Willamette Week is in the middle of our most important annual fundraiser. As a local independent news outlet, we need your help.

Give today. Hold power to account.

Cheap Eats 2007

This small shotgun restaurant spare as the ribs that define it is almost always filled with finger-lickin' crowds. Owner Rodney Muirhead stokes his oak smoker every morning at 5 am. His Texas-style signature quality meat 100-percent oak smoke and minimal sauce and seasonings. As far as sides go the pork-infused collards are everything they should be and the cornbread is a moist slab of stone-ground cornmeal with bits of real corn throughout. Whether you order the soft and succulent brisket ($8.25 sandwich $11.75 plate) or the juicy smoked chicken ($13.50)—or come in just for housemade pecan pie ($3.50)—Podnah's is sure to woo you without blowing too much smoke in your eyes.

WWeek 2015