Spencer's Food Adventures

Tag: sandwich

  • 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…

  • Picone’s Quality Deli

    This is a long overdue post about Picone’s, one of my favorite sandwich spots in town. For the past few years Vin Picone has been slinging some of the best deli-style sandwiches out of his cart in North Portland on Lombard. He makes his own bread in house (cart?), uses quality ingredients and runs daily…

  • 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…

  • Weekend Eats

    I had a great weekend of eating so for this post I decided I would post in order what I ate from Friday to Sunday. I ate at HarBQ, Fried Egg I’m In Love, Burger Syndicate, Red Sauce Pizza, and Pip’s Original Doughnuts. Chicken Salad Sandwich with queso mac from HarBQ. HarBQ is a BBQ…

  • Break Bread Sandwich Shop

    Break Bread is a sandwich shop that opened up in 2019. Tucked away in an office building in SW Portland, it’s primary role seems to have been to service all the office workers in that part of town where the World Trade Building is. Over time though the word got out that this is a…

  • Laurelhurst Market

    Laurelhurst Market is a beloved institution in Portland on East Burnside (technically in the Kerns neighborhood but on the border with Laurelhurst). Open for over 15 years now, they serve as three distinct entities under one roof: Steakhouse, Butcher Shop & Lunchtime Sandwich Counter. As someone who constantly goes out to eat, I don’t have…

  • Red Sauce Pizza

    Red Sauce Pizza is a beloved Pizza restaurant on NE Fremont that has been open for over a decade now. Not too long ago they started selling their famous “Big Hank’s Hoagies” as a lunch special. Now they have added some other lunch specials like a $9 1-topping small pizza or a 1-topping Tavern pie.…

  • 2025 Restaurant Closures

    2025 was a tough year for the Portland food scene. Lots of high profile closures and hopeful re-openings of numerous favorite restaurants, sandwich shops, food carts, bakeries, bars and breweries. Here’s to hoping that 2026 brings new locations for those who are looking to move, and something new and exciting for those that are closing…

  • Sugarpine Drive-In

    Along the banks of the Sandy river in Troutdale is the greatest little old drive-in restaurant you could ever hope for. Started in 2018, this place has quickly become an Oregonian favorite and a must for any trips out to the Gorge. They specialize in seasonal, thoughtful, scratch-made menus utilizing local produce as well as…

  • Lardo Chefwich

    Lardo, the venerable and iconic Portland sandwich restaurant helmed by Rick Gencarelli has a monthly special, the “chefwich” where he invites a local chef to craft a special sandwich that sells for the month and part of the proceeds go to a charity of the chef’s choosing. I’m not sure when exactly this started, but…