In the world of takeout, this place is dedicated. In fact, Dogs Dig is takeout only. This may well be due to their space consideration; the “restaurant” itself is basically a recession in a larger brick building along NW Davis in Old Town. I prefer, however, to believe they do it in an effort to […]

With a name like Divine Café, you’d better be divine. That said, Divine Café is not a café at all, but rather, a food cart. This fact, however, does nothing to impede it from being divine, producing all manner of delicious vegetarian snacks and lunches. But the real reason to eat here is the Holy […]

I eat steak all the time; it doesn’t matter where it’s from. I’ll eat a breakfast steak at Holman’s, a bloody-ass steak at Poor Richard’s, or a filet mignon at the Acropolis. It’s all steak to me, and varying degrees of quality make for compelling differences in meals. Burgers, however, are different. I won’t eat […]

When I had a rich boyfriend, we would head to Sellwood nearly every Friday night and drop $100 on a big fancy meal. Well, things changeÉ but not my undying love for Gino’s Caesar salad–the best, dare I say, in Portland. Nowadays, when I get the hankering for big garlic, I think takeout. For about […]

If consistency is the hallmark of success for a restaurant, then it’s a wonder the India Grill is still in business. I used to think it was terrible, and refused to go. Lucky for them, there aren’t a ton of Indian options in central Portland so I was forced to try it again. This time, […]

I like Nicholas’ Lebanese restaurant on Grand Ave just as much as the next guy, but quite often, it’s crowded and the service suffers. That’s just one of the reasons why I like Ya Halla. It’s on 80th and SE Stark, which is close to my house, yet too far for most snooty hipsters to […]

Maybe you don’t remember the first takeout you had upon arriving in Portland; but I do. New towns are tough–what with the moving, the disorientation, wondering if you’ve made the most grievous error of your lifeÉ finding a place to have a great meal is the last of your concerns. However, I was lucky enough […]

My friend Asprin is not only a hiphop producer who makes phat beats with lyrics about how my friends and I should quit drinking ourselves to death, he’s also a connoisseur of Ethiopian food. He considers Mudai to be the best in town, and I couldn’t agree more. If you’ve never had Ethiopian, it’s an […]

This place is kind of a hole in the wall, has no public restroom, and is terribly cold except in summer when it’s unbearably hot. The food, however, is a dream. The vegetarian chimichanga, one of many such vegetarian choices, is a $4.25 savior of souls. It comes in one of those checkered paper boats, […]