Cheap Eats 2009

By Matthew Korfhage

At $8 to $15 a plate on its rotating menu, this domestic, friendly and nigh on invisible Sellwood cafe strains our definition of "cheap" eats, but given the succulence of the food, it remains a bargain. Lili hews to the simple, well-made and Continental for dinner dishes—including a near-transcendent lamb spiced only with salt and pepper—and gets tonier with breakfast notions like the downright surprising asparagus crab Benedict. Highly, highly recommended.

WWeek 2015

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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