Wine Shots – Olympic Provisions
It took me a while to get into Olympic Provisions, the relatively new Charcuterie haven in the made-over Olympic Mills building. Construction was happening while I was working in the building, but by...
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Review: St. Jack
St. Jack – photos Kimi Kolba Liberté, Egalité, Gastromie! The French Revolution has come to town, and the only guillotine in sight is a chef’s cleaver hacking at a pig. Within a month of each other two...
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Review: Aviary
Redolent of the sea, oysters at Aviary come five to a plate on a sparkling bed of ice. They hit the tongue like silk, sliding back, the tiny summer tang of tomato granite, building to the barest hint...
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Review: Salt & Straw
When I was growing up, on hot summer days dad used to get everyone into the car and head out to Lancaster, California to pick fat juicy cherries and sweet peaches from the old orchards. We’d make a day...
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Review: Podnah’s Pit Barbecue
Maypearl Texas Updated 8/14 I’m indulging myself in the beginning of this review by taking a walk down memory lane. Click here if you’d like to jump to review section. When I was a kid, I spent many...
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Review: Ox Restaurant
Quiñónez and Greg Denton of OxPhoto ©Dina Avila OX restaurant is a temple to “the wood-fired grilling tradition of Argentina, and with it, the culinary heritage of Spain, France and Italy”. Opened in...
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Review: Biwa
Biwa Reader Survey Best Restaurants in Portland 2012 #16. New review 10/15/12 A lot has changed about Portland since my review of Biwa in 2008. Sure, Portland still isn’t much of a sushi town as...
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Review: Grüner
Note: this review was extensively updated 10/2012. Grüner isn’t a “German” restaurant, nor does it bill itself as such; rather it is Alpine. This is a vast region that includes pieces of France, Italy,...
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Review: Toro Bravo – Reader Choice #1 Best Restaurant in Portland 2012, 2013
Note: this post is a complete re-write of the 2007 review – an extra 1500 words. I’m going to stray off the topic of Toro Bravo for a bit, but to understand Spanish food, it helps to have a little...
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Review: Tasty n Sons
[updates 4.11 – prices, pictures, content] “Pretty Damn Good Chicken Strips” Owned by John Gorham of Toro Bravo, Tasty & Sons is in the old Anju/Nutshell space on north Williams. A group of us...
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Review: Thistle
Eric Berchard of Thistle I promised myself I wouldn’t allude in this review to Eric Bechard’s incident this spring involving a defiant defense of local animals, a stance provoked by a rival chef who,...
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Review: El Gaucho Steakhouse
El Gaucho Black Cod To many, El Gaucho epitomizes what a steakhouse should be. It feels sophisticated. The atmosphere is formal, the lighting dim and romantic, and lots of dark wood provides a backdrop...
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Review: El Gaucho Steakhouse
El Gaucho Black Cod To many, El Gaucho epitomizes what a steakhouse should be. It feels sophisticated. The atmosphere is formal, the lighting dim and romantic, and lots of dark wood provides a backdrop...
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Review: Toro Bravo – Reader Choice #1 Best Restaurant in Portland 2012 – 2015
To understand Spanish food, it helps to have a little understanding of the culture behind it Spain tugs at something deep in my soul. Maybe it is because taste, music, and memory are so closely...
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Review: Tasty n Sons
[updates 4.11 – prices, pictures, content] “Pretty Damn Good Chicken Strips” Owned by John Gorham of Toro Bravo, Tasty & Sons is in the old Anju/Nutshell space on north Williams. A group of us...
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Review: Thistle
Eric Berchard of Thistle I promised myself I wouldn’t allude in this review to Eric Bechard’s incident this spring involving a defiant defense of local animals, a stance provoked by a rival chef who,...
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Review: St. Jack
St. Jack – photos Kimi Kolba Liberté, Egalité, Gastromie! The French Revolution has come to town, and the only guillotine in sight is a chef’s cleaver hacking at a pig. Within a month of each other two...
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Review: Aviary
Redolent of the sea, oysters at Aviary come five to a plate on a sparkling bed of ice. They hit the tongue like silk, sliding back, the tiny summer tang of tomato granite, building to the barest hint...
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Review: Salt & Straw
updated 6.17 When I was growing up, on hot summer days dad used to get everyone into the car and head out to Lancaster California to pick fat juicy cherries and sweet peaches from the old orchards....
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Review: Podnah’s Pit Barbecue
Maypearl Texas downtown Updated 7/17 I’m indulging myself in the beginning of this review by taking a walk down memory lane. Click here if you’d like to jump to review section. When I was growing up, I...
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