Review: Nick’s Italian Cafe McMinville
10/13/12. I haven’t been to this restaurant in some time, but a source who I trust has told me it has gone way downhill. Please keep this in mind. Just in time for warmer weather, we head south to...
View ArticleShedding a Little Light on Dark Restaurants
By Carolyn Manning Cold hearted orb that rules the night, Removes the colours from our sight. Red is gray and yellow white, But we decide which is right. And which is an illusion. I don’t get it. Even...
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Review: Life is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days by James and Kay Salter
Life is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days by James and Kay Salter Knopf 2006, $27.95 ISBN 0-307-26496-3 Book Review by Hungry Soul Often memorable moments in life are marked by a meal. Graduation...
View ArticleReview: Bar Dué
Note: Bar Due has now closed Fratelli’s Bar Dué Happy Hour in Portland Hi, PFDers! Hap here. Did you miss me? I’ve been traveling. I don’t know about you, but I find it’s always best to visit the state...
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Coffee Guide: Coffehouse NW
Coffeehouse Northwest. That Coffeehouse NW is a destination for coffee fans citywide is a miracle. The pedestrian-hostile, auto-drenched corridor of Burnside Street is anything but cute—not so much...
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Why Are Domestic Wines So Expensive?
[“PDXMan” saw the comment below, and decided to fill me in. I thought his response was so good, it deserved publishing. I appreciate the time he took crafting his response.] “Many times imports are a...
View ArticleThose Annoying People with Food Allergies: A Guide
Having paid my dues in the trenches of restaurant work, I confess to more than mild irritation when faced with diners with food allergies. “I can’t have soy,” says the old lady. “No peanuts!” yowls the...
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Review: Spella Caffe
By guest writer Axel Benjamin Spella Caffe. Photos ©Tim Roth, Pupil Photo Coffee Roaster Andrea Spella tells me over my morning cappuccino that he developed his love for coffee when he was just a kid....
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Taste of 2007? Nutmeg
I’m not sure how it happened, but 2007 marked the Nutmeg Renaissance. [By “Salty Cod” – Note: this article is fictional. A joke. Not serious. We thought it would be obvious, but we were wrong. Thus,...
View ArticleA Classic Portland Tale of Yelp Reviews
By Charley Michaels God, I love and hate eating out in Portland. Would hate to run a restaurant even more. A Yelp review (names withheld): Upon entering the ambience was warm welcoming, and lively, but...
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