Raccoon Redux

Tanuki is a mysterious creature: Eat first, ask questions never.

Food Reviews & Stories Tanuki is a strange little world. Known for its food but appointed as a bar, chef-owner Janis Martin’s Montavilla izakaya is a dim, nearly unmarked space frequented mostly by a small, self-selec   More

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Paley’s Other Place

Imperial is plenty ambitious, but not quite ready to rule.

Food Reviews & Stories Vitaly Paley makes a mean stack of flapjacks. Although he has operated Paley’s Place in the Alphabet District since 1995, we’re only now learning about his pancake prowess thanks to the breakf   More

 

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Shut Up, Lardo

A bun-based battle of rival Southeast sandwich shops.

Food Reviews & Stories Yo! Asshole! Youse can plainly see I’m eatin’ at dis sandwich shop. And youse gonna eat at d’otha sandwich shop? In South Philly, where partisans yell insults across the street as they line    More

 

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Those Crafty Canadians

Be proud of Vancouver, B.C.’s Portland-themed restaurant.

Food Reviews & Stories Cameron Forsyth has never lived in Portland. This did not stop him from opening a Portland-centric restaurant in his native Canada. Yes, our city has a culinary embassy in Vancouver, B.C. The    More

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Carrying the Tiki Torch

Yes, the guys in flowered shirts take cocktails seriously, too.

Food Reviews & Stories A small tropical “storm” breaks out in the corner of the room, and Craig Hermann, dressed in a safari hat and vintage Hawaiian shirt, erupts with a delighted...   More

 

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Melt With You

Grilling the goods at Xico

Food Reviews & Stories Oaxaca is famous for inventing one of the world’s great cheeses. If you know how to pronounce the name of the southern Mexican state (wah-hah-ka) but not Xochitl or Tlaxcala, you probably owe    More

 

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Square Peg

Jamison has ambition, a view and little else.

Food Reviews & Stories The one enduring positive at the restaurant now known as Jamison is a location that maximizes the seasonal joy of al fresco dining. On the enclosed patio at the edge of Jamison Square in Northwe   More

 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 MICHAEL C. ZUSMAN

The Book of Bivalve

The Pearl gets oysters, courtesy of EaT owners’ new restaurant, the Parish.

Food Reviews & Stories At the Parish, communion comes on the half shell.  It’s a pun, see? This New Orleans-inspired bistro from Tobias Hogan and Ethan Powell, the owners of North Williams...   More

 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 BEN WATERHOUSE

10 Things You Can See At Feast

Food Reviews & Stories Portland’s restaurant scene is all grown up, and that means we get a fancy food festival to call our very own. Feast Portland, the brainchild of former WW contributor Mike Thelin and PR consulta   More

 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Jackson’s Lite-N-Tasty

Food Reviews & Stories Americans are fat because our lifestyles have evolved faster than our diets. Those all-American foods—burgers, fries, milkshakes—were sustenance, not indulgence, for generations stained with    More

 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR