Food Reviews & Stories Pearl spot Mercato, which opened this past February, is on the cusp of something good, but the place doesn’t yet know what it wants to be. Is it a sit-down Italian lunch and dinner restaurant? A ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories Portland is a gelato town. Mio, Staccato, Alotto—we love ’em all, even in the winter. So when two boutique yogurt shops recently opened in Northwest Portland under the guise of serving hea ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories Located in an upscale Pearl District strip mall with a dry cleaner hardware store and tonsorial parlor the always-busy Nancy's provides another sort of necessity the kind of homey diner-style food that's hard to find in many more authentic Portland neighborhoods. We're talking classic BLTs ($6.99) b   More

Food Reviews & Stories At District, most everything, from frito misto and savory salsa-rosa meatballs to a bracingly strong Shanghai Cocktail, bears the same $8 price tag. That might sound like a steal in a neighborhood whe ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories The menu at Northwest 21st Avenue's new Virgo and Pisces is an eclectic smorgasbord of Korean short ribs and Grandma's meatloaf. And yet eclectic isn't always a good thing, as evidenced by the restaur ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories You haven’t seen by-the-slice prices like these since the days you dined at Winco. At this Northwest 23rd Avenue haunt, swiveling red stools and tacky New York City kitsch—including multiple Statuettes of Liberty—fight for space with rounds of foldable, thin-crust, (need we say it?   More

Food Reviews & Stories The atmosphere at this hole-in-the-wall Chinatown joint—tired blue floors and downright exhausted Formica tables—isn’t exactly showstopping, but Good Taste’s extensive menu hits the spot. Order up excellent Chinese standards like wonton noodle soup ($4.95) and kung pao chicke   More

Food Reviews & Stories The most eye-catching element of this cozy corner deli’s decor is sassy Gretchen herself—although the short and sweet menu also attracts customers with its towering sandwiches, “sink” salads (the name refers both to their size and content, as they lack only the proverbial kit   More