History, Trade, Commerce, Warfare: “In the Center” with Dave Machado

Dave Machado Nel Centro, Dave Machado’s latest venture, is a hard-hat-only area in late March. Standing amid buckets of grout and workers using acetylene torches, Machado explains how he came to open his third Portland restaurant in the eight-thousand-square-foot space on the ground floor of the Hotel Modera. “You remember what this place was, that skuzzy Days Inn... [Read more]

Interview: Kevin Ludwig of Upcoming Beaker & Flask

By Catherine Cole Kevin Ludwig It doesn’t take long to realize the successful chefs and bartenders in this town are a part of a small, tight family. And Kevin Ludwig is definitely an important member. The Portland transplant has been here since 1993 and has strained martinis all over Puddletown’s finest dining rooms (Wildwood, Park Kitchen, Paley’s Place,... [Read more]

Interview – Jack Yoss and Adam Berger of Ten 01

Ten 01 Chef Jack Yoss (middle) with Pastry Chef Jeff McCarthy (right) and Sous Chef Mike Perez (left) A Conversation with Ten 01’s Chef Jack Yoss and Owner Adam Berger. Ten 01 was my pick for Restaurant of the Year for 2008. –Food Dude Timing–like many things in life–is everything. The timing of this interview happened less than a day after Portland... [Read more]

Interview: Chef Ken Gordon

Ken Gordon of Kenny and Zuke's Deli Perhaps Ken Gordon’s t-shirt said it best: “By Reading This You Have Given Me Brief Control of Your Mind.” Ken is half of Kenny & Zukes — one of Portland’s most beloved Jewish delis, and he hasn’t gotten to the point of moving 800 pounds of pastrami in a weekend by letting his kitchens get out of... [Read more]

Interview – Erica Landon, Sommellier Ten 01

Erica Landon of Ten 01 Not only is Erica Landon, Ten 01’s award winning sommelier, extremely well educated about the wines she recommends, but she continues to make the restaurant’s wine program one of the best in the state. She’s also quite nice. In a male dominated field with a reputation for snobbery, Landon gracefully keeps her own council. “When... [Read more]

John Gorham – Brave Bull. An Interview

Toro Bravo's John Gorham “My grandfather was a big foodie. He owned a crab shack in Baltimore and I would go stay for like a month of my summers with him. He was a bachelor who always had a new girlfriend so he was always wining and dining,” reminisces Toro Bravo’s John Gorham. Though he fondly remembers summers in Baltimore, Gorham says his near obsession... [Read more]

Gold and Chocolate Hart – Alma Chocolate

Gold and Chocolate Hart, by Elizabeth Lopeman Sarah Hart makes religious icons you can sink your teeth into. Sarah Hart of Alma chocolates “My dad was a Presbyterian minister and he was a civil rights activist and really conscious of the unrest over Vietnam, so social justice was in my DNA,” explains Sarah Hart, the Alma Chocolate visionary. Even so, her religious... [Read more]

Monday Interview: Alyssa Gregg

By Catherine Cole Alyssa Gregg is one of our town’s charming and reserved chefs. She has been quietly creating culinary magic at Castagna, and now is the head chef at The Teardrop Lounge in the Pearl. She’s also spent time in commercial kitchens throughout San Diego and San Francisco. Alyssa graciously allowed us to pick her brain about food, the industry, and about... [Read more]

Interview: Adam Sappington

Chef Adam Sappington, fresh off of a 11-year culinary tour of duty at Wildwood Restaurant and Bar, is back in the food saddle again as he opens The Country Cat Dinner House and Bar at 7937 Southeast Stark – on the corner of Southeast Stark Street and Southeast 80th – in the east of Mount Tabor Montavilla neighborhood. The Country Cat, which will serve what is being... [Read more]

Monday Interview: Heidi Yorkshire

For more than twenty years, Heidi Yorkshire has written about food, as the author of several books; a travel writer for Bon Appetit and other publications; a longtime wine columnist for the Oregonian, and, most recently, as Willamette Week’s lead food critic. Tart and opinionated, with an unmistakable voice, Yorkshire is known to straight shoot in her reviews, something that... [Read more]

Monday Interview: Morgan Brownlow

Morgon Brownlow Since returning to Portland in 2002, Morgan Brownlow has seen his star rise higher, faster, than any local chef in recent memory. After two years with Ripe and Family Supper, he became partner and founding chef at Clarklewis, which won the Oregonian’s Restaurant of the Year for 2004, barely three months after it opened. More, according to his peers, when... [Read more]

Monday Interview: Troy MacClarty

Troy MacLarty After training at the Culinary Institute of America, and spending four years at Chez Panisse, Troy MacLarty landed in Portland, as chef of Family Supper, a job he left in late 2005. After stints at Simpatica and Saucebox, in November 2006, he took over as chef at Lovely Hula Hands, when it debuted at its new North Mississippi location. As cooks prepped dinner... [Read more]

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