Café Le Delice 3970 Mercantile Drive Lake Oswego, OR 503-635-6866 Map It! Rating:     I wanted to love this place. I really, really did! But, when I know that the Mediterranean fare at Nicholas Restaurant (review coming soon) is just a short trip up I-5 and the Mezze Platter at Sapphire Hotel is available [...]

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Wow, The Lunch Lady is a little at a loss for words today. You see, the idea for StumptownLunch.com was embryonic just a month ago (literally, a month ago none of this existed!), and yesterday we got an AWESOME mention over at NeighborhoodNotes.com! Thank you NeighborhoodNotes.com! Thank you to everyone who has helped us get [...]

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Bandito Taco 13565 NW Cornell Road Portland, OR 503-643-2304 Map It! Rating: Today I was craving a little Mexican (no, not like comedienne Chelsea Handler), so I ended up at Bandito Taco in Cedar Mill. This little strip mall-type shop has been around since 1990, serving up quality Mexican grub at very reasonable prices. The [...]

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Portland City Grill 111 SW Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor Portland, OR 503-450-0030 Map It! Rating:     This is THE happy hour experience you must do at least once if you are in Stumptown. That is, if you can get a table! My best advice: come early. The lunch menu at Portland City Grill is [...]

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Ford’s on Fifth (renamed Theo’s) 121 NW Fifth Avenue Portland, OR 503-226-2828 Map It! Rating: To be honest, I discovered the deliciousness that is Ford’s on Fifth very late one night when several friends and I were in great need of some greasy grub before calling it a night. But I was happily surprised to [...]

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Whole Foods (The Pearl location) 1210 NW Couch Street Portland, OR 503-525-4343 Map It! Rating:     OK, I’m all for healthy eating and stuff, but I do have some standards: I won’t eat it if it doesn’t taste good. I think I know what tastes good, healthy and not-so-healthy. Yes, Whole Foods is a [...]

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  Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar (Downtown location) 327 SW Morrison Street Portland, OR 503-224-1309 Map It! Rating:     I waited patiently for months for Buffalo Wild Wings to open up on SW Morrison. Sure, I could have visited their other location out in Hillsboro, but who really wants to drive that far [...]

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IKEA Café 10280 NE Cascades Parkway Portland, OR 503-282-4532 Map It! Rating:   Welcome to the world of IKEA. Yeah, Stumptown finally has our very own mega-shopping paradise, and along with that comes the meaty-goodness that are IKEA’s Swedish meatballs! But there is more to the IKEA café than just the meatballs. The selections include [...]

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Muu-Muu’s 612 NW 21st Avenue Portland, OR 503-223-8169 Map It! Rating:   I had heard many good things about the food at Muu-Muu’s, so I decided to check it out for myself. Earlier this week I met up with a galpal for lunch there, and I have to say that while it was decent, I [...]

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Pizza Boys Plus 17788 Pilkington Road Lake Oswego, OR 503-697-1610 Map It! Rating: Oh. My. God! I have driven by this little pizza shop probably a hundred times, but I had never stopped in until today. Now I’m wondering why I’ve never tried it before. I called ahead and ordered a small pizza and an [...]

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Sushi Ichiban (formerly Sushi Takahashi) 24 NW Broadway Portland, OR 503-224-3417 Map It! Rating: If you ever decide to all gonzo and try to stalk the Lunch Lady, there is one surefire place you can find me: Saturday at lunchtime at Sushi Takahashi on Broadway. But you’ll have to look hard because I’ll probably be camouflaged [...]

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Sapphire Hotel 5008 SE Hawthorne Boulevard Portland, OR 503-232-6333 **Opens at 4 p.m. Map It! Rating: Dark, candlelit and romantic, Sapphire Hotel is both a terrific place for a date or gathering with friends for happy hour. It’s an especially nice place to duck into on one of those long, rainy Stumptown winter afternoons, when [...]

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