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The Best Places to Eat, Drink and See a Show This Week

Here are the performances that we’re most excited about this week. Plus, the best place to eat nearby, from our brand new 2016 Cheap Eats Guide, and tips on where drink after the show. The Few [OPENING THIS WEEKEND] Failing newspapers, double-wide trailers, lonely long-haul truckers and the impending doom of Y2K welcome Bryan (Third Rail mainstay Michael O’Connell) … Continue reading The Best Places to Eat, Drink and See a Show This Week

Tam

Tam is a cozy, Hong Kong-style wonton spot from a brother-sister team.

Pine State Biscuits

The Reggie Deluxe—a towering biscuit, oozing sausage or shiitake gravy, cheese and fried chicken stack—is always best as a reward for a late-night dare.

Tienda Santa Cruz

It’s worth the trip to North Portland 2.0 for arguably the best avocado sauce in Portland.

Reel M Inn

Tthe secrets behind Reel M Inn’s fried-chicken success are as open as its “kitchen.”

Tacos Chavez Express 2

There’s only a single California-style burrito available anywhere between 82nd Avenue and the West Hills that I ever wake up thinking about.

Szechuan Chef

Szechuan Chef brings the heat—in the form of a dizzying array of peppers—and the light, in the form of near-glazing bright bulbs.

Sweedeedee

Don’t let the size of the braised-beef Good Buddy bully you into skipping that slice of pie.

Supermercado Mexico

17420 SE Division St., 477-5947; 970 SE Oak St., Hillsboro, 352-5525. Lunch and dinner daily. The two Supermercados Mexico bookending Portland—one in Gresham, one in Hillsboro—offer a vision of grocery shopping that’s a lot like a child’s birthday party. There’s impossibly sunny music, a wealth of piñatas and balloons, and a taco feed with a … Continue reading Supermercado Mexico

The Sudra

Lentil-happy, Indian-via-Latin American eatery the Sudra is wonderful, a thumb in the eye to criminally underseasoned vegan fare.

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