Cheap Eats 2009

By Matthew Korfhage

This brand-new addition to Portland's sterling coterie of Lebanese cuisine is much more casual than most—it looks like they maybe domesticated a Sonoran taqueria—with low-priced pita sandwiches ($5-$6) and Lebanese pizzas ($4-$8) featured prominently on the menu, including the bitter-savory lahm bi'ajeen ($5), an addictive meat pie heavy with pine nuts that goes down all the better accented with ward ($2), a light rosewater drink. Service is charming and friendly, but they might laugh at your pronunciation.

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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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