First Look: Laurelhurst Market

By BEN WATERHOUSE
The sign
Laurelhurst Market, the highly anticipated deli/butcher shop/steakhouse from the owners of Viande and Simpatica, opened for business last week.
the new restaurant is just up the hill from my apartment, in the building that last housed the not-much-missed Laurelhurs Market
From across the street
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Now I can buy caul fat within a five-minute walk of my couch. This could be dangerous.
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Both were good, but the ham was phenomenal—sweetly porky, with intermingled flavors of smoke and salt.
smoked ham and aioli sandwich at Meat Cheese Bread
Roast Beef
Roast beef and beet
Ham
Ham

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