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Visiting Portland with children
There's also pizza...Lovely's 50/50 on Mississippi also has great ice cream.
Portland restaurant and bar recommendations please (researched)!!
Mississippi Ave would be a good place to do a crawl. Could start at PROST which is next to a foodcart pod and work your way down the street. Lots of options in a fun strip of North Portland
Portland restaurant and bar recommendations please (researched)!!
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/844561
This recent thread might be helpful. If you want to have a special meal for the vegetarian - check out Natural Selection for dinner. As a bonus, it is in one of those unique Portland neighborhoods.
For coffee and pastries near your hotel, just stick with Ken's Artisan and check out Coffeehouse Northwest.
San Francisco Hound Coming to Portland...Please Critique My List For Your Wonderful Food City!!!
I had the same thought about such rich food for multiple dinners. Natural Selection/Portobello are good choices to change it up. Or Chiang Mai. I love that place. And I also recently had a great meal at BIWA, too.
AVIARY might be some place to consider as well - I haven't been but only hear good things about an interesting menu.
Gastropub/brew pub in Portland
For a pub crawl in a fun neighborhood with lots of food options - you could take a cab to Mississippi on the other side of the river.
Start at PROST (near a food cart pod) and work your way down the hill. INTERURBAN (good food) and AMNESIA BREWING would be two other spots to hit up. There are tons of good food options on that street as well - Lovely's 50/50, Ruby Jewel Ice Cream, Por Que No...
A trip too safe?
I haven't been - but LucLac (viet) seems as if it would be worth checking out downtown.
Chiang Mai on Hawthorne is my favorite place right now.
Aviary is another place that I really want to check out that might suit your interests.
My Wife's Great Portland Meal Before Flying Back to Little Old New York
Car or no car? Or cab? Or Lightrail to airport?
help a New Orleanian!
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/833223
This recent thread has a nice summary of restaurants...
Right now Chiang Mai is a place I keep going back to.
My fav food trucks - lotsa locations...
Korean Twist - Downtown
Lardo (porkiness) and Kitchen Dances (vegan) - NE 42 and Belmont
Big Egg - Mississippi
YYC Hound comming for a visit, where should I try?
Jill-O's list is awesome. Agree that you should skip the sushi here in Portland. We have some really good vegan restaurants here - Portobello, Blossoming Lotus and Natural Selection. On the opposite side of the spectrum...for charcuterie...Olympic Provisions.
Walkable from PDX Union Station -- good for groups and also solo diners?
If you're good with a 15-minute walk then you have tons of options in the downtown/pearl district area.
Breakfast: Bijou Cafe / Kenny and Zukes
Coffee/Pastry: Lovejoy Bakers, Nuvrei Patisserie, Barista
Late night bar: Life of Riley (good beer list, good food, maybe not so much wine)
Solo diner: Little Bird, Metrovino (more pricy),
Food Carts: Closest would be at SW 5th at Stark. But the other big one at 9th and Alder is really not that far away. People have their favorites at each. Not much will be open on Sunday. http://www.foodcartsportland.com/
Some of the most interesting dining in Portland is outside the downtown/pearl district core.
7 girls looking for a place to watch super bowl in Portland
Life of Riley would be my pick.
CRISPY pan fried oysters in the PDX area......
http://www.lifeofrileytavern.com - Pearl District
I've had them several times and like them a lot. Worth a shot.
48 hours in Portland! Looking for simple, delicious, inexpensive
Karam would be my choice over Nicholas.
We have some good bakeries that you could visit to assemble your breakfast the night before you leave: Kenny & Zukes for Bagels, Pearl Bakery, Ken's Artisan Bakery,
Heading to Portland this weekend for the first time
Grain and Gristle - they have a great burger. And a nice brunch (without the lines of Tasty & Sons).
Sunday lunch, not so brunch-y?
Tasty and Sons - with the same owner as Toro Bravo. Caution that it is *PACKED* all the freakin' time. It might not meet your "bistro-esque" requirement.
Grain and Gristle could work as well. Haven't been for breakfast/brunch but the vibe could be right for nice casual dining.
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Toro Bravo
120 NE Russell St Ste A, Portland, OR 97212
Late night dinner Friday in North or NorthEast before heading back to airport.
Grain and Gristle - 15th and Prescott. Open late and serving food. My burger there was pretty darn good.
Looking for suggestions during my vacation to Portland.
I second the Laurelhurst Market recommendation. I would add Toro Bravo as well - they have a coppa steak on the menu that is wonderful. Maybe a great place to go with your friends.
For more general convenience to attractions, transportation, and (most importantly) FOOD - I might recommend looking at the Northwest Portland Guesthouse or Bluebird Guesthouse (give it a google). I cannot vouch for them personally but you'll be closer to some very food-centric areas of town and in close proximity to good bus routes.
A lot of great wine stores in town have good tastings for $5-10. The town is divided into four quadrants (mostly) NW, SW, NE, and SE. Each quadrant has great options for food and wine. Downtown, I'd hit up Oregon Wines on Broadway.
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Laurelhurst Market
3155 East Burnside Street, Portland, OR 97232
Toro Bravo
120 NE Russell St Ste A, Portland, OR 97212
Quickie plea for help - walking downtown Portland eateries 2 1/2 days
I would say your father's fear is unfounded. Food carts in Portland are nothing like the hotdog vendors in DC (though I'm partial to a halfsmoke, myself).
However, for a more positive dining experience, I would recommend the food cart pods on the east side and not the food carts in downtown. The east side pods have more seating while the downtown ones don't.
Private Dining Room Suggestion for 8
Andina? Gruner?
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Andina Restaurant
1314 NW Glisan, Portland, OR 97209
96 hours in Portland: quick itinerary review
Coffee for ppl watching: Stumptown in the Ace Hotel by Clyde Common
Juice bar: Prasad in the Yoga Pearl studio is a vegan place that does juices and smoothies open in the AM. I mostly grab lunch there.
Met friends for a really great happy hour at metrovino in the pearl district awhile back. impressed with the food though a friend told me the menu hasn't changed - not an issue for the visitor even though it might bore a regular
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Clyde Common
1014 SW Stark St, Portland, OR 97205
Stumptown
4525 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97206
Last minture inquiry for a short trip
Toro Bravo is not open for lunch - but Tasty and Sons (by the same owner) is open for breakfast/lunch/dinner. Not sure how veg friendly it is...it's quite popular on the weekends with a significant line.
If your vegetarian partner eats fish/seafood you'd probably do better - but if not, there might only be a singular vegetarian option at a variety of places.
You can always go to a food cart pod - the one at 42nd and Belmont has an excellent vegan cart (Kitchen Dances) and an excellent pork-focused card (Lardo).
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Toro Bravo
120 NE Russell St Ste A, Portland, OR 97212
Charleston: fast, fresh, and delicious on the peninsula
FUEL - Carribean style food
Hope and Union - for your morning coffee
And I love Dixie Supply - the tomato pie...is wonderful.
Please review/critique my plan
I would consider these as possible alternates for your Weds/Fri happy hours:
http://www.olympicprovisions.com/
http://www.stjackpdx.com/menus/
Regarding oysters, I would never touch Gulf-Coast oysters harvested in the summer when the ocean temps are in the 80s...blech. But Pacific oysters are a different story.
Montreal foodie looking for recco's
IMHO, many of Portland's good restaurants fall into the moderate to upper moderate price range - but the definition of moderate can be quite subjective. There are a lot of good recent threads that would interest you.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/798990
Pok Pok's second location in NE Portland is primarily focused on take-out so their SE Portland location is probably where you want to go.
The McMenamins chain does not have a good reputation for their food. It's been a long time since I've eaten at one of their places but I've heard nothing to indicate that things have improved. Great atmosphere though!
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Pok Pok
3226 SE Division St, Portland, OR
Great place to buy spirits in Portland?
I rarely buy liquor but I pass this place all the time:
http://www.pearlspecialty.com/
Probably would fit the bill for an interesting selection. The price point (considering the neighborhood) might be a different matter.
Kids in town - ideas for NW Portland or Downtown
An old thread...still applies here! Except Laurelwood is now closed.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/718629
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Laurelwood Restaurant
5115 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97213
Visitor To Lake Quinault in Washington
Salmon House is a good restaurant - straightforward, nothing fancy. But there's not a lot of options in the area.
http://rainforestresort.com/Salmon_House/salmon_house.html
Solo lineup etiquette
I've eaten solo at Toro Bravo and never had an issue - you do have to sign in with the hostess though if it's packed. If it's not busy - the hostess has always seated me promptly.
As a matter of etiquette I usually check in with the host/ess and ask if bar seating is first come first serve.
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Toro Bravo
120 NE Russell St Ste A, Portland, OR 97212
Recommendations for a Part time Carnivore, Part time Vegan
Portobello is a vegan place that I have not checked out but I only hear good things about the food there.
Easy stop for Thursday lunch in PDX?
On Alberta you have Pine State Biscuits...
On N Williams you have Tasty and Sons...
