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Review: Thistle Restaurant in McMinnville
Eric Berchard of ThistleA Review of Eric Bechard’s Thistle Restaurant in McMinnvilleBy Roger PorterI promised myself I wouldn’t allude in this review to Eric Bechard’s incident this spring involving a...
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Review: St. Jack
St. Jack – photos Kimi KolbaA Review of St. Jack Restaurant by Roger PorterLiberté, Egalité, Gastromie! The French Revolution has come to town, and the only guillotine in sight is a chef’s cleaver...
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Review: Aviary Restaurant in Portland
Redolent of the sea, oysters at Aviary restaurant come five to a plate on a sparkling bed of ice. They hit the tongue like silk, sliding back, the tiny summer tang of tomato granite, building to the...
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Review: Olympia Provisions – Westside
Olympia ProvisionsA review of Olympia Provisions, By Roger PorterLike impatient readers who sneak a look at the last page of a novel, I have a tendency to scan the dessert selections on a menu before...
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Review: Ringside Steakhouse Portland
Ringside Steakhouse[updated 2017] Ringside Steakhouse was been closed, extensively remodeled and has reopened. I thought it was time to go back and take another look.In the early 90’s, I had my first...
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Review: Nuestra Cocina
[This review is originally from 2006, but many parts have been rewritten for 2019, including some new dishes, great photos, updated prices, etc. Nuestra Cocina is our Reader’s Choice for Best Mexican...
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Review: Bunk Sandwiches
Bunk Sandwiches Photos: David Lathan Reamer Photography<Completely updated 11/17 – hours, photos, notes, locations, etc.>What I like most about Bunk is, though it has only been open for a short...
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Review: Ned Ludd
Oven-poached ling cod with leeks, chanterelles & currantsPhoto ©CJ FrenchThe Luddites were 19th-century English textile artisans, who violently protested against the machinery introduced during the...
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Review: Biwa
BiwaReader Survey Best Restaurants in Portland 2012 #16. New review 10/15/12A lot has changed about Portland since my review of Biwa in 2008. Sure, Portland still isn’t much of a sushi town as compared...
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Review: American Local
As the Pythons used to say, “…and now for something completely different.”Chicken breast skewer with Oregon wasabi (Frog Eyes Wasabi); Laney Family Farm Short rib skewer, Jacobsen sea salt, black...
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Review: Thistle Restaurant in McMinnville
Eric Berchard of ThistleA Review of Eric Bechard’s Thistle Restaurant in McMinnvilleBy Roger PorterI promised myself I wouldn’t allude in this review to Eric Bechard’s incident this spring involving a...
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Review: St. Jack
St. Jack – photos Kimi KolbaA Review of St. Jack Restaurant by Roger PorterLiberté, Egalité, Gastromie! The French Revolution has come to town, and the only guillotine in sight is a chef’s cleaver...
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Review: Aviary Restaurant in Portland
Redolent of the sea, oysters at Aviary restaurant come five to a plate on a sparkling bed of ice. They hit the tongue like silk, sliding back, the tiny summer tang of tomato granite, building to the...
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Review: Olympia Provisions – Westside
Olympia ProvisionsA review of Olympia Provisions, By Roger PorterLike impatient readers who sneak a look at the last page of a novel, I have a tendency to scan the dessert selections on a menu before...
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Review: Ringside Steakhouse Portland
Ringside Steakhouse[updated 2017] Ringside Steakhouse was been closed, extensively remodeled and has reopened. I thought it was time to go back and take another look.In the early 90’s, I had my first...
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Review: Nuestra Cocina
[This review is originally from 2006, but many parts have been rewritten for 2019, including some new dishes, great photos, updated prices, etc. Nuestra Cocina is our Reader’s Choice for Best Mexican...
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Review: Bunk Sandwiches
Bunk Sandwiches Photos: David Lathan Reamer Photography<Completely updated 11/17 – hours, photos, notes, locations, etc.>What I like most about Bunk is, though it has only been open for a short...
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Review: Ned Ludd
Oven-poached ling cod with leeks, chanterelles & currantsPhoto ©CJ FrenchThe Luddites were 19th-century English textile artisans, who violently protested against the machinery introduced during the...
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Review: Biwa
BiwaReader Survey Best Restaurants in Portland 2012 #16. New review 10/15/12A lot has changed about Portland since my review of Biwa in 2008. Sure, Portland still isn’t much of a sushi town as compared...
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Review: Toro Bravo Restaurant
To understand Spanish food, it helps to have a little understanding of the culture behind itSpain tugs at something deep in my soul. Maybe it is because taste, music, and memory are so closely...
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