Restaurant Guide 2011
Cha’ba Thai
Lucky for us, finding decent Thai takeout in Portland is
pretty easy. Finding it in a convenient location is trickier, so it’s a
big help that Cha’ba Thai fields the same men
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Food Reviews & Stories
Note: After this review went to press, an illegal
firework caused a fire on Aviary's roof. The restaurant is temporarily
closed, but we'll let you know on wweek.com as soon as it reopens its doors.&
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Grain & Gristle is the neighborhood bar you wish you had.
Food Reviews & Stories
When chef Ben Meyer left Ned Ludd last year to open a
public house with Upright Brewing’s Alex Ganum, the city’s fooderati
wondered how much of Ludd’s elevated spin on rustic ingredients would
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Want to get a measure of a Lebanese restaurant? Order its veggie mezza
($12). The traditional assortment of hummus, baba ghanouj, falafel,
grape leaves and tabbouleh is as good a metric as any in de
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This Alberta pizzeria hand-throws pies using what their
menu calls a “secret Sicilian recipe.” Having never been to Sicily, I
can only take their word for it, but if the natives there are all ab
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The pork belly Cubano ($8) at Bunk Sandwiches is stupid
good, in that you tend to do stupid things when in possession of one,
like attempting to eat it while driving a stick shift on the freeway.
P
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Being the deep-frying free spirits that they are, you’d
think that people behind this hot wing bastion would be more
egalitarian in their approach to developing new products. Why not just
have an
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Luckily, the NFL has yet to serve notice to this noodle shop that their
won ton-, noodle, roast-, barbecue pork- and duck-laden “Super Bowl”
($9) is in violation of its trademark and force them
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