Tag: restaurants
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Reopenings
This post is all about places that have reopened, either after a long hiatus or in a new location. First off is one of my favorite food carts, Sorbu Paninoteca. They closed at the end of 2025 and planned to take the winter off, which stretched all the way until this weekend when they opened…
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Best Things I Ate Last Week
OK let’s get right into it, the title says it all. First up is the featured image above, a special burger from Lone Star Burger Bar. “Paris Texas Deluxe” and fries. Double patty with chanterelles, Gruyère, onion and an au poivre steak sauce. It’s chanterelle season, which is one of my faves. This is one…
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August Eats
Here is a roundup of some of the best things I ate this month that I haven’t posted about yet, specifically all those BLTs and summer salads in the previous post! Up first is the pizza from Prettyboy pictured above. This is a “hunk”, a large square cut into 2 slices. A good amount of…
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Favorite Eats of This Week
So many great eats this week! Let’s start it out with the plate lunch pictured above. Huli Huli chicken & Mahi Mahi, mac salad, coleslaw and rice from Mahi Taco. Mahi Taco is a food cart located in the Piedmont Station at 625 NE Killingsworth. They just celebrated their 10 year anniversary. Jeff makes what…
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Recent Faves
Here are the best things I ate in the last two weeks. Pictured above is a plate from Botto’s BBQ. Pork Belly Burnt Ends is their Saturday special, Spicy Mac & Coleslaw. Botto’s offers up some of the best BBQ in Portland. They have a really deep menu, all the meats and sides are stellar,…
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Recent Faves
“Strawberry Fields” salad from Farmer and the Beast. Oregon Strawberries, Fromage Blanc, Pickled Fennel, Roasted Spring Vegetables, Cucumbers, Spring Greens, Almonds, with Strawberry Vinaigrette and Balsamic Drizzle. This is a really incredible salad. They ran it last year too and it really blew me away so I had to get it again this year. Oregon…
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Basilisk
Basilisk is a “micro-restaurant” or “food stall” located in the Zipper on NE Sandy & 28th that serves the best fried chicken sandwich in town. Nobody ever came up with a good name for what to call this restaurant concept. “Micro-restaurant” was the original term back when they opened in 2016 and it was a…
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New Restaurant Roundup
In the last month I visited a number of new restaurants and food carts in Portland that are of note. They are either brand new or new within the last year or so. Two sandwich shops, soul food, burgers, and a Greek spot. Let’s get into it. Gabagool from Desperados Sandwiches. This is a cart…
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New Sandwich Roundup
This post is about my favorite new sandwiches in town, whether a new addition to the menu or a new sandwich shop. Four ones to talk about, let’s get into it. Smoked Chicken Salad Sando from HarBq. For those that don’t know, HarBq is a food cart posted up at Von Ebert Brewing in inner…
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Weekend Eats Part 2
This is the second weekend of consecutive excellent eating spanning from Friday lunch through Sunday lunch. Most days I eat just one midday meal. I ate at Wonderboy’s Smokestack, Matt’s BBQ Tacos, Yum’s of PDX and checked out the new Hollywood Q food hall that had a soft opening this weekend. Pulled Pork Sandwich and…
