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Maybe I’m Just Getting Cranky

When I go to a restaurant and every table is full but no one is waiting, I expect to have prompt, efficient service. I would expect that it would take less than 45 minutes from the time I order to the time I get my food. I would expect to get my water glass refilled without having to practically trip
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Oh My – A Michael Hebberoy Podcast!

The Seattle Post Intelligencer did a long podcast with Michael Hebberoy. If you have some free time and want to hear a discussion that may very well make your jaw sag, give it a listen. It is just… well, you tell me what you think. You don’t need an ipod or fancy software; just click on the link here. You’ll
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Bakery Bar

Updated 3/10. The water avenue location has closed. I’m pretty unimpressed with the owners of the place, so for ethical reasons, don’t recommend Bakery Bar I spend a lot of time checking out new Portland restaurants and food related stores. A month ago I heard about a new bakery in the Water avenue industrial area, but couldn’t find it. Then
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Nuestra Cocina

Lately, I’ve been mixing up the way I do reviews. I used to focus on one restaurant at a time, slogging through meal after meal, even if the food was lousy. It had the disadvantage of making it easier for the restaurateur to figure out who I was, but even more, made for some boring meals. Now I’ve shaken things
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The Pitfalls of Reviewing

I began my journalistic career as a reviewer of bars, a job that drew the drooling envy of my friends, and more comments than I can count of “I can’t believe that you get paid to drink!” Then, as people turned thirty, as they paired up and had kids, I noticed less envy, more incredulity. “How do stay up late
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The Hebberoy Publicity Machine Rolls On

The January issue of Food&Wine has an article on the Hebberoy’s. You can read it here. . The book would celebrate America’s illegal supper clubs in a series of essays aimed at dismantling dining conventions—for instance, the idea that a restaurant needs to be in a pleasant, walkable neighborhood. Hebberoy likens Kill the Restaurant to Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to
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Burger Rush

If you’ve been reading this site from the beginning, you’ve read some of my stories about how obsessed I have been with food from my earliest days. Actually, I don’t remember a lot about my childhood, but the memories I do have all seem to be related my pursuit of “good” food. When I was 12 I lived in Palos
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