Entries from April 2009
The Salmon Creek (Vancouver) location of Burgerville will begin serving local beers and wines on Friday, May 1. In a move that is the first of its kind in the Northwest, the high-end fast food chain will offer specially chosen wines and beers to compliment their gourmet seasonal offering menu. An internationally renowned sommelier has [...]
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Tags: Burgers · The 'Couv
T.G.I. Friday’s is trying to get diners back through their doors by offering $5 salads and sandwiches all day throughout the month of May. The prices are so discounted that they haven’t been this low since the restaurant opened in 1965! We wonder if the other casual sit-down chains will be far behind in slashing [...]
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As the recession creeps along—especially here in the Portland area—everyone seems to be reigning in their entertainment and dining-out budgets. While the days of dropping hundreds of dollars for a high-end steakhouse lunch with co-workers might be over for most of us, being economical doesn’t have to mean sacrificing a good, quality meal. The two [...]
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Wong Kee Dim Sum Restaurant 28 NW 4th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97209 503-229-1888 Map It! Rating: Believe it or not, until a few weeks ago I’d never had dim sum. How could that be, you ask? Well, I don’t know. I frequently eat at the Chinese restaurants in Chinatown and many of them offer dim [...]
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Tags: $$ · $$$ · Chinese · Chopsticks · Day Off Spot · Friendly Waitstaff · Leisure Lunch · Lunch with Friends · Noodles · NW · Old Town/Chinatown · Portland Classic · Seafood · Take MAX · Take the Out-of-Towners · Vegetarian