Bertie Lou’s Cafe

By WW Contributor

8051 SE 17th Ave., 503-239-1777. Breakfast-lunch daily.

Bertie Lou's Cafe claims to have served "Portland's best mediocre breakfast" since the Second World War. But the beloved greasy spoon's over-annotated menus arrive dripping with sarcasm. Don't dare tackle the precision-fluffed biscuits and garlic-enlivened sausage gravy ($7.75) by yourself; they blessedly arrive with Bertie Lou's ever-present pepper and onion-crisped home fries. $.

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