EXTRA GOSSIP. HOLD THE FRIES.

[February 22nd, 2006] When burglars broke into Northwest Portland bake-haven Saint Cupcake at 4 am Valentine's Day morning, they bypassed a new laptop computer and a digital camera. What did they pinch? Baker/co-owner Jami Curl 's personal PowerBook, two notebooks filled with her own handwritten recipes and 144 cupcakes earmarked for V-Day customers. Bastards. Was the sweet steal more about baking intel than bucks? "Well, they didn't take the 200 dollars that we had lying around in the open," muses Curl. "It all adds up to something that doesn't smell so good." Check out theories on who's behind the cupcake caper at www.portlandfoodanddrink.com. >> The Hungry Tiger , East Burnside Street's seminal dive bar, will soon pounce on a second location. Alan Cohen, who's run the Tiger for the past 21 years, let it slip that the Hungry Tiger Too will open at the Southeast 12th Avenue space most recently home to the upscale Buckman Grill this April. >> Northeast Broadway's Noodlehead has morphed into Meiji-En (a.k.a. Empire), a new Japanese joint that opened Feb. 14 from chef-owner Vincent Pham.