February 2, 2012, Portland, OR – Dragonfish Restaurant located across from Directors Park at 909 SW Park Avenue and Taylor in downtown Portland has closed. The space is undergoing a transformation and will open as Tasting East restaurant and … [Read more...]

NOTE: FIN HAS NOW CLOSED. If you’ve ever gazed longingly on the sumptuous food images in coffee table cook books, you may have thought the dishes came to the photographer straight from the stove; but no, they were doubtless doctored, … [Read more...]

Note: Echo restaurant closed in September 2010. Too bad, it was a nice place with decent food. Echo opened in 2006, and was quickly popular after a lot of positive reviews. After a long series of chefs and more hills and valleys than a roller … [Read more...]

This review has been replaced, with a new one here. In 1994, I had my first dinner at Ringside, yet I remember the night like it was yesterday. It was a cool, crisp winter evening. I wanted to impress a date, and knowing nothing about the Portland … [Read more...]

Note: This restaurant has now closed - January 3, 2011. Note: this restaurant has changed chefs.  Your experience may vary from this review Fugue - Music: a composition based multiple themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in … [Read more...]

Nutshell, the once vegan, then vegetarian restaurant on NE Williams closed last night. Sign on the door. A sign of the times. When the Portland Mercury gave them a fairly negative review a few weeks ago, I knew they were in trouble - I would … [Read more...]

NOTE: Little Red Bike Cafe closed on June 19th, 2010. Rip. I want to tell everyone that Little Red Bike Café is lousy. I want to say the sticky buns taste like cardboard, the sandwiches are no better than your average deli, and the coffee is … [Read more...]