Cheap Eats 2007

The Bijou is one of those Portland institutions that's been around about million years with the same menu staff and blue-checkered tablecloths. These days though instead of the PDX avant-garde the joint is filled with young urban hipsters. Thankfully these patrons are nice folks just looking for a bite of the famous Bijou breakfast oyster hash ($12.50). No that doesn't quite qualify as a cheap eat but the mushroom hash ($9.75) with its gargantuan garlic taste and salsa-level amount of cilantro rocks the buds just as well. Of course lunch is available too but the Bijou is all about the—pardon our French—petit déjeuner. (LS)

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