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Review: Mekong Grill

December 28, 2006 by Cuisine Bonne Femme  
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Mekong

(updated 1/2010 with prices, hours, and one visit) Since the drive to work takes me down SE 13th Avenue every day, and since I love a good bowl of pho, I was delighted to discover this new place, which features beef pho and chicken pho as their daily specials. I’ve had their beef pho several times; the broth lacks the
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Tags: $ Inexpensive, Lunch, Open-Monday, SE-Portland, Vietnamese, Wheelchair-Accessible

Portland Food News for 12.23.06

December 23, 2006 by Food Dude  
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Meriwether’s works to restore the reputation once enjoyed by its predecessor, L’Auberge, chef Tommy Habetz has some first-rate, if temporary, help in the kitchen. Tony Demes, late of the lamented Couvron is working with Tommy in the back as he seeks out a owner/operator opportunity to showcase his skills. Meriwether’s is also looking for a top-notch general manager candidate to
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Do Restaurants Cheat Patrons with Non-Organic Products?

December 22, 2006 by Food Dude  
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With the proliferation of “organic” produce and meats on restaurant menus, I occasionally look around and wonder – who checks this stuff. I could open a burger stand tomorrow and claim I use nothing but Food Dude Organic Isles triple washed greens, and sweet burro breath organic tomato slices are used on all my burgers, but who’s to know if
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Top Dining Trends for 2007

December 21, 2006 by Food Dude  
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The following press-release has been floating around the internet for the last week or so. What do you think? Agree? Disagree? I’d be curious to know what you think. Top Dining Trends for 2007. By Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman Co. Tuesday, 12th December 2006 Restaurant consultants have forecast ten major dining trends that impact how people will eat in
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Baking Bread Goodness: An Interview with Ken Forkish

December 19, 2006 by Nino Marchetti  
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Ken Forkish

Of all the bakers who run successful bakeries here in the Rose City, one of the most well known and highly regarded has to be Ken’s Artisan Bakery. Owner Ken Forkish has a well known story of leaving the high tech workforce to pursue his dream of running a bakery. The success of Ken’s Artisan Bakery has also recently spawned
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Review: Cricket Cafe

December 12, 2006 by Paul Gerald  
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I used to have this friend Bob, from back east. St. Louis, specifically, but in Oregon that’s “back east.” Bob was a Deadhead and a pot head, not generally a guy anyone called “uptight,” but Bob used to go berserk at the slow pace of the service industry in Oregon. We once got tossed out of the Montage because he
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Tags: $ Inexpensive, Breakfast, Open-Monday, Open-Sunday, SE-Portland

Josh Blythe to Leave Roux, John Gorham Leaves Simpatica Catering

December 11, 2006 by Food Dude  
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The Gossip Star of Portland Not lots of real news to speak of, so let’s just throw some rumors out there. I just sit around after a few cocktails, and make them up, so just take them with a grain of salt. Josh Blythe, of Roux is thinking about moving on. He wants to leave and focus on starting his
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