Food Reviews & Stories There are no trade winds in the Pearl, but if you duck into Callaloo you'll spot lazily spinning fans, straw beach umbrellas and rum drinks on almost every table. Callaloo's culinary efforts are sometimes deeply satisfying, sometimes overingenious and overzealous, but its best dishes are the simples   More

Food Reviews & Stories An anthology of Greek signature dishes—dolmathes, spanakopita, calamari, saganaki and moussaka—is fortified by Middle Eastern classics like baba ghanouj and lentil soup. The pan-fried goat cheese appetizer ($8) lusciously melts and oozes, but the stuffed vine leaves ($8) are too mushy. Every main co   More

Food Reviews & Stories No one in town makes tapas better than Ricardo Segura. He blends Iberian heartiness and French elegance in his personality and his cooking�he shares that role with cooking partner Bernard Malherbe�and the result is Patanegra�s atmosphere of spirited energy. Choice among the cold tapas is a tun   More

Food Reviews & Stories In the early �90s when Assaggio opened, its signature style�a trio of pastas for the table�was a welcome innovation, introducing Portlanders to a world beyond �spaghetti� with canned tomato sauce. Assaggio�s cheery d�cor and menu, which changes according to seasonal ingredients, has no   More

Food Reviews & Stories Perched on the north side of Jamison Square, Fenouil is one of the most glamorous restaurant in the city; if it lacks any ingredient, it�s an easy manner and an atmosphere of bonhomie. With few exceptions, however, the cooking is authoritative and assured. Chef and co-owner Pascal Chureau has crea   More

Food Reviews & Stories Ya Hala, whose name is an Arabic expression for �welcome,� is a casual place where the greeting couldn�t be warmer, typical of the region�s vaunted hospitality. It your wait is lengthy, as ours was on a recent mobbed weekend, an adjacent well-stocked Middle East grocery store will keep you f   More

Food Reviews & Stories In warm weather you can eat under a shady tree, or retreat to one of a scant six tables. You'll spot regulars here, and even detect a spot of Italian. Caffe Allora is probably more a lunch than dinner place, but if you want a light supper you can enjoy a salad of smoky bresaola, fresh arugula and Pa   More

Food Reviews & Stories You’ll so want to like Cuvée, for the welcome is warm and gracious, the staff generously attentive, and the simple décor pleasingly serene, with white tablecloths set against warm wood floors and prints of vineyards. But alas, it wanes prosaic. Much of its fare is mundane, and its merely calling the   More

Food Reviews & Stories You'll so want to like Cuvée, for the welcome is warm and gracious, the staff generously attentive, and the simple décor pleasingly serene, with white tablecloths set against warm wood floors and prints of vineyards. But alas, it wanes prosaic. Much of its fare is mundane, and its mere   More

Food Reviews & Stories The Gino's quartet's new restaurant is the one we have been waiting for: a rustic yet beautiful Italian restaurant with a kitchen that turns out some of the most honest, authentic food in the city. Housed in a former grocery store with 25-foot barrel-vaulted ceilings, Nostrana features acres of warm   More