Loading ...What are you doing Thursday evening? No plans?? Why not come out, have some fun and get some cool stuff!?! [Um, some FREE stuff!! Keep reading….] This Thursday happens to be Last Thursday, that one special day of the month the Alberta Arts District turns their charming little neighborhood into a spectacle of art and [...]
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Rose’s Restaurant and Bakery (Lloyd Center location) 1200 NE Broadway Portland, Oregon 97232 503-954-2758 Map it! Rating: On a recent rainy, dreary Portland day, my lunch partner and I were looking for some hearty comfort food to get us through the bleakness that is fall in the Pacific Northwest. We took off toward Lloyd Center [...]
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Billy Heartbeats (Lloyd Center Mall) 2039 Lloyd Center Portland, OR 97204 503-288-6010 Map It! Rating: The conversation usually starts like this: “I want to get a malt,” he says. Lunch Lady: Rolling my eyes because I know where this is going. Him: “Let’s go to that diner place at Lloyd Center.” LL: “You always say [...]
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Hot Pot ‘n Sushi 10127 NE Cascade Parkway Portland, OR 97220 503-284-6075 Rating: I had to take my boyfriend to the airport, so why not stop off for a little sushi on the way, right? We had previously spied Hot Pot ‘n Sushi on a trip to Cascade Station a few weeks prior and decided [...]
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Marinepolis Sushi Land (Lloyd location) 1409 NE Weidler Street Portland, Oregon 97232 503-280-0300 Map It! Rating: There are a handful of Sushi Land locations around the metro area and they all feature the train-style conveyor belt of small sushi plates. I have now visited two of the Portland area Sushi Land restaurants. Typically I go [...]
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Pastini Pastaria (Six locations in the Portland area) Map It! Rating: Pastini Pastaria is pretty much my go-to spot for any sort of family or friend function that entails a large group going out to a restaurant. Sure, some people might consider it Portland’s local version of Olive Garden, but the food is [...]
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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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