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Category Archives: First Impressions
First Look at PaaDee Thai Restaurant
A bit of a fuss is being made about PaaDee, the new Thai restaurant featuring comfort food. PaaDee literally means “to bring good things”, and judging by their menu, this new Thai restaurant will be bringing some Thai dishes, that are different from most Portland Thai restaurants. Owners Nik and Jen of Kinara Thai Bistroand Mee-Sen’s co-founder Earl Nunsom, have set to create a restaurant that …
Last Day for Beerku – Beer Haiku!
As of this point we have 50 entries in the beer haiku contest! The first-place winner of the haiku contest will receive a pair of tickets to the Deschutes Brewery Sagebrush Feast in Bend Oregon which will be held on July 16th. These tickets have a value of $200.00 each! Sagebrush 2011 has expanded the popular Deschutes Brewery Sagebrush Classic …
First Impression: The New Genoa, Accanto
FIRST IMPRESSION – THE NEW GENOA by Amelia Hard For any readers who don’t already know this, my husband and I owned Genoa from 1981-1992, then sold it to a group of our senior employees. Though we had no financial interest in the restaurant after selling it, we of course continued to dine there and to care deeply about its …
Dining On a Budget in Portland – Downtown/Convention Center
This guide was originally written for the 2009 United States Barista Championship, but it got so much favorable press, I decided to adapt it to anyone dining on a budget. This is a quick guide to places that are very reasonably priced, and close to the Convention Center/Downtown core. If it’s lunch or breakfast you are after, Portland abounds with …
H5O bistro & bar – First Impression
H5O (and that’s h-five-oh, in case you were wondering) bistro & bar is a part of Portland’s newest boutique hotel compound: Hotel Fifty. The bistro is under the helm of Texas transplant, Nicholas A. Yanes, a chef with a resume of high-brow dining rooms around Dallas, along with a degree from the Western Culinary Institute.
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Le Pigeon – Another View
“Foie Gras”….”Lamb Belly”….”Foot and Tail Croquette”…”Beef Cheek Bourguignon”. Gee, where am I, in heaven? Nah, just Le Pigeon here in PDX, where the accolades have always come fast and furious for chef/owner Gabriel Rucker’s charnel house cuisine. Talk about respect for your raw material. If you’re a pig who happens to catch Gabriel’s eye, there’s a good chance that 95% …
Crescent Cafe – breakfast in the wine country
First Impressions, by Hungry Soul A little over a year ago, the Crescent Cafe opened to many oo’s and aah’s. Owners, Michael McKenney and Danny Wilser had moved to Yamhill County to “retire” and it seems got bored. They formerly owned and operated Ella’s Restaurant in San Francisco, a much loved neighborhood spot. The Crescent Cafe is a step up …
