Food Reviews & Stories Every year at the University of Chicago, legal scholars, philosophers, culture critics, literary theorists and even Nobel laureates earnestly but with tongue firmly in cheek debate whether latkes (pot ... More
On Love And Latkes
Colleen's Bistro takes homestyle cooking to the edge.
Food Reviews & Stories Every year at the University of Chicago, legal scholars, philosophers, culture critics, literary theorists and even Nobel laureates earnestly but with tongue firmly in cheek debate whether latkes (pot ... More
Sophisticated Woman
The Painted Lady colors Newberg dining chic.
Food Reviews & Stories When I told a friend I was going to Newberg for dinner, he wondered why. "Portland," he said, "also has an Arby's, a KFC, and a Burger King; why go all that way?" But Newberg now has a splendid new re ... More
DARING DISHES
Olea's Mediterranean accents lead to bold flavors.
Food Reviews & Stories As the global restaurant market becomes more generic, the quest to distinguish oneself from the pack grows more frantic. Sometimes this means a kitchen will prize silly innovation for its own sake, bu ... More
ELEPHANTS ON PARADE
Portland's first gourmet market reinvents itself in good taste.
Food Reviews & Stories In the beginning, there was Elephants.No, in the beginning there was sliced turkey from the Fred Meyer deli case. But when Elaine and Jake Tanzer opened Elephants Delicatessen in 1979 in the Uptown Sh ... More
FARM FRESH
The camaraderie between local producers and chefs heats up this summer's farm dinners.
Food Reviews & Stories Rancher John Neumeister faced a problem: how to supply more lamb shanks to chef Paul Klitsie, the chef/co-owner of the local Italian kitchen Fratelli, without increasing the size of his more-than-1,00 ... More
SMALL WONDERS
Patanegra picks up where Tapeo left off.
Food Reviews & Stories No one in town makes tapas better than Ricardo Segura, whose wonderful restaurant Tapeo closed last year only to be reincarnated in a larger, livelier version as Patanegra. Tapeo felt cozy and intimat ... More
Nothing Toulouse
Does Cuvée's faux-French cooking do its wine-country setting justice?
Food Reviews & Stories I so much wanted to like Cuvée, a relatively new French bistro in Willamette Valley wine country opened by Gilbert Henry, who first made his name as the chef/owner of the Portland fish restaura ... More
A Levantine Feast
Two local Lebanese restaurants cradle you in the Fertile Crescent.
Food Reviews & Stories Democracy may not be sweeping the lands of the souks, but for democratic eating in restaurants where there are more choices on the menus than on the ballots in Baghdad, you can't do better locally tha ... More
More Spice
Two Cajun-accented joints deliver something extra.
Food Reviews & Stories "Lagniappe" is French-Cajun for "a little something extra," like a baker's dozen, and that seems a fitting name for this casual Southern place on Northeast Broadway. Lagniappe joins the more upscale A ... More
A TASTEFUL ORGY
Smaller plates? Just what will Portland's eastside food innovators think of next?
Food Reviews & Stories Bar Pastiche, the new oasis on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, is a small gem of a space serving bites of flavor all day long. You can nosh on brioche in the morning, panini at noon and small hot dishe ... More
Top Articles from Roger Porter
A TASTEFUL ORGY
Smaller plates? Just what will Portland's eastside food innovators think of next? Grecian Formula
Blue Olive delivers a wealth of traditional eats, but few surprises. SMALL WONDERS
Patanegra picks up where Tapeo left off. Yours, Mine And Ours
Nostrana's antique dishes satisfy contemporary cravings. Saint Honoré's MIRACLE?
Northwest's croissant central offers some yeasty flavor but not enough authentic tastes. PALEY'S PLEASURES
Now a decade old, this homey Northwest Portland eatery keeps redefining its art. Mama Knows Best?
Where's the pastrami, the tongue, the brisket, the knishes? The Italian Job
Sellwood longtimer Assaggio needs to work out some kinks. ESTABLISHED PLATES
Three Doors Down has expanded--but where's the spread on that reliable menu? Portland's Old Faithful
You'll find few surprises on a return to the reliable, tradition-bound RingSide.
Smaller plates? Just what will Portland's eastside food innovators think of next? Grecian Formula
Blue Olive delivers a wealth of traditional eats, but few surprises. SMALL WONDERS
Patanegra picks up where Tapeo left off. Yours, Mine And Ours
Nostrana's antique dishes satisfy contemporary cravings. Saint Honoré's MIRACLE?
Northwest's croissant central offers some yeasty flavor but not enough authentic tastes. PALEY'S PLEASURES
Now a decade old, this homey Northwest Portland eatery keeps redefining its art. Mama Knows Best?
Where's the pastrami, the tongue, the brisket, the knishes? The Italian Job
Sellwood longtimer Assaggio needs to work out some kinks. ESTABLISHED PLATES
Three Doors Down has expanded--but where's the spread on that reliable menu? Portland's Old Faithful
You'll find few surprises on a return to the reliable, tradition-bound RingSide.
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