Food Reviews & Stories This little izayaka, or sake bar, in the basement of the old Hillsboro library is just remote and rustic enough to make it feel like you've stumbled into a samurai's watering hole. Rice-paper screen windows, giant sake bottles lining the walls and an exhaustive menu of Japanese soul food make the wh More
Restaurant Guide 2005
Food Reviews & Stories This little izayaka, or sake bar, in the basement of the old Hillsboro library is just remote and rustic enough to make it feel like you've stumbled into a samurai's watering hole. Rice-paper screen windows, giant sake bottles lining the walls and an exhaustive menu of Japanese soul food make the wh More
A River Runs Through It
Far from the Portland crowds, Tha' Hood (River, that is) is quickly becoming a restaurant town.
Special Section The Columbia River has attracted those with vision and passion to its banks for millennia. ThereÕs something magic about such a quantity of water rushing by with such a singular purpose. Artifacts ret ... More
Suburban Food Safari, Part 2
Northward bound in search of ethnic delights.
Bite Club Last time we met, your faithful foodie had narrowly escaped vehicular carnage as I burned rubber from Clackamas northward to explore the bounty of fringe foods available in Vancouver, Wash. (Check out ... More
Suburban Food Safari
The search for intelligent groceries beyond Portland.
Bite Club Our fearless Bite Club editor, Kelly Clarke, has abandoned her WW desk to celebrate her nuptials (she and her new hubby are probably mainlining Dungeness crab at an undisclosed Oregon Coast locale rig ... More
CRAVINGS:
In search of salad rolls.
Food Reviews & Stories The coolest thing that ever happened to my mouth was a delicate, exotic salad roll made for me by my parents' friend Thoy. She was Thai, exotic and beautiful, and she catered parties. To a preteen foo ... More
IRON CHEF - FARMERS MARKET EDITION
You've got the fresh fruits and veggies. Now what the hell do you do with 'em?
Food Reviews & Stories In Portland, farmers markets are about as easy to come by as an SUV in the Pearl District. Wandering elbow-to-elbow with other hungry locals and gazing at the beautiful produce-and earnest faces of th ... More
CRAVINGS
In search of a real Caesar salad.
Food Reviews & Stories What has happened to my beloved Caesar salad? I have witnessed its noble existence tarnished with corn, pesto chicken, Thai shrimp skewers and namby-pamby watered-down dressing. This American fave has ... More
CRAVINGS:
The Search for the Perfect Pot Sticker
Food Reviews & Stories Lately, I've been lying awake at night dreaming of Chinese pot stickers. I once tasted the paragon of pot stickers at a Portland cooking class, where two Taiwanese sisters made their favorite family r ... More
Cheap Eats 2005
Food Reviews & Stories Foodies have been frequenting this "Pho Row" haunt for years. Maybe it's because they encounter the friendliest staff this side of Ho Chi Minh City, or maybe it's the super value of the pan-Asian lunch menu with well-executed standards like Mongolian beef and pad Thai ($5-$5.50). Even the pho-phobic More
Cheap Eats 2005
Food Reviews & Stories The first whiff of the hotter-than-Hades pickled kim chee at the door keys you in: This is authentic Korean. Lunchtime bento boxes come packed with sweet-salty sliced beef or chicken, salted soy beans, and of course, an array of pickled treats ($6.50). If you've got an animal yearning to grill your More
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The search for perfect deep-fat-fried nostalgia. Cravings: Mac 'n' Cheese
Knocking On Comfort's Door
Screen Door's soulful cooking speaks for itself, despite the din. Come Pick Me Up
Tracking the elusive tiramisu. The Liquid Revolution
Is Portland's spirit renaissance for real? Cravings:
In Pursuit Of Phenomenal Falafel The True Tortilla
Autentica lives up to its name with real-deal Mexican eats. Turn-around artist
Meriwether's brings a rock-star chef aboard, but do we hear a single? Roux Voodoo
North Portland's newest Creole house conjures savory magic. All In The Family Meal
An intrepid food writer discovers what restaurant staffers really give thanks for.
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