Food Reviews & Stories Late this summer, when Travis Blanchette and his fiancée, Nicole Walker, opened Leisure Public House on North Lombard, just a few blocks shy of downtown St. Johns and not far from their Pier Pa ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories Last fall Lovely Hula Hands moved a few blocks north from its pink house on North Cook Street to a larger space on Mississippi’s main drag and recruited a new head chef—Troy MacLarty, formerly of Simpatica. Both of these bold changes have worked out tremendously well for the restaurant.    More

Food Reviews & Stories This eastside eatery doesn’t just pack people into its diminutive space, it stacks the walls with canned fruits and vegetables, props the bar with a wine rack of over 80 bottles, and tops said bar with domes of sweetly dressed desserts. For nearly five years, the exposed kitchen has been turni   More

Food Reviews & Stories There are plenty of Thai restaurants to choose from on Northeast Alberta Street, but Siam Society wins on innovation and ambience, with a fully loaded bar (stocked with fresh-squeezed juices and muddle-some herbs), sleek dining room and handsome back patio with an eye into the kitchen. More importan   More

Food Reviews & Stories In the spring of ’06, Seattle’s popular Malay Satay Hut opened a Portland outpost in Southeast 82nd Avenue’s bustling Fubonn Shopping Center. Ever since, it’s been serving a wide range of spice-rich foods from its family-album-sized menu (yes, with full-color photos). Authent   More

Food Reviews & Stories From his front-of-house open kitchen, chef and owner Micah Camden prepares local fare with Asian flair like tempura-fried Cypress Grove chèvre and fried shoelace potatoes with truffle oil and togarashi chile. The sushi, prepared at the back bar, is as fresh as can be, with pretty-penny cuts o   More

Food Reviews & Stories St. Johns was once a major stronghold of dive bars and truckers but this dimly lit health-food store-cum-vegan restaurant proves that the granola-and-organic crowd has truly arrived—and looks like it's here to stay. And why not? Large bowls of hearty soups ($2 cup $3.75 bowl) rib-sticking sand   More

Food Reviews & Stories This small shotgun restaurant spare as the ribs that define it is almost always filled with finger-lickin' crowds. Owner Rodney Muirhead stokes his oak smoker every morning at 5 am. His Texas-style signature quality meat 100-percent oak smoke and minimal sauce and seasonings. As far as sides go the    More

Food Reviews & Stories When Kettleman opened in mid-April, touting New York-style bagels, boiled-not-steamed fanatics flocked and quickly formed opinions. Like hot wings, cheese-steak, deep-dish pizza and other regional foo ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories Although there’s now a small dining room attached to the hip little Northeast bar Tiga, it doesn’t come with table service. Which can be funny when you order at the bar and ask something l ...   More