News Tidbits: No Opening on the Horizon for Aviary & Barista, Swenson Leaves June, and More

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Updated 11/11 with a note from Andy Ricker When it gets hot, I refuse to turn on the computer, so have been a bit dilatory in keeping up with things. Here is a news fix: If you haven't heard, Kelley Swenson, bartender extraordinaire, left June … [Read more...]

Survey 2011: Best Place to Dine with a Group

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This pretty much fell along the lines of whatever restaurants in town have a group table, and are reasonably priced. Not sure why I even asked this question, though number 2 was a surprise. Out of 556 votes: Toro Bravo – 120 NE Russell St., … [Read more...]

Survey 2011: Best Seafood in Portland

Fin's Spicy Octopus, wrapped in kajiki with Orange, olive oil and wasabi tobiko

From the comments I've gotten, many of you feel that Portland has a long way to go as far as seafood is concerned. Many added notes lamenting the loss of Fin. I agree. For a city so close to rivers, lakes and the ocean, the state of our seafood is … [Read more...]

Survey 2011: Best Vegetarian

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I'm not particularly interested in vegetarian restaurants, and I got lots of snarky comments when I put this in the survey. That being said, there are lots of people in Portland who this is important to, as well as restaurants that work their tails … [Read more...]

The Best of Portland 2011!

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Updated 4.29. Here are the results from the our 2011 reader surveys. We had well over 1100 participants this year! A big thank you to all of our sponsors and participants! A few notes: If the top two choices were significantly higher than the … [Read more...]

CNBC.com Lists America’s Top Foodie Cities

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From CNBC.com - America's Top Foodie Cities: Sperlings Best Places crunched numbers, using the following city data: ratio of local restaurants to chain restaurants, number of Whole Foods and cooking stores, number of wine shops, wine bars, craft … [Read more...]

Old News?

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Dovetail Bakery has opened at NE 31st and Alberta. I'm told they used to be be in the wholesale baking business in St. Johns. According to my source, they have good items.   I twittered last month about Chef Paul Hyman of Nel Centro … [Read more...]