Portland’s top 40....

sleestak · August 07, 2019, 07:26:39 AM

I love homemade food.

RAGER · August 07, 2019, 10:35:48 AM

It's also Portland Burger Week. I usually have a couple burgers but I'm not sure I have time this year. Here's the list.

https://www.portlandmercury.com/events/burger-week

mortlock · August 07, 2019, 12:00:05 PM

Have one of each. They all look pretty good.

longviewcaps · July 27, 2022, 04:02:18 AM

As far as West Coast "Big City" cuisine goes, i reckon PDX has been running in the rear of the pack for a long time.

RAGER · July 27, 2022, 10:03:35 AM

Lol.

longviewcaps · July 29, 2022, 11:08:26 PM

As far as West Coast "Big City" cuisine goes, i reckon PDX has been running in the rear of the pack for a long time.

Muffin Man · July 30, 2022, 01:01:14 AM

What ever happened to the Yankee Pot Roast? It was like going to the country for a country diining experience, out on NW St Helens Rd, w/extra gravy.

edit. long gone as are several taverns/strip clubs that replaced it.

RAGER · July 30, 2022, 01:18:50 PM

Looks like it's a strip club now. Don't really get over to that area.

RAGER · January 18, 2023, 10:27:50 AM

Portlands Eater top 38 for the winter list is out. Not surprisingly about 1/3 are carts/trucks. There are several on the list I've never been to or heard of and few that are old standards. And one that I won't yo back to.

mortlock · January 23, 2023, 09:58:57 PM

why wont you go back? i actually ended the ban on the pizza place. it was way to far into 'cut off your nose to spite your face territory.' wasnt practical to keep the ban.

RAGER · January 23, 2023, 11:00:26 PM

I'm not one to complain about the price of a dish usually but I do have a breaking point. I know the prices beforehand. But when I pay double for something to be elevated and it comes out with brown stems and untrimmed core intact, that's lazy as fuck. That's not what I'm paying for.

mortlock · January 23, 2023, 11:15:35 PM

untrimmed core is completely unacceptable. 0.0000000000001 on yelp. would not recommend.

Muffin Man · January 24, 2023, 06:58:25 PM

Quote from: mortlock on January 23, 2023, 09:58:57 PM
why wont you go back? i actually ended the ban on the pizza place. it was way to far into 'cut off your nose to spite your face territory.' wasnt practical to keep the ban.

welcome back

Pissy · January 24, 2023, 08:30:27 PM

I don't often participate in restaurants. We have one we go to on Wednesdays with some friends. A biker bar that has cheap beer and good wings that are .75 on Wednesday. The kids don't like it, because it isn't much fun for them.

Problem is at 6:30 there's always a solo acoustic act that sets up right behind our table and plays loud whether we like it or not. And since I live in the birthplace of country music... everyone thinks they're Tyler Childers or Sturgil Simpson. Wtf with live music in a legit sit down restaurant? Who said they wanted that? What restaurant manager is even paying attention to the rolling eyes and people trying to shout across the table when they went out to eat and socialize?

I don't often participate in restaurants.

Lordfinesse told me about his trip to the beach this past summer. He feels the same I do about live music in a restaurant. His event involved someone else deciding where to eat. Once they got there, only tables that could accommodate their party was on the patio outside. Fine. They walk out and his oldest kid turns around and smiles at him. Fucking Reggae DJ. Loud. And all alone but for their family. He was miserable for the next 90 minutes.

RAGER · January 24, 2023, 09:35:19 PM

Free music is always bad. Especially free live music.

mortlock · January 24, 2023, 09:48:21 PM

Quote from: RAGER on January 24, 2023, 09:35:19 PM
Free music is always bad. Especially free live music.

you have to remember bands like mine pave the way for the bands that make it.

RAGER · January 25, 2023, 01:21:35 PM

Haha. True.

I get weird looks when someone suggests we go to such and such bar cuz they have live free music on Tuesdays and I say that sounds terrible. No thanks.

RAGER · June 16, 2024, 10:33:20 AM

Pissy, didn't you have a couple of these when you were out here? I of course have had several f them and recreated a few at home. Might even go to Expatriate after work for them nachos. I really think you would've enjoyed the herring under a fur coat.

https://pdx.eater.com/maps/portland-iconic-dishes

Pissy · June 16, 2024, 12:59:02 PM

We had Nong's, and it may have bee Katchka that we went in where they had something E was interested in. But I don't think I had anything else on that list.

But the Nong's was enough to get me to nurture a cilantro plant to the point where I can harvest the roots to add to the pot of boiling chicken. I've already got her sauce waiting to go. Jasmine rice I can get pretty easily.

What I'm saying is what I DID have made an impression. That burger at Tulip Shop, the beerhouse in the Mississippi neighborhood... it's all pretty unforgettable.

RAGER · June 16, 2024, 02:30:35 PM

It's very easy to spend $100+ at Kachka. Lots of good stuff.

I've already gotten a good harvest of cilantro roots. Pound those together with salt, garlic and white pepper for a quintessential Thai combo for rubs and marinades. I've ponder doing that then drying for a dry rub.