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Simple and familiar Portland dining in 2010
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Simple and familiar Portland dining in 2010

Trying every new restaurant in town is not an actual requirement for a local food writer, but it sure helps. So I’m out to dinner nearly every night and sometimes try new places at lunchtime, too. In Portland’s vibrant dining scene, this is no lament. Still, there are some nights that simple and familiar fare beckons, especially when the refrigerator is empty and my dining partner is a periodically picky, newly teenage daughter.  Oregonlive.com – Read more>  

Beaverton’s restaurant scene is on the rise
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Beaverton’s restaurant scene is on the rise

Portland’s western neighbor is known more for family-friendly chains serving oversized plates of average fare than for fine dining.  Oregonlive.com – Read More>  

Annie’s – Beaverton
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Annie’s – Beaverton

My wife and I tried out Annie’s a few weeks ago. I remember eating some good burgers there over 10 years ago (formerly Roake’s?). They moved, or were closed, for several years but now they are back up in running in their original location on T.V. Highway. Portland Hamburgers – …Read the Rest

Slow Bar – SE Portland
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Slow Bar – SE Portland

Hey, we all know it’s time to pay the man, but you really can’t stop eating the burger version of architect fish n chips. PattyDaddy and and one of our best photographers HambaghaStakee can’t stop: Portland Hamburgers – Read More>

Cha Cha Cha – Hawthorne – Portland
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Cha Cha Cha – Hawthorne – Portland

This was a quaint little place. It felt relaxed and friendly. There were so many good things about Cha Cha Cha . The outside seating was wonderful. There was overhead covering in case you didn’t want to be directly in the sun, but for those who are working on their …Read the Rest

All The Chocolates Spots You Need To Know About
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All The Chocolates Spots You Need To Know About

  Sarah Hart has brought back last year’s anatomically correct chocolate heart ($18), along with various flaming, tattoo-styled or bird-adorned heart icons. The shop is also cranking out heart-shaped dark and milk chocolates, plain or filled with hazelnut praline, and a heart-and-love-bird lollipop ($4). But what we’re really looking forward …Read the Rest

Meat Cheese Bread – SE Portland
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Meat Cheese Bread – SE Portland

I’m the latest convert to the ways of MeatCheeseBread. I think the sandwiches are really well-balanced flavorwise, offering big flavors without being overly rich. Even something as simple as the ham sandwich is elevated to something extraordinary, thanks in part certainly to the house made roll on which it (as …Read the Rest

Burgers – Portland
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Burgers – Portland

The Portland Metro Area believe it or not is one of the best places to find a wide selection of Burgers. Click on the link to the right for some of our favorites. Burgers – Read More>

The Melting Pot – Downtown Portland
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The Melting Pot – Downtown Portland

This is the place to go for a special occassion, If you want to impress or want to experience something totally Unique and Tantalizing! The Big Night Out is the Best Value and Gives you a ton of choices, More so if you request ahead fo a table with two …Read the Rest

Old Town Pizza – Portland
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Old Town Pizza – Portland

Don’t be surprised if an unexpected guest joins you for a slice today.  A constant presence at Old Town Pizza is Nina (pronounced “Nigh-na”), our resident ghost.  If you feel a presence behind you, or smell a faint waft of perfume, you may have just received a visit.  Nina is …Read the Rest

Apex – Portland
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Apex – Portland

The cozy environment of Apex offers a northside outdoor patio, a large bicycle parking lot, and friendly, well-known area servers like the Horse Brass’ Chris “King C” Ensign, Hopworks Jaime Rodriguez, beer scribe Abram Goldman-Armstrong, and the beloved McCann himself. BrewPublic – Read More>

Caffe Mingo – Beaverton
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Caffe Mingo – Beaverton

Fat shrimp, pink and sweet and gently charred with an ever-unexpected kick of red pepper flakes, alternating with crusty hunks of fire-crisped Italian bread, have long been a Mingo measurement. If the skewers were larger, they could stand outside the original Caffe Mingo and Mingo, its younger offshoot in Beaverton, …Read the Rest

Apizza Scholls a big deal in the Pizza World
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Apizza Scholls a big deal in the Pizza World

Over here at Winebytes we strive to continually expand and improve our ability to wholesomely recommend dining choices to all our NW readers. After one of our recent mock master sommelier tastings over in the West Hills with one of the wine worlds best mentors we decided to head out …Read the Rest

rheinlander german restaurant
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rheinlander german restaurant

  This authentic German restaurant offers tasty food and steins that are big. Choose from any one of the entrees and get sausage, chicken, pork or veal in a hearty dish. The vegetarian meals are also good. Either way, it is a warm shelter from the sometimes offensive cold rain …Read the Rest

Best Eats at Portland Area Farmers Markets
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Best Eats at Portland Area Farmers Markets

The French term cuisine du marché translates roughly as “cooking from the market,” and it’s an apt term for how many of us in Portland cook and eat — local, seasonal, spanking fresh. Get to a market early and you can catch some of Portland’s best chefs prowling the aisles …Read the Rest

Mother’s Bistro and Bar
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Mother’s Bistro and Bar

Sitting at Mother’s at 1:15pm on a Thursday afternoon looking at all the dust on the fixtures above me, it seems the place needs a good cleaning. Though the restaurant is only about 20% full, I am surrounded by empty tables full of dirty dishes that haven’t been cleared. Several …Read the Rest

Famous Dave’s Pit Bar-B-Que
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Famous Dave’s Pit Bar-B-Que

Most everybody loves good barbecue and of the chains, I think Famous Dave’s is one of the best.  Dave’s is definitely one of the largest and has stores in 37 of the 50 statess with multiple locations in many states.  Forty five of the stores are company owned and there …Read the Rest

Tasty ‘n’ Sons breaks the boundaries of brunch
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Tasty ‘n’ Sons breaks the boundaries of brunch

A Bloody Mary is to brunch what a beer is to a ballgame: the accompaniment, the message, the flag. This particular tomato-red flag is flying high — not only highly spiced but also extremely crowded, featuring celery, celery salt rim, horseradish, lemon, a toothpick of pickled vegetables and what looked …Read the Rest

Five perfect Portland tea houses
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Five perfect Portland tea houses

Sure, coffee and beer get all the attention. But they shouldn’t because, according to The Tea Association, “Tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world next to water.” The Oregonian – Read More>

Buffalo Wild Wings
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Buffalo Wild Wings

I waited patiently for months for Buffalo Wild Wings to open up on SW Morrison. Sure, I could have visited their other location out in Hillsboro, but who really wants to drive that far when there are so many tasty lunch spots closer in? So the very first week they …Read the Rest

Andina Restaurant
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Andina Restaurant

The entree stretches across the rectangular platter like — there is no other way to put this — a mountain range. The Oregonian – Read More>

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